A spite house is a building constructed or substantially altered to irritate a neighbor or another party with a stake in the surrounding land. Because long term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they often take on strange and impractical shapes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Spite house (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house, lead definition
A spite house is a building constructed or substantially modified to irritate neighbors or any party with land stakes.
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The building is still standing, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Fourth Avenue Historic District.
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Because long-term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they frequently exhibit strange and impractical structures.
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