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A-frame: so-called because the steep roofline, reaching to or near the ground, makes the gable ends resemble a capital letter A. Chalet: a gablefront house built into a mountainside with a wide sloping roof; Charleston single house: originating in Charleston, South Carolina, a narrow house with its shoulder to the street and front door on the side.
If there is a new building between two older numbered ones, the orientation number is distinguished with an additional lower case letter (for example, the sequence could be 5, 7, 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 11, 13). In the 1930–1950s in Brno, lower case letters were used for separate entrances of modern block houses perpendicular to the street.
This categorizes the various types of house, residence, dwelling, ... Public housing (5 C, 32 P) R. Ranch house architecture (12 P) Recreational vehicles (2 C, 38 P)
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
Retail buildings are categorized by their configuration and size [5] Interior view of a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. Non-freestanding (also known as shopping centers or shopping malls) Super-regional shopping center: enclosed space; 800,000+ sqft; 5+ anchor stores with other tenants that sell a very large variety of goods
Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.
It was a principal residence of the monarch from 1702 until 1837. It is the official London residence of some members of the royal family. Buckingham Palace – the monarch's principal London residence since 1837. [1] Kensington Palace – a royal residence since 1689, but not a principal residence of the monarch since 1760. It is the official ...
Haliʻimaile – royal residence of Princess Victoria Kamāmalu and her brother Prince Lot Kapuāiwa until he succeeded as Kamehameha V, in Honolulu, on the corner of King and Richards streets; Helumoa – royal residence of Kamehameha V at Waikīkī amongst the coconut groves; Huliheʻe Palace – royal residence of Princess Ruth and later ...