Garrison (architecture)

The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or acorn shape) below the overhang.

Historically, the term garrison means: "The term garrison refers to the military or defensive character of a house",[2] but not as heavily built as a blockhouse.

"Garrisons, or fortified houses, were built in almost all New England towns, and they were particularly common in the frontier towns of Maine and New Hampshire... Like an ordinary house in plan and appearance, garrisons were used in times of peace as one-family dwellings, but were strongly built and capable of protecting a number of families in times of danger such as attacks from natives .

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McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York , Maine , a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying .
Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield , Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89.