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Geography 107

Introduction to Human Geography - Midterm Study Guide: Folk Housing Flash Cards

Inspect the photo and answer the question below.

This house is a Creole Cottage, also called a Grenier House. It is found mostly in the Lowland South, especially Louisiana, but also can be found in other locations where French settlers built homes. It features an “ensconced” porch, which has an unbroken roofline with the rest of the roof. It’s generally built of wood, two rooms wide, a story and a half. Rooms often have separate front doors. Chimneys are small, or missing and there is sometimes an external staircase leading to upper floor sleeping room.

Answer the question below:

This is a ___________ house.

It is most common in the state of ______________.

It has an _________ porch, which means it is part of the house, not added on.

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The structure above is a folk building. On an exam, you may be asked to identify the following:

  1. House Type or name of the type of building.
  2. Region of the United States or a state where you would be likely to find such a building.
  3. Perhaps identify the characteristic features of this house type.
  4. Perhaps identify cultural characterisitics likely to characterize the region where this building is found.
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