The houses built by blank" >Dutch settlers and others in New Netherlands, particularly along the Hudson River, in northern New Jersey, and in eastern Long Island during the target="_blank" >Colonial era. 2. Today a vague housestyle usually having a glossary/half-hipped-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a8e5143a1e5817f8fbf5dc5fee32ece" target="_blank" >gambrel roof, possibly withextendedeaves in imitation of an actual Colonial house popular in New Jersey and Long Island after 1750. (Foster, 2004)