: a frame dwelling with two stories in front and one behind and a roof with a long rear slope
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Recent Examples on the WebThe saltbox takes its name from a popular wooden box used to store salt. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 June 2022 But the understated house was more New England saltbox than brutalist concrete fantasy.Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021 Fortunately, many saltbox houses are still standing today. Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2020 Its towns make good postcards, with saltbox houses meandering outward from a central green and a white clapboard church.The Economist, 8 Feb. 2020 Photo: Boston Globe/Getty Images Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen designed the shingled Cape Cod saltbox-style main house and a two-story guesthouse, which were completed in 1981. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 27 June 2019 Lindheimer House: Make advance reservations to visit here, an 1845 saltbox cottage built with adobe brick and traditional German fachwerk. Michelle Newman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018 The saltbox-style house, built in 1906 on 1,020 acres, has three bedrooms, one bath and 2,452 square feet ($2,936 a square foot). Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 12 June 2018 Consisting of two saltbox houses and four outbuildings overlooking the rest of Salvage, its harbor, and the rugged coastline that surrounds it, the Pickersgill Premises is an official Registered Property of Newfoundland and Labrador. Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2018 See More