An opensided structure built on a raised platform and covered by a thatched roof; the traditional housing of the Seminole adapted to the southern Florida environment.

An elevated, sheltered wooden platform built along interior rivers and bays where no dry land exists.

A chickee is a type of home invented by the Northern Seminole tribe. Chickee is the Seminole word for "house". The chickee style of architecture - palmetto thatch over a bald cypress log frame - was born during the early 1800s when Seminole Indians, pursued by U.S. troops, needed fast, disposable shelter while on the run.