saltboxes
New England dwellings
Saltboxes is the plural of saltbox, a style of wooden house common in colonial New England.
The distinctive feature is an asymmetrical roofline—two stories in front sloping down to one story in back, said to resemble the hinged-lid boxes once used to store salt.
The village green was lined with white saltboxes.
Triangular wall portion
- clapboardOverlapping exterior wood planks
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- shingleOverlapping roof covering
eaves · two-story · timber · attic · symmetry · asymmetrical · lean-to · post-and-beam
Northeastern colonial state
- ConnecticutNortheastern American state
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- settlersThose who establish homes
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
Pilgrims · colonists · seventeenth-century · eighteenth-century · Salem · homestead · farmstead · meetinghouse
Removable container cover
- woodenMade from timber
- hingedConnected by pivot joint
- compartmentsEnclosed subdivisions within something
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
spices · herbs · condiments · tabletop · kitchen · countertop · dispenser · household
gable
Triangular wall portion
- clapboardOverlapping exterior wood planks
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
shingle · eaves · two-story · timber · attic · symmetry · asymmetrical · lean-to · post-and-beam · gambrel
Massachusetts
Northeastern colonial state
- ConnecticutNortheastern American state
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- settlersThose who establish homes
Puritans · Pilgrims · colonists · seventeenth-century · eighteenth-century · Salem · homestead · farmstead · meetinghouse · village
lid
Removable container cover
- woodenMade from timber
- hingedConnected by pivot joint
- compartmentsEnclosed subdivisions within something
pantry · spices · herbs · condiments · tabletop · kitchen · countertop · dispenser · household · ceramic
saltboxesranch houses
Single-story suburban dwellings
Victorian houses · contemporary architecture · A-frames · Tudor houses · Georgian houses