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Single- and double-pen architecture

Single- and double-pen architecture

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Single-pen architecture and double-pen architecture are architectural styles for design of log, and sometimes stone or brick pioneer houses found in the United States. A single pen is just one unit: a rectangle of four walls of a log cabin. In double pen architecture, two log pens are built and those are joined by a roof over a breezeway in between.[1] A saddlebag house is a subset of double-pen architecture with two rooms, a central chimney, and one or two front doors.

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  1. Wright, Martin (1958). "The Antecedents of the Double-Pen House Type". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 48 (2): 109–117. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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