The American townhouse

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The American townhouse is one of the most popular house types in urban America. This book showcases twenty-five stunning examples of townhouses and rowhouses from Boston to Brooklyn and St. Louis to San Francisco. It explores the townhouse as cultural phenomena, as well as the unique design peculiarities, construction records, and ownership histories of these twenty-five homes. Some of the country's finest townhouses are featured, including the famed Nathaniel Russell House in Charleston; Teddy Roosevelt's New York birth house; the Payne and Helen Hay Whitney House in New York; and the Glenn and Ida Moore House in Rancho Santa Fe.

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