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A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors.
From the 18th century, landowners and their servants would move to a townhouse during the social season when balls and other society gatherings took place. [1] From the 18th century, most townhouses were terraced; it was one of the successes of Georgian architecture to persuade the rich to buy terraced houses, especially if they were in a ...
A terrace, terraced house , or townhouse [a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row houses or row homes.
Devonshire House in Piccadilly, was the London townhouse of the Dukes of Devonshire during the 18th and 19th centuries. Following a fire in 1733 it was rebuilt by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, in the Palladian style, to designs by William Kent. Completed circa 1740, it stood empty after the First World War and was demolished in 1924.
Bequette–Ribault House in Ste. Geneviève, Missouri, built 1778, French colonial. Developed in French-settled areas of North America beginning with the founding of Quebec in 1608 and New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1718, as well as along the Mississippi River valley to Missouri.
Early in the Victorian era (up to the 1840s) houses were still influenced by the classicism of Regency styles.However the simplicity of Regency classicism fell out of favour as affluence increased and by the 1850s the Italianate style influenced domestic architecture which now incorporated varying quantities of stucco.
Buildings and structures completed in 1800 (12 C, 13 P) Buildings and structures completed in 1801 (14 C, 7 P) Buildings and structures completed in 1802 (12 C, 11 P)
Conjectural drawing of the First Town-House, King Street, Boston. The First Town-House in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, was located on the site of today's Old State House and served as Boston's first purpose-built town hall and colonial government seat.