The dogtrot house is one of the most iconic forms of domestic vernacular architecture in the Southern U.S. Its lineage can be traced to the one-room square log cabins along the hills of Appalachia. As family life and functional needs expanded, the farmer simply added another cabin and connected the two with a common sheltering roof. And, when the old dog was too hot to trot, as they say, the covered breezeway was the perfect escape from the region's engulfing heat and humidity. Thus, the name "dogtrot" was born to describe a new form of domestic architecture forever linked to the South