Dogtrot House
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 | Dogtrot House |
| Designer | Vernacular |
| Location | Texas, Louisiana, USA |
| Date | 1800 to 1900 |
| Building Type | small house, log cabin |
| Climate | hot, humid |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | Southeastern U.S. Vernacular |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Found around the southeastern U.S., through Tennessee. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Dogtrot_House.html |
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“One of the more ingenious methods of cooling in the days before air conditioning, the Dogtrot house originated in the southern Appalachian Mountain region. It is distinguished by an open breezeway that extends through the center of the house, off of which open the rooms. With this design, cooling breezes flow through the open core and into the rooms where windows on the exterior walls create cross-ventilation.”</p>
— Jim Kemp. American Vernacular: Regional Influence in Architecture and Interior Design. Washington, D.C.: The American Institute of Architects Press, 1990. p79.</p>
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Jim Kemp. American Vernacular, Regional Influences in Architecture and Interior Design. Washington: American Institute of Architects Press, 1990. exterior photo from field, p78.
Fred Kniffen. Folk Housing: Key to Diffusion. Baton Rouge, LA: Association of American Geographers, 1965. NA7205.K575. p561.
Allen Noble. Wood, Brick, and Stone: the North American settlement landscape. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. ISBN 0870234102.
