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Building group gathers buildings into broad families that serve a similar purpose, such as religious, civic or residential structures. Wikipedia notes that "historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements," and those achievements cluster naturally around a handful of recurring building purposes. This grouping lets a visitor compare buildings that were raised to do the same kind of job.

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Era of Emergence
5000 BCE 1
Origin Region
Iraq (Mesopotamia) 1
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Filter Results42 entries

Apartment and Multi-Family Buildings

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22 entries

Architecturally Significant Houses

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23 entries

Central Virginia

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54 entries

Coastal Virginia

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28 entries

Cottages and Small Houses

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14 entries

Executive, Head-of-State and Diplomatic Buildings

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1 entry

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Midwestern United States

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13 entries

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Northeastern United States

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53 entries

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Southern United States

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41 entries

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Western United States

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10 entries

Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States

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22 entries

Historic Districts (Multiple Buildings)

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13 entries

Historic House Museums

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9 entries

Historic Houses of the Midwestern and Western United States

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33 entries

Historic Houses of the New York City Region

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22 entries

Historic Houses of the Rest of the Northeastern United States

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21 entries

Historic Houses of the Southern United States

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49 entries

Historic Houses of Upstate New York

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96 entries

Historic Houses Outside the United States

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37 entries

Manor and Country Houses

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61 entries

Northern Virginia

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15 entries

Plantation Houses

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6 entries

Plantation Houses: Alabama

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37 entries

Plantation Houses: Florida

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26 entries

Plantation Houses: Georgia

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24 entries

Plantation Houses: Louisiana

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32 entries

Plantation Houses: Maryland

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10 entries

Plantation Houses: North Carolina

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10 entries

Plantation Houses: Other Regions

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25 entries

Plantation Houses: South Carolina

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23 entries

Plantation Houses: Tennessee

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10 entries

Residential Building Types and Terms

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5 entries

Rowhouses and Terraced Housing

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4 entries

Shenandoah Valley

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8 entries

Southern and Southwest Virginia

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16 entries

Vernacular and Traditional Dwellings

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16 entries

Villas of Eastern Europe

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10 entries

Villas of Italy

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47 entries

Villas of North America

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14 entries

Villas of the Rest of the World

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5 entries

Villas of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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9 entries

Villas of Western and Northern Europe

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47 entries
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  • Wikipedia, House, history section, era
    An 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, region
    An 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.
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