Terraced house
FORM OF MEDIUM-DENSITY HOUSING
Rowhouse; Terrace (architecture); Terrace house; Terraced housing; Rowhome; Rowhomes; Row-house; Terrace-house; Row house; Townhomes; Linkhouse; Linear linkhouse; Terrace houses; Terrace housing; Terraced houses; Row houses; Row home; Rowhouses
In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house (UK) or townhouse (US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings share side walls. In the United States and Canada they are also known as row houses or row homes, found in older cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Toronto.