Housing and interiors unit 2

Long house

Long house

built from young (green) trees bent into a barrel-shaped roof, covered by strips of bark.  Built by Huron tribes of the Great Lakes region. Housed several families.  

Teepee

cone shaped tent covered with buffalo hides built by the Sioux tribes of the Plains states.

Sod house

MADE BY INUIT TRIBES IN THE NORTH WHEN TIMBER WAS SCARCE; PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND, COVERED WITH SOD, DOWNWARD SLOPING ENTRANCES.

Wigwam

reed mats wrapped around rounded frames, built by Algonquin tribes of the Northeast.

Pueblo

 houses built on top of each other or into sides of cliffs.  Built from clay bricks, called adobe.

Igloo

• tribes who lived very far north (above the arctic circle), built from blocks of ice lightly covered with snow.

Thatch

Bundles of straw

Adobe

Clay bricks

Clapboards

square shaped houses covered with wooden shingles

Cornice/Dentils

decorative trim at bottom of roof, often toothlike in appearance.

Pediment

triangular or arched decoration above the door.

Pilaster

flattened, decorative columns on either side of the door.

Fanlight

(semicircular, round, or oval window with fan shaped panes of glass) added above front door or in pediment.

Portico

tall, open porch supported by columns over the front entrance.  Sometimes extends up to the top story and is attached to the roof.

Gingerbread

decorative woodwork

Cupola

(square tower) at the top center of home for decoration

Muntins

a bar or rigid supporting strip between adjacent panes of glass.

Turret

 that extend from ground to the top of the house

Spire

Vertical elements

Parapet

 low wall that surrounds/encloses a porch or balcony

Half- timbered look

using stucco, brick or stone as finish material.