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Splanch
A splanch is a type of single-family home that was popular in the New York metropolitan area from the 1950s through the 1970s.
==Typical layout==
A splanch is not a ranch, and it is not a split level. Rather, it is a three-level house inside of a two-level skin. Typically, they are a center-hall type of home, built on a slab. On the ground level, there is a garage in front, loaded from either the side or the front of the house. Garages were one or two bays, depending on the size of the splanch. Opposite the garage and the center foyer, was a formal dining room and an eat-in kitchen. Behind the garage, elevated up half a level, was the living room, which faced the backyard. Behind the kitchen, and on the same level as the kitchen, was a den, often outfitted in wood paneling, and was adjacent to the elevated living room. Stairs rise up from the foyer to the living room, then turn, and rise up to the second (or third) floor, which contains the bedrooms. The bedroom hallway is open to the stairs and living room below. Four and five bedroom models are commonplace, yet smaller three bedrooms examples exist.
Because the house was built on a slab, the space underneath the living room was pushed down half a level, creating a daylight basement similar to those found in a split-level or bi-level, and often contained a recreation room. The remainder of the first floor sits directly on the slab. The design, which is speculated to have originated on Long Island's South Shore / Nassau County, lacks a full basement because high water tables existed in the area. Developers were only able to dig down 3 or 4 feet for the footings of the house because of the water table. Though its exact origin remains unknown, the splanch gained popularity in the 1960s. Its range expanded from the South Shore to the North Shore, across Long Island, and into the suburban areas of New Jersey, Westchester, Rockland, and Orange Counties. Splanches can be found elsewhere, but are not common.
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