Upright and Wing House
Having evolved in New England and Upstate New York in the nineteenth century, this structure combines the New England classic cottage with the gable front double-pile house (or variations of the two) to form an L-shaped or T—shaped dwelling. The taller gable-front section was especially appropriate to Classical Revival styling and was responsible for the temple and wing label. Interior floor plans vary, although each section of the house usually stands as a unit with rooms totally contained within one part or the other. The roofs of both sections are totally separate in older dwellings of this sort: the gable of the ”wing” usually joining the “upright” below the latter’s eave line (a). In a later variety the roof of the “wing” intercepted that of the upright somewhere on its slope (b). The front door is usually in the “wing” section. Many houses were built in stages, the ”upright” reflecting a latter stage of family prosperity. Hamlin 1944, 306; Glassie 1968a, 132; Pillsbury and Kardos c. 1970, 29; Stith and Meyer 1974, 5; Lewis 1975, 13; Bastian 1977, 116; Walker 1981, 111, 127; McAlester and McAlester 1984, 93; Noble 1984, 109. (Jakle, 1989)