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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Houses without Names: Architectural Nomenclature and the Classification of America's Common Houses

Houses without Names: Architectural Nomenclature and the Classification of America's Common Houses

Hubka, Thomas C.

Paperback

Series: Vernacular Architecture Studies

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Architecture

ISBN10: 1572339470
ISBN13: 9781572339477
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: Sep 30 2013
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.30 Width: 8.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

In countless neighborhoods across America, the streets are lined with houses representing no established architectural style. Many of the 80 million homes in the United States today have only loose-fitting, general names like ranch, duplex, bungalow, and flat. Most, however, cannot even be identified by these common names, much less by an architectural type such as Colonial, Italianate, or Queen Anne. The few regionally recognized vernacular terms-- shotgun, Cape (Cod), three-decker, and the like--remain exceptions rather than the rule. In this innovative, copiously illustrated guide, Thomas C. Hubka considers why most ordinary, working-class houses lack an adequate identifying nomenclature and proposes new ways to name and classify these anonymous structures, shedding a fresh light on their role in the development of American domestic culture and its housing landscape.

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