town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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The Bleecker Street store, for example, is a town house that resembles a cottage.
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Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Sanabria and Co The bedroom nook in this Logan Circle town house designed by Sanabria and Co is a master class in coziness, with a supple bouclé bed and an enveloping, botanical wall covering.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025
The textile entrepreneurs Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer live in a 1910s Ridgewood town house with their two young daughters
By Morgan GoldbergPhotography by Seth Caplan
January 30, 2025
All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Sanabria and Co The bedroom nook in this Logan Circle town house designed by Sanabria and Co is a master class in coziness, with a supple bouclé bed and an enveloping, botanical wall covering.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025
The textile entrepreneurs Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer live in a 1910s Ridgewood town house with their two young daughters
By Morgan GoldbergPhotography by Seth Caplan
January 30, 2025
All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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