Preferred label
Dwellings
Alternative labels
Cottages
Estate houses
Homes
Residences
Villas
Broader term
Residential facilities
Narrower terms
Apartment houses
Barracks
Beaver dams
Cave dwellings
Cliff dwellings
Condominiums
Dormitories
Hogans
Houseboats
Houses
Housing
Igloos
Mobile homes
Nests
Officers' quarters
Rookeries
Tipis
Wickiups
Wigwams
Related terms
Backyards
Birthplaces
Dollhouses
Estates
Garages
Gatehouses
House buying
Household moving
Huts
Lodging houses
Private camps
Pueblos
Ranches
Residential streets
Tents
Scope note
Structures designed or used as the living quarters for one or more families. Search under BIRTHPLACES for dwellings that were a place of birth and under ESTATES for grounds and outbuildings associated with dwellings. Search also under the subdivision --STRUCTURES used with names of ethnic, racial, and regional groups, and with classes of persons (Appendix A). Search also under the subdivision --HOMES & HAUNTS used with names of persons (Appendix B).
Editorial note
Used in a note under ESTATES and BIRTHPLACES.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.