The original building plan of the one story balloon frame building had a central hall with bedrooms on either side.
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It is also a fair certainty that, by radically reducing construction costs, balloon framing improved the shelter options of poorer North Americans.
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During the 1860s May added the balloon framed wing section of the home; this section of the house rests upon a brick foundation.
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Built c . 1850, the-story wood-frame structure is an early example of balloon framing ( replacing the earlier mortise and tenon style ).
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"' Evergreen Hill "'is a historic home and farm and national Italianate style balloon frame dwelling with a 1 1 / 2-story kitchen addition.
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The house is one of a few houses in Minnesota built with timber framing before balloon framing and dimensional lumber were well known in Minnesota.
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It is a simple one-story wood balloon frame building, twelve bays wide on the south side, seven bays wide on the north end, and one bay deep.
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The cottages are typically of balloon frame construction with board and batten exteriors, the exceptions being the Smith cabin and the Levi Trentham cabin, which are log cabins.
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Although it was built after the invention of balloon framing, the building is constructed using the timber framing method, evidence of which is still clearly visible in the basement and attic.
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The 1851 addition to the original log structure may have been constructed with timbers re-used from the original plantation house : Original post and beam framing was reused in balloon frame construction.
