Invention and Engineering

American historic carpentry

American historic carpentry defines the historic methods with which wooden buildings were built in North America since European settlement. Several methods were used to form the wooden walls, and the types of structural carpentry are often defined by the wall, floor, and roof construction such as log, timber framed, balloon framed, or stacked plank. Some types of historic houses are called plank houses, but plank house has several meanings which are discussed below. Roofs were almost always framed with wood, sometimes with timber roof trusses. Stone and brick buildings also have some wood framing for floors, interior walls and roofs.

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• ▸GCR Class 8K
• ▸Golden Urn
• ▸Ganz Works

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