| National-style homes are common across
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| | "hall-and-parlor family" and "I-house"
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| the nation, but not always easy to
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| | styles, both of which have narrow floor
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| identify. That's because they tend to mix
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| | plans that are generally two rooms across
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| several pre-Victorian era building
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| | and one room deep, with two floors.
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| styles, as well as Native American
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| | National homes with floor plans that are
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| building traditions. The result is a
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| | deeper than one room are referred to as
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| surprisingly simple and elegant
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| | "massed" homes - these often have a large
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| architectural form that's great for
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| | gable on the side of the building, as
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| building attractive, affordable homes,
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| | well as a shed-roofed porch. Whichever
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| and has just enough ornamental appeal to
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| | type of floor plan is used, a National
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| work on high-end custom homes.
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| | home typically features rectangular
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| To understand the look of a National
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| | shaped rooms and a pyramid-shaped roof.
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| home, it's important to go back to the
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| | National homes also typically feature
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| style's roots. This is perhaps the
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| | large front verandas reminiscent of
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| building method most closely tied with
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| | French Creole and Dutch Revival styles.
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| Native American building styles, which
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| | However, porches in this style are
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| date back centuries, and were loosely
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| | different in that they are higher from
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| adopted by settlers throughout the 19th
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| | the ground than French Creole verandas,
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| century. When Victorian architecture
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| | and more centered on the house than those
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| became popular across the nation in the
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| | used in the Dutch Revival style.
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| early 20th century, the National style
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| | While National homes are quite
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| was chosen by builders who wanted to
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| | attractive, they have been criticized in
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| preserve the best aspects of Native
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| | geographic regions for its vulnerability
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| building in modern homes. For this
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| | to storms and high winds. The high
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| reason, National homes tend to have a
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| | pitched roofs on these homes, in
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| narrow profile, with steep angled roofing
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| | particular, are known for "catching wind
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| similar to teepee and lean-to
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| | like a sail," and easily being torn off
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| construction, and often including four or
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| | houses in hurricanes.
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| more high gables. Other Victorian-era
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| | Where practical however, National homes
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| homes, by contrast, have less gabling,
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| | have always made a good choice for
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| and a wider, more squared profile.
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| | builders looking to combine afford
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| National-style homes come in a wide
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| | ability and easy of use with a stylish
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| variety of subsets. Most common are the
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| | design.
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