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Touring Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
Bob visits Fairsted, home of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for most of this country's great public parks, pointing out its color scheme, similar to that of his own house.
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10 Ways to Bring Historic Style Home
Today's reproductions deliver great historic style with the added benefits of easy care, low-maintenance, energy efficiency, and ready availability.
How to spot this basic house with room for living
House Style: Garrison Colonial
A style suited to suburban life
House Style: Georgian Colonial
Some revivals were truer to the original style
How to recognize the style's hallmarks
The generic, early American house is known by many names, among them the English Medieval House, the Cape Cod, the saltbox, and the double-pen log cabin. While each of these differs in detail from one another, they are simple, rather plain houses that collectively represent America's most enduring house designs.
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