The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog run or possum trot, is a style of house common throughout the southeastern United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scholars differ on its origins, with some tracing it to the southern Appalachian Mountains and others to the post Revolutionary frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. Its defining feature is a central open air breezeway running through the house, which provided cooling comfort in the hot southern climate and distinguished the design from typical fully enclosed house layouts.
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