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What is a “National”?

March 9, 2010 by Will Nesbitt
Filed under: National, Surrey, Types of Homes 
National style of home

typical National style home

Born out of the fundamental need for shelter, National-style homes, whose roots are set in Native American and pre-railroad dwellings, remain unadorned and utilitarian. The style is characterized by with (insert link side gabled roofs) or square layouts with pyramidal roofs. The gabled-front-and- pictured here is the most prevalent type with a side-gabled wing attached at a right angle to the gabled front.

Two subsets of the National style, known as “hall-and-parlor family” and “I-house,” are characterized by layouts that are two rooms wide and one room deep. Massed plan styles, recognized by a layout more than one room deep, often sport and shed-roofed porches. You’ll find National homes throughout the country.drawing of a National

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