Poteaux-sur-sol
Poteaux-sur-sol ("posts on a sill" – sol is also spelled sole and solle) is a style of timber framing in which relatively closely spaced posts rest on a timber sill. Poteaux-en-terre and pieux-en-terre are similar, but the closely spaced posts extend into the ground rather than resting on a sill on a foundation, and therefore are a type of post in ground construction. Poteaux-sur-sol is similar to the framing style known in the United Kingdom as close studding. Poteaux-sur-sol has also, confusingly, been used for other types of timber framing which have a sill timber such as post-and-plank, but this is considered incorrect by some scholars.[1]
Poteaux-sur-sol is a part of
United States
In the present-day United States, houses in this style can be found in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri; Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, and former French settlements in Louisiana—all former parts of New France (La Louisiane). Most are listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Maison Bolduc is a National Historic Landmark.
Canada
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Jacques Guibourd Historic House, c1806. Ste. Genevieve, MO An example of poteaux-sur-sol construction. -
Front view of Louis Bolduc House, Ste. Genevieve. Shows poteaux-sur-sol construction and bousillage infill. -
A model of theMaison Bolducin Ste. Genevieve, showing poteaux-sur-sol construction. -
The Durand Cabin in Ste. Genevieve is an example of poteaux-sur-sol construction. -
Creole House in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, built 1800, expanded with stud-based construction and sided in 1858.
See also
References
- ^ Kniffen, Fred. B. and Henry H. Glassie. "Building in Wood in the Eastern United States: A Time-place Perspective" Geographical Review. Volume 56, Issue 1. American Geographical Society, 1966. Print.
- ^ Lehr, John C., "Ukrainians in Western Canada", in To Build in a New Land (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) pp 309-330.
