Yankee
The Yankee regional folk subculture could be said to have its headquarters in Boston. It reaches northward into Maine, Southward toward New York City and extends westward roughly on the New York-Pennsylvania border, across Northern Ohio and out toward Chicago, where it diminished in strength as the industrial age arrived.
Folk housing in this region is sturdy, almost exclusively of wood construction, and built to help farming families work indoors, in some comfort, during exceptionally cold and long winters. Look for centrally placed chimneys, steeply pitched roofs and general symmetry.
The New England Large House, the Cape Cod House and the Saltbox House are common house types in the Yankee Region.
Many of homes built after 1800, also include prominent style design elements. Very popular among these homes are Greek or Classic Revival and Federal Style homes. Frequently, builders turned New England Large homes so that the gable end faced the street, creating the "Gable Front" or "Temple Front" home. Those with additional rooms built to the side are called "Upright and Wing" style homes.
A number of houses in New England proper also feature attached buildings and barns, sometimes called a "Connected Farm", which appears to be a logical environmental adaptation to harsh winters, and very well may have been imported from England where similar construction is evident. Attached barns provide increased shelter during the winter months, but also increase the dangers associated with fire.
New England Large
Cape Cod House
Saltbox House
