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Old 03-27-2021, 01:18 PM
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The hip roof is the main feature in a Cracker style house like those in The Villages. It is based on the chickee huts used by the Native Americans.

Read the book "Classic Cracker" written by professor Ronald Haase, who was originally from New England but now teaches at the University of Florida, or at least he did when he wrote the book..