The average American family may be getting smaller and
smaller, but the houses have grown bigger than ever. In the last 40
years, the single-family American house has expanded in area by 61%.
If four decades could make such a difference, imagine what
the houses must have been like 400 years ago.
To do that, check out a new infographic put together by the
Brooklyn-based design studio Pop Chart Lab. The graphic features 121 hand-drawn American houses of various
eras, giving a glimpse of the history of American houses from 1600 to today ...
Read the article or click on the link to Pop Chart Lab to see the full infographic.
Not every house style ever created is listed and it
gives you a sense of the type of abode that your ancestors may have lived in.
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