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Birmingham: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 6:19am.
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March 1936. Workers' company houses and outhouses. Republic Steel, Birmingham, Alabama. Photograph by Walker Evans. View full size.
Square top houses
Submitted by Realtor on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 6:46am.
In the real estate business, those are commonly known as "foursquare" style.
Nice hips...
Submitted by allan on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 3:02am.
In construction vernacular, those square top houses would have what we call a hip roof. Sometimes called a hipped roof, as well. No ridge, all hips.
Birmingham "square top" houses
Submitted by Laura K on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 2:22am.
There are still some of these square top houses out in Titusville, near the old gravel quarry that's been converted into an artist colony.
Birmingham "square top" house
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 10:09pm.
A classic view of a Birmingham District company town with the typical "square top" houses. Thanks for creating this photoblog!
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