There's a house like that in Aroostook County, in northern Maine. It was for sale a few years ago, I know, because I thought of buying it, but it sold quickly.
Well, stretching a bit for this thread, (feel free to delete this post or move it to another thread for any reason at all) here's a partial description of the city I hope to have permanent residence in >> "The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass. Holman Christian Standard Bible The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold like clear glass." (scientists have known only recently that absolutely pure gold is transparent, someone else knew this thousands of years ago) REJOICE !
The "Plantation Plain" I-house I-houses were 2 stories high, featured gables to the sides, at least two rooms wide, but only one room deep. Typically with masonry chimneys on each end of the house. Great Chimney House, Lexington, Georgia They were popular in the South because the stairs were in the center, leaving two bedrooms upstairs on either side, each with ventilation on 3 sides. Kitchens were usually in a separate building behind the house, or in an ell, or shed, extending off the back. A plantation style house has a 2 story porch with columns extending up to the second floor (#5). In a plantation plain house, the porch covers only the first floor (#3). Occasionally there would be a double porch on the front (#4). There is a "double-wide" double porch plantation plain house near me, which, by the way, adjoins the old farm of Kenny Rogers. Smithonia Plantation House, built in 1866. Since this picture was taken it was sold and converted to a bed and breakfast with a large ell off the back. I would love to see the floor plan of this house, but can't find one. It must have two staircases. And, yes, I would love to live in this house, at least for a while.
For comparison, there were houses years ago that only cost (even today) about 20 to 40 dollars a month to heat in winter and to cool in summer. The initial price/cost of the house was very low, mostly in man hours (labor) .... The walls might be 1 foot to 3 feet thick (very good insulating .. and naturally maintaining moderate temperature) ... ... hahaha - and then, there were igloos (further north, of course)..... comfortable inside even when 30 below zero outside with gale winds , ice, and snow for weeks ....