Their fronts were open piazzas, their sides were lathed and plastered, sometimes with white marl, sometimes with reddish clay, and they had plank doors and were roofed neatly with cypress bark or clapboards.

The eave boards were of soft poplar.

The barrier towns, near white or Indian enemies, had log houses, with portholes cut in the walls.
The communal houses were each divided into three rooms.

The House of the Micos, or Chiefs and Headmen, was painted red and fronted the rising sun; it was highest in rank.

The Houses of the Warriors and the Beloved Men--this last being painted white--fronted south and north respectively, while the House of the Young People stood opposite that of the Micos.