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The Port Norfolk

Friday, June 8th, 2012

 
The Port Norfolk is a Colonial Revival style house, for a TND neighborhood, originally designed for an historic section of the same name, in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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The Pinewood

Friday, June 8th, 2012

 
The Pinewood is a Bungalow style house, fashioned after the historical Arts and Crafts style homes, popularized by Gustav Stickley in the early 1900’s.

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The Pembroke

Friday, June 8th, 2012

 
The Pembroke is a compact two-story house plan, designed as a simple urban Victorian 3-bedroom home. Pembroke is the name of a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia. This town is famous for its Mountain Lake Hotel where the movie Dirty Dancing was filmed in 1987.

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The Parkview

Friday, June 8th, 2012

 
The Parkview is a TND style house plan, originally created for the historical Cape View Colony neighborhood in the Oceanview section of Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Oakwood

Friday, June 8th, 2012

The Oakwood model house is Craftsman style single-story plan. It is laid out to provide an open living lifestyle with 3 bedrooms positioned in the rear half of a narrow profile. Attaching a garage to this home plan is a simple addition although it is designed for a narrow lot that would have a detached garage behind the house itself.

oak tree with tree houseOakwood was a name chosen for this house, as reminiscent of Arts and Crafts or Craftsman style homes, introduced in the early 20th Century as an American tradition, although the artistic concept originated in England. Oak is a wood species of choice for interior finishing in such a house, due to its durability and prominent graining patterns. Oakwood also turns out to be a name of the largest residential contractor in Denver, Colorado, Oakwood Homes; no doubt inspired by the same connotations as our own name choice.

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The Norfolk 3 bedroom tiny house

Friday, June 8th, 2012

The Norfolk is a small 3-bedroom house plan designed for an urban infill lot for a fifty-foot wide lot in Norfolk, Virginia. The 28-foot house width leaves adequate room for access to a detached garage to the left or right of the house. The style of this home design is characterized by pattern book plans of the early 1900s such as those published by Gordan Vine Tine.

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The New Hampshire

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The New Hampshire is a model house plan fashioned to blend into an urban street typical of turn-of-the-century Manchester,  NH. The architectural style is vaguely Greek Revival. Our plan is a modest size version of its historical inspiration that would have had a full basement.  Our three-bedroom design provides for a first-floor master bedroom.

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The Melrose

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Melrose is a craftsman bungalow style house, for a TND neighborhood, named after the street in the Carney Park section in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

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The McCormick

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Mccormick Place is a popular model house plan that was derived from urban pattern book plans published at the turn of the century. It is named after the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) architect, Nat McCormick, who inspired its inclusion to the NRHA plan library.

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The Mayflower

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Mayflower is a TND style house plan, originally designed for the historical Colonial Place neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Maryland

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

 
The Maryland is a craftsman bungalow style house, for a TND neighborhood, named for the street in the Carney Park section in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Marcia – A Victorian Painted Lady

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Marcia is a narrow lot house plan that is in a Victorian style and designed for a 25-foot lot in Norfolk, Virginia. It has been a popular choice with builders, fitting well into the historical neighborhoods where the narrow lots were platted more than a century ago. This plan is named after the architectural designer who created it.

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The Manchester

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Manchester is a Colonial Revival style house plan designed for a TND neighborhood, and is named after an urban street in a historic section in the City of Norfolk, Virginia. It has been a popular choice for builders. On a fifty-foot lot, this plan allows for plenty of driveway access to a detached garage.

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The Maltby

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

 
The Maltby is a craftsman bungalow style house plan, designed for a TND neighborhood. It is named after the street in a historic section in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Main Street

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

 
The Main Street is a “box like” house plan design. This plan is fashioned after the row of houses seen in urban streets of industrial cities in the1930’s. At that time, these style houses were primarily occupied by blue collar households. The architecture of this residential form has had a recent renewed interest to be preserved and repaired, as well as expanded as a choice for urban residents of today.

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The Magnolia

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

 
The Magnolia is an Arts and Crafts style house, for a TND neighborhood, named for an urban street in a historic section in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

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