Farmhouse

[7] A Cascina a corte is a courtyard building whose arrangement is based on the Roman villa found in the Po Valley of northern Italy.

[citation needed] A house called Casa colonica [it] in Italy is a type of farmhouse where the residents work the land but do not own the farm.

Wooden houses were built later as railroads brought wood from the Rockies (Alberta, British Columbia).

[12][13] American farmhouses had a straightforward construction designed to function amidst a working farm in a rural setting.

[2] They had a simple rectangular floor plan, usually built with local materials, and included a dominant centrally-located fireplace for cooking and heating.