Seems like most would use lumber as-is, not spend the effort to make it dimensional.
Seems like this would be more southwest with the brick - making brick is a time and fuel- consuming process.
How common was this design in the 1800’s on the prairie as shown here? Everything I’ve read shows much simpler design for prairie homes, with things like brick in cities.
Was dimensional lumber available then?
Seems like most would use lumber as-is, not spend the effort to make it dimensional.
Seems like this would be more southwest with the brick - making brick is a time and fuel- consuming process.
How common was this design in the 1800’s on the prairie as shown here? Everything I’ve read shows much simpler design for prairie homes, with things like brick in cities.
I don’t think it’s baked brick, so much as something like this
… I honestly have no clue about the lumber. The American West in general is not an area I’m well versed in. XD