Dutch colonial house style – The Dutch Colonial was a style house built by Dutch and English settlers in the United States between the late 1600s and early 1800s. This style of the house can still be found primarily in the northeastern part of the United States, from Maine to Georgia. They are informally called “barn houses,” because their characteristic roofs that make them look a bit like barns. Dutch colonial house style using a gambrel style roof. This was the roof with two rectangular surfaces on each side, each with a different pitch. There was a relatively flat course on top of the roof…

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