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Architect Vernacular
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Location New England, USA
Date 1800 's   timeline
Building Type house
 Construction System wood frame and siding
Climate temperate
Context rural to suburban
Style Early American New England U.S. Vernacular
Notes Simple box shape with characteristic asymmetrical pitched roofs, originally with central chimney.
Images

 

Photo, exterior close-up of Allen house, Deerfield, MA
Photo, exterior overview of Allen house, Deerfield, MA
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Drawings

 

Perspective Drawing, exterior, the birthplace of John Quincy Adams

...more drawings available on The GBC CD-ROM

Discussion Saltbox House Commentary

"Probably the most classic and memorable of New England central-chimney houses had a two-story front and a long roofline sloping down to one story in the rear. It went by several names. Saltbox is the most familiar term, reflecting the look of a once-familiar container.

"New Englanders were more likely to call it a "breakback," as they would say in Connecticut, or a "lean-to," which folks in Massachusetts favored. The lean-to form took a four-room house plan Ñ two rooms below, two above Ñ and enlarged it to include a sizable kitchen." — The Saltbox and the Chimney, ArchitectureWeek No. 362

Resources
Sources on Saltbox House

"The Saltbox and the Chimney" by Jack Larkin, ArchitectureWeek No. 362, pC1-1.

Samuel Chamberlain. A Small House in The Sun: A Visage of Rural New England. New York: Hastings House, 1971. exterior photo from across street, p73.

Lawrence A. Martin, University of Oregon. Slides from photographer's collection, September 1993. Allen house, Deerfield, MA, PCD.3235.1012.0545.027. Allen house, Deerfield, MA, PCD.3235.1012.0545.028.

Jim Harter, editor. Images of World Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1990. NA202.H37 1990. LC 90-350. 769'.44-dc20. ISBN 0-517-69257-0. — 2000 nineteenth-century wood engravings of buildings. Out of print, but listed at Amazon.com

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com

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