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A sod farm structure in Iceland Saskatchewan sod house, circa 1900 Unusually well appointed interior of a sod house, North Dakota, 1937. The sod house or soddy [1] was a common alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. [2]
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Sod houses were a popular construction choice in the early 1900s by the early homesteaders to Saskatchewan and were similar to an earth sheltering type of house. Whereas many earth sheltering houses were built into hills, a 'soddie' had the base dug down about 3 feet (0.91 m) below the residence square footage area.
The Jackson–Einspahr Sod House near Holstein, Nebraska, United States, is a sod house that was built in phases between 1881 and 1910. [2] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The 30 inches (76 cm) walls of the house were built of native prairie grass and sod, held in place by hog wire. The L-shaped house, built 31-feet wide by 31 feet long, has three rooms with plastered and wallpapered walls. [2] [5] Originally the house had wooden floors, but in 1938 the floors were covered in cement. [5]
Replica sod house. After buying the land in 1849, Jane and Heman Gibbs built a small, one-room, dugout sod house (colloquially known as the "Soddy" where they lived for 5 years while farming the land. The house was 10'x12' and built with logs and featured a sod roof. This design kept the house well insulated in the winter and cool in the summer.
The sod house near Cleo Springs is the only remaining sod house in Oklahoma that was built by settlers. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1] The Sod House Museum (under the Oklahoma Historical Society) maintains the structure. [3] Museum building around the Sod House, April 2024
The Wallace W. Waterman Sod House near Big Springs, Nebraska, United States, is a sod house built in 1886. It was modified in 1925 for continued use, including a layer of concrete being applied to the exterior walls. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1995.