A gablefront house, also known as a gable front house or front gable house, is a vernacular (or "folk") house type in which the gable is facing the street or entrance side of the house.[1] They were built in large numbers throughout the United States primarily between the early 19th century and 1920. A gablefront cottage is a smaller variant, consisting of either a single story or a story-and-a-half. They were typically used as working-class dwellings, most being rather simple in design. However, they may contain some ornamentation such as brackets around the doorways or roof line. Many gablefront houses contain front porches.[2]
- ^ American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home, 2004
- ^ "Architectural Styles, City of Red Wing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2014-01-26.