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In the Driftway
September 24, 1930 issue

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The article discusses a method for building a house, which was described by architect Karl J. Ellington, of Port Angeles, Washington. The method is called Pisé de terre, in which buildings are built with just common soil, rammed in moveable forms. The method is being used successfully in the Scandinavian countries. There are Pisé houses in many parts of Europe and there is a Pisé church in St. Augustine, Florida, known to have been built in 1556. There is also a Pisé building in Washington D.C., dating from 1773. It was so firmly constructed that it would have cost more to tear down than to remodel it.

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ARCHITECTURE, Domestic; SOILS; COST; ELLINGTON, Karl J.; PORT Angeles (Wash.); WASHINGTON (State); UNITED States
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