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One of the more interesting developments in the building industry over the last 30 years or so is the rise of “mass customization.” This phenomenon raises the lowly tract house up to the level of a ...

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While house hunting, you may have come across a mention of a “saltbox” and wondered: What the heck is a saltbox house? Well, wonder no longer! Named for the shape of the container used to hold salt in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 'Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions of the Future' is a very timely look at the ...

Grist Mill House, a modern colonial mansion overlooking a pond, is listed for sale at 200 Gristmill Lane in Great Neck. The 56,000 square-foot home was built in 1790 and rebuilt and expanded in 2010.

MANY of the spectres of modern civilization, supposedly banished by the Treaty of Versailles, have returned to stalk their old haunts. Of these, the question of colonial expansion is one of the latest ...

When historian Jon Butler looks at early America, he sees the lineaments of contemporary secular pluralism. In many respects, the unrestricted vistas of Butler’s home prairie offer an apt metaphor for ...