Home›Residential Buildings›All Residential BuildingsBrowse ByAll Residential BuildingsReference and ClassificationDevelopingOrdinary domestic buildings built for everyday habitation rather than aristocratic display: the house, the individually named residence, the housing complex and the residential complex. Belongs here: any named dwelling or multi-unit housing development considered as an entity in its own right. Does not belong here: palaces and other aristocratic residences, grouped separately because their scale, patronage and architectural ambition set them apart, or hotels, grouped under hospitality buildings even where a hotel began life as a residence.FactsAll Residential BuildingsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested5000 BCE 1Origin RegionWell-attestedIraq (Mesopotamia) 1All Residential BuildingsFilter Results1,110 entriesBuilding TypeAllCastle (3)Church (Building) (1)Dwelling (41)Farm (112)Fortification (2)Hotel (1)House (582)Mansion (63)Monument (2)Museum (33)Palace (1)Parliament Building (1)Plantation House (325)The Skyscraper (1)Tower (2)Villa (111)Building FamilyAllApartment and Multi-Family Buildings (22)Architecturally Significant Houses (23)Central Virginia (54)Coastal Virginia (28)Cottages and Small Houses (14)Executive, Head-of-State and Diplomatic Buildings (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads (170)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Midwestern United States (17)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Northeastern United States (59)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Southern United States (46)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Western United States (13)Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States (35)Historic Districts (Multiple Buildings) (15)Historic Homes and Farms (Misfiled) (48)Historic House Museums (20)Historic Houses (Individual Landmarks) (285)Historic Houses of the Midwestern and Western United States (36)Historic Houses of the New York City Region (22)Historic Houses of the Rest of the Northeastern United States (23)Historic Houses of the Southern United States (53)Historic Houses of Upstate New York (103)Historic Houses Outside the United States (47)Manor and Country Houses (61)Northern Virginia (16)Plantation Houses (336)Plantation Houses: Alabama (38)Plantation Houses: Florida (27)Plantation Houses: Georgia (25)Plantation Houses: Louisiana (35)Plantation Houses: Maryland (10)Plantation Houses: North 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Parry HouseResidential BuildingsJohn Ellis Roosevelt EstateResidential BuildingsJohn Evert Van Alen HouseResidential Buildings← Previous1…1011121314…23Next →Sources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia, House, history section, eraAn exceptionally well-preserved house dating to the fifth millennium BC and with its contents still preserved was for example excavated at Tell Madhur in Iraq.Wikipedia, House, history section, regionAn exceptionally well-preserved house dating to the fifth millennium BC and with its contents still preserved was for example excavated at Tell Madhur in Iraq.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.