A-Frame House on the Beach

A-Frame House on the Beach

We saw this A-Frame driving down A1A and I just had to share it.

The little A-Frame beach house has a garage under it.
The little A-Frame beach house has a garage under it.

This is the view from A1A. See the sidewalk in front of the house?

 

A-frame house off A1A, right on the beach
See the little bump out windows from the roof?

There are little windows poking out of the roof on both sides.

It is right on the beach, just off A1A
It is right on the beach, just off A1A

The house is right on the beach.

There is additional parking on the dunes on one side of theA-Frame House on the Beach
There is additional parking on the dunes on one side.

The dunes are on both sides of the house right up to the roof.

The roof, the beach and the stairs from the deck - A-Frame House on the Beach
The roof, the beach and the stairs from the deck

See the little window and the stairs down to the sand?

A-frame house off A1A, right on the beach
A-frame house off A1A, right on the beach

This is the other side of the house.

There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach
There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach

And here it is from the beach.

There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach
There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach

The deck wraps all the way around from the street side, along one side of the house and then is a larger deck on the beach side.

The beach side of the little A-Frame cottage
The beach side of the little A-Frame cottage

The stairs go right down to the sand.

There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach
There is a wrap-around deck and steps out to the beach

I was standing in the waves when I took this photo.

About A-Frame Houses

The house on the left is in Casas Típicas de Santana, a cultural site in Madeira, Portugal. They are little shops now. The one on right is an old photo of a sod roof A-frame house in Holland.
The house on the left is in Casas Típicas de Santana, a cultural site in Madeira, Portugal. They are little shops now. The one on right is an old photo of a sod roof A-frame house in Holland.

A-frame houses and other building have been around forever. They were in the South Pacific islands, China and even some parts of Europe.

Architect R.M. Schindler modified the form to build an A-frame in Lake Arrowhead, California in 1934. The home was for Gisela Bennati.  Other architects designed A-frame houses and eventually they caught on as second homes. A-frames popped up in the mountains and on the beach.  They were relatively cheaper and easier to build. They even came as kits.

A-Frame plans for a 36’ A-Frame Cabin, from the Cooperative Extension associated with North Carolina State University
A-Frame plans for a 36’ A-Frame Cabin, from the Cooperative Extension associated with North Carolina State University
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This is a plan provided by the Cooperative Extension of North Carolina through the North Carolina State University. The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service started in 1914 and they are still around. They helped our family a lot when we first moved to North Carolina and tried to farm.

A-Frame plans for a 24’ A-Frame Cabin, from the Cooperative Extension associated with the University of Maryland
A-Frame plans for a 24’ A-Frame Cabin, from the Cooperative Extension associated with the University of Maryland
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When I searched, I found the same plans are offered through other state’s Cooperative Extension. There are some other plans, too.

Photo of Traditional House Santana by Tony Hisgett
Historic photo A-frame sod roof house in the Netherlands from Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
The rest of the photos are by me.