In countless neighborhoods across America, the streets are lined
with houses representing
no established architectural style. Many of the 80 million homes in
the United States
today have only loose-fitting, general names like ranch, duplex,
bungalow, and flat.
Most, however, cannot even be identified by these common names,
much less by an
architectural type such as Colonial, Italianate, or Queen Anne. The
few regionally
recognized vernacular terms-- shotgun, Cape (Cod), three-decker,
and the like--remain
exceptions rather than the rule. In this innovative, copiously
illustrated guide, Thomas C.
Hubka considers why most ordinary, working-class houses lack an
adequate identifying
nomenclature and proposes new ways to name and classify these
anonymous structures,
shedding a fresh light on their role in the development of American
domestic culture and
its housing landscape.
Popular, developer-built, tract, speculative, everyday--whatever
they are called,
these common homes constitute the largest portion of American
housing in all regions
and historic periods. Without classification, these dwellings tend
to be left out of histories
of American building, neglected in preservation surveys and plans,
and ignored when it
comes to considering their impact on American culture. Current
methods of interpreting
common houses need not be replaced, Hubka shows, but only modified
to include a
broader, more complete spectrum of common dwellings. As Hubka
explains, by applying
an order of census and a floor-plan analysis, scholars can
adequately characterize
the actual homes in which most Americans live, particularly in
recent times after the
widespread growth of suburban homes.
Based on years of field observations, measured drawings, and
surveys of regional
house types, this handbook provides a working vocabulary for the
study and appreciation
of America¹s common houses and will prove useful to
preservationists, academics, and
architects, as well as owners and residents of America¹s most
ubiquitous residences.
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