One-Third Double-Pile House

Isaac Kremer/ January 9, 2021/ / 0 comments

A 2- or 2 1/2—story structure with gable or hip roof, this house is two rooms deep. It is, in essence, the double—pile house reduced by two-thirds. Similar to the gable-front shotgun house, it does not contain a side hall, the staircase being located in the front room. Chimney placement varies. Common to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this form has not enjoyed revived popularity in the twentieth century as has the two-thirds double-pile house. Murtaugh 1957, 10; Glassie 1972, 38. (Jakle, 1989)