The Story Behind National Style Homes

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National-style homes are coarse across the nation, but not always easy to identify. That's because they tend to mix several pre-Victorian era construction styles, as well as Native American construction traditions. The effect is a surprisingly simple and elegant architectural form that's great for construction attractive, affordable homes, and has just sufficient decorative motion to work on high-end institution homes.

To understand the look of a National home, it's important to go back to the style's roots. This is maybe the construction recipe most closely tied with Native American construction styles, which date back centuries, and were loosely adopted by settlers throughout the 19th century. When Victorian architecture became beloved across the nation in the early 20th century, the National style was chosen by builders who wanted to preserve the best aspects of Native construction in contemporary homes. For this reason, National homes tend to have a narrow profile, with steep angled roofing similar to teepee and lean-to construction, and often including four or more high gables. Other Victorian-era homes, by contrast, have less gabling, and a wider, more squared profile.

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National-style homes come in a wide collection of subsets. Most coarse are the "hall-and-parlor family" and "I-house" styles, both of which have narrow floor plans that are commonly two rooms across and one room deep, with two floors. National homes with floor plans that are deeper than one room are referred to as "massed" homes - these often have a large gable on the side of the building, as well as a shed-roofed porch. Whichever type of floor plan is used, a National home typically features rectangular shaped rooms and a pyramid-shaped roof.

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National homes also typically highlight large front verandas reminiscent of French Creole and Dutch Revival styles. However, porches in this style are distinct in that they are higher from the ground than French Creole verandas, and more centered on the house than those used in the Dutch Revival style.

While National homes are quite attractive, they have been criticized in geographic regions for its vulnerability to storms and high winds. The high pitched roofs on these homes, in particular, are known for "catching wind like a sail," and undoubtedly being torn off houses in hurricanes.

Where practical however, National homes have always made a good choice for builders finding to concentrate afford quality and easy of use with a popular ,favorite design.

The Story Behind National Style Homes

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