Bousillage
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Bousillage is a mixture of clay and grass or other fibrous substances used as the infill between the timbers of a half-timbered building. This material was commonly used by 18th-century French colonia
Bousillage infill between the studs
La Maison de Guibourd Historic House in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.
A model of the Maison Bolduc showing poteaux-sur-solle construction.
Maison Bolduc is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.
Poteaux-sur-sol
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Poteaux-sur-sol is a style of timber framing in which relatively closely spaced posts rest on a timber sill. Poteaux-en-terre and pieux-en-terre are similar, but the closely spaced posts extend into t
Bousillage
…clay earth and retted Spanish moss, but in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and Canada contains straw, grass or hair, used to fill in the panels in poteaux-sur-sol, poteaux-en-terre, and half-timbered framing (called colombage in French). This was a technique used in French Louisiana by colonists from the 18th to…
Holy Family Church in Cahokia, Illinois, was built of walnut timbers in the poteaux-sur-sol style in 1799, replacing a similar structure built in 1699.
The Durand Cabin in Ste. Genevieve is an example of poteaux-sur-sol construction.