Red Tin Roof on the backroads of Carolina
This House has a Rain Porch.
“A sheltered exterior residential living area, the rain porch consists of a roof structure with freestanding supports, in an anterior arrangement to a pier-supported, balustraded deck.”
Rain Porches were common between 1820 and 1860 in South Carolina. This vernacular style also moved into North Central Florida were it became part of the classic “Cracker-style” architecture. In Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana it’s called “Carolina Porch”.
The dog in the picture came from next door and was keeping an eye on the place. I don’t come across too many dogs on the backroads but when I do, I’m not going to get too close even though I’m a dog person. Just snap the picture from the truck and be on my way.
The South Carolina house with the rain porch is very interesting. What a great idea to extend the roof for extra protection from the rain. I would always nap on the porch in the rain. I didn’t know that they extended to north central Florida to be used on cracker house. I grew up in a very small town in Central fla. We lived in a log cabin until 1947 when my father bought the wood from the old torn down church and built us a house with a very big front porch. I remember many times we sat on it during the rain. I so wish I could talk to him today; among other things I would ask him about our wonderful family gathering place and if it was indeed a rain porch.
I love this!!❤️