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American Home Styles: Brilliant and Sturdy Architecture that Last Long

Shikha Saxena
2 min readJun 26, 2022

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Unique and Intricate Architecture of old homes in America

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In past few years I studied and researched a lot on ad descriptions of old homes of East coast America. I closely read the house descriptions open for sale and curious about

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There are numerous houses more than 50 years and nearing 100 years too. The common feature among all of them are:

  • Stone/ brick/rock exteriors.
  • Multisided floor plans (octagonal, rectangular) that give strength to the underground structures as old as 1856–1859.
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  • Flamed grained door, wide planked floors, carved moldings and solid window frames.
  • Central atriums with grand domes that are still magnificent historic features of old homes that still beautify the modern world.

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Shikha Saxena
Shikha Saxena

Written by Shikha Saxena

A Technical Writer, an artist and blogger by choice. Passionate about reading , writing and editing, NY.http://www.shikhasaxena.com and https://www.dnabox.co/

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