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Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran. Adobe (/ ə ˈ d oʊ b i / ⓘ ə-DOH-bee; [1] Spanish pronunciation:) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick.
The Kunz-Carbajal House (formally known as the Montgomery Homestead) was built in 1904 and is located at 1721 S. 7th Avenue. Built by pioneer Louis Kunz, it is among the oldest adobe houses still in existence in Phoenix. The house was later sold to Felix Carbajal, one of the first Filipinos to live in Phoenix.
Vigas are wooden beams used in the traditional adobe architecture of the American Southwest, especially in New Mexico.In this type of construction, the vigas are the main structural members carrying the weight of the roof to the load-bearing exterior walls.
About 3000 more Public Domain photos from INAH Museum, Mexico City, plus Mesoamerican and world historical sites and museums at www.WorldHistoryPics.com Licensing This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication .
Great houses – Generally built on flat plains throughout the Southwest, the great house-style Pueblo dwelling sat independent of cliffs. Pit houses – Most of the populations of the Southwest lived in pit houses, carefully dug rectangular or circular depressions in the earth with wattle and daub adobe walls supported by log sized corner posts.
Rancho Petaluma Adobe is a historic ranch house in Sonoma County, California. It was built from adobe bricks in 1836 by order of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.It was the largest privately owned adobe structure built in California and is the largest example of the Monterey Colonial style of architecture in the United States.
Monterey Colonial style house at Rancho Petaluma Adobe Monterey Colonial is an architectural style developed in Alta California (today's US state of California when under Mexican rule). Although usually categorized as a sub-style of Spanish Colonial style, the Monterey style is native to the post-colonial Mexican era of Alta California.
The Cayetano Juárez Adobe, often called locally the Old Adobe, is the oldest building in Napa, California. Built in 1845 by early Californio settler Cayetano Juárez , the structure was originally a family house and was later converted to a restaurant and bar.