14 Facts About Terrace houses

TownTerrace houses are generally two- to three-story structures that share a wall with a neighbouring unit.

The first and last of the houses is called an end terrace and is often a different layout from the houses in the middle, sometimes called mid-terrace.

Large numbers of terraced houses were built in the inner suburbs of large Australian cities, particularly Sydney and Melbourne, mainly between the 1850s and the 1890s.

The suburbs in which terrace houses are often found are often sought after in Australia due to their proximity to the Central Business Districts of the major cities.

The style was used for workers' housing in industrial districts during the rapid urbanisation following the industrial revolution, particularly in the Terrace houses built for workers of the expanding textile industry.

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Major distinction is between through terraces, whose houses have both a front and a back door, and back-to-backs, which are bricked in on three sides.

In Chicago, row Terrace houses can be found in the downtown and surrounding areas developed in the late 1800s through 1930s.

Creole TownTerrace houses have a steeply pitched roof, side-gabled, with several roof dormers.

Row Terrace houses are especially prominent in neighborhoods like Middle Village, Woodhaven and Jackson Heights in Queens; Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Canarsie, Marine Park, Park Slope, and Sunset Park in Brooklyn; and Williamsbridge, Wakefield, and Soundview in the Bronx.

Several neighborhoods in Washington, DC feature rowTerrace houses, often composing the majority or a large plurality of the local housing stock.

Neighborhoods known for high concentrations of rowTerrace houses include Capitol Hill, Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, Shaw, LeDroit Park, Columbia Heights, Petworth, and Bloomingdale.

Many neighborhoods with rowTerrace houses are located in the city's Northwest quadrant, in the densely populated area east of Rock Creek Park, except for Capitol Hill and its sub-neighborhoods, which occupy the areas of the Northeast and Southeast quadrants directly east of the United States Capitol Building.

Terrace houses located on the outskirts of city centres were less restrictive, although the design of the building itself was not unlike those in the city.

Certain older terrace houses tend to be converted for various new roles; some are converted into shophouses or business premises.