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Old Two-Story House with Balconies

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The style of housing is one brought to Liberia by freed slaves in the mid-1800s. These houses appear to be mainly wood but may have corrugate siding and concrete block construction because of termites. The house would be lived in by the extended family and passed on within families.
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  1. Buildings And Structures
  2. Cities And Towns
  3. Houses
  4. Liberia
  5. Shick, Tom
  6. West Africa
  7. Wood

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