postmedieval architecture
The architecture that continued the postmedieval construction techniques of English colonists during the 17th and early 18th century, with many regional variations; typical original elements include a linear, one-room-deep plan; steeply pitched side-gabled roof without overhanging eaves; tall, massive chimneys of decorative form; weatherboard siding on the side walls; small casement windows with leaded diamond quarrels; batten door; typically timber frame with nogging, two stories and a central chimney north of New York, and one story brick or timber frame with two end chimneys south of New JErsey; often have later rear additions; supplanted by the Georgian style during the 18th century. Also known as postmedieaval English. See also colonial architecture, Garrison Colonial, Norman roof, saltbox, stone ender. (Bucher, 1996)