Lightning splitter
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lightning-splitter-279-11371075
title:
Lightning splitter
text:
A lightning splitter is an architectural design referring to wood-framed homes with sharply angled multi-story gable roof. The sharply angled gable was believed in local Rhode Island folklore to split or deflect bolts of lightning. Architectural evidence suggests that new constructions and modification of existing homes to the style were predominantly in the mid-19th century. By 1980, the number of surviving lightning splitter homes was believed to be about half a dozen.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Style of house in Rhode Island
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_splitter
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date modified:
2023-12-13T13:03:06Z
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