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Restored and unrestored slave cabins, made of tabby. Kingsley Plantation, Jacksonville, Florida. Original tabby concrete walls of slave housing at Kingsley Plantation, early nineteenth century. Tabby is a type of concrete made by burning oyster shells to create lime, then mixing it with water, sand, ash and broken oyster shells. [1]
To this design Australian settlers often added a verandah. [44] Most slab-hut construction techniques could be described as bush carpentry. Few early settlers could afford the time, or possessed the capital, to build any dwelling more impressive than a slab hut: they had first to clear their land and get a crop planted or pasture fenced. [45]
The Adirondacks buildings were recognized for their rugged finish and outstanding craftsmanship especially by the wealthy locals. The Adirondacks style of architecture can be specialized into custom homes, rugged roofing, log cabins, boat houses, rustic furnishing, rustic kitchen, birch and cedar furniture, log and twig works.
The Ahwahnee is a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m 2) Y-shaped building [35] and has 97 hotel rooms, parlors, and suites, each accented with original Native American designs. 24 cottages bring the total number of rooms to 121. [36]
Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008. This is a list of octagon houses.
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