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Saltbox Houses in the Historic American Buildings Survey

Page 1: Introduction, Connecticut, Maine


Introduction

What is a saltbox house? It is a Colonial style of architecture which originated in New England. Saltboxes are frame houses with two stories in front and one in back, having a pitched roof with unequal sides, being short and high in front and long and low in back. The front of the house is flat and the rear roof line is steeply sloped. The sturdy central chimney is a simple but effective focal point. The simplicity and strength of this design, first seen around 1650, continues to make saltbox houses popular today.

Listed below are representative images of saltbox houses found in the Historic American Buildings Survey collection. (Saltbox houses employ timber-frame construction; see the separate Timber-frame Houses reference aid for a fuller selection of HABS-documented sites that are especially good examples of that construction method.)

Select the small image to view a larger version. Select the Call Number of the structure to retrieve, via the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC), a bibliographic record for the entire group of documentation. The bibliographic record will provide fuller information about the house in question (such as date built, owners' names) and may include other photographs and/or other types of documentation.

Images can be downloaded from this site. The Library of Congress cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections, but a rights statement for the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record is available. Photographic and other types of copies can also be ordered from the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service by selecting the "How to Order a Copy of This Item" link in the bibliographic record and following the instructions given there.

Connecticut

Jane Dillon House
Call number: HABS, CONN,1-EATO,2-

Jane Dillon House, west elevation
HABS CONN, 1-EATO, 2-2

Benjamin Sturges House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-FAIRF, 9-

Benjamin Sturges House, photograph, east elevation
HABS CONN, 1-FAIRF, 9-5
Benjamin Sturges House, drawing, east elevation
HABS CT-54, sheet 4 of 7
East elevation

Ogden House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-FAIRF, 10-


Ogden House, photograph
HABS CONN, 1-FAIRF, 10-1
Ogden House, front elevation
HABS CT-56, sheet 3 of 10
Negative number: LC-USZA1-1121

Bartlett-Sanford House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-RED, 1-


Bartlett-Sanford House, photograph
HABS CONN, 1-RED, 1-1

John Osborn House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-SOUPO, 1-


John Osborn House, photograph
HABS CONN, 1-SOUPO, 1-1
John Osborn House, west elevation
HABS CT-20, sheet 3 of 10
Negative number: LC-USZA1-1119

Freeman L. Curtis House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-STRAT, 2-


Freeman L. Curtis House, photograph
HABS CONN, 1-STRAT, 2-3

Perry-Fairchild House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-STRAT, 4-

Perry-Fairchild House, photograph
HABS CONN, 1-STRAT, 4-2

Lambert Servants' House
Call number: HABS CONN, 1-WILT, 1-A-


Lambert Servants' House, photograph
HABS, CONN,1-WILT,1-A-1

Lt. William King House
Call number: HABS CONN, 2-SUFI, 1-


Lt. William King House, photograph
HABS, CONN,2-SUFI,1-3

Captain Sheldon House
Call number: HABS CONN, 2-SUFIW, 1-


Captain Sheldon House, photograph
HABS CONN, 2-SUFIW, 1-2

Samuel Moore House
Call number: HABS CONN, 2-WINHIE, 5-


Samuel Moore House, photograph
HABS CONN, 2-WINHIE, 5-5

Acadian House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-GUIL, 12-


Acadian House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-GUIL, 12-2

Comfort Starr House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-GUIL, 18-


Comfort Starr House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-GUIL, 18-1

David Field House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-MAD, 3-


David Field House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-MAD, 3-1

Painter House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-HAVW, 2-1)


Painter House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-HAVW, 2-1

Elioenai Clark Tavern
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-WOOD, 1-


Elioenai Clark House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-WOOD, 1-2

Peter Deming House
Call number: HABS CONN, 2-WETH, 7-


Peter Deming House, photograph
HABS CONN, 2-WETH, 7-1
No drawings

David Welch House
Call number: HABS CONN, 3-LIT, 10-


David Welch House, photograph
HABS CONN, 3-LIT, 10-1
No drawings

Harrison Linsley House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-BRA, 2-


Harrison Linsley House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-BRA, 2-2
No drawings

Deacon John Graves House
Call number: HABS CONN, 5-MAD,1-


Deacon John Graves House, photograph
HABS CONN, 5-MAD,1-3
No drawings

Thomas Lee House
Call number: HABS CONN, 6-LYME, 4-


Bartlett-Sanford House, photograph
No drawings

Maine

Jefferds Tavern
Call number: HABS ME, 16-WEL, 3-


Jefferds Tavern, photograph
HABS ME, 16-WEL, 3-1

Benjamin Haley House
Call number: HABS ME, 16-BIDPO, 1-


Benjamin Haley House, photograph
HABS ME, 16-BIDPO, 1-1
No drawings

Prepared by: Marilyn Ibach, Reference Specialist. Last revised: January 2002
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