The Big House
Wikimedia disambiguation page
The Big House may refer to:
Buildings
Types of building
Great house
Anglo-Irish big house, specifically houses of the Protestant ascendancy
a type of longhouse among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Wharenui, a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand
a slang term for prison
An African-American Vernacular English term referring to a plantation house on an American slave compound.
Individual buildings
8 House or Big House, a mixed use development in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bolshoy Dom (Russian for 'Big House'), Saint Petersburg, Russia, headquarters of the Federal Security Service
Big House, Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, nicknamed 'The Big Hoose'
Big House, Irene, Gauteng, South Africa, the residence of South African statesman Jan Smuts
United States
The Allman Brothers Band Museum, Macon, Georgia, also known as "The Big House"
Big House (Moccasin, Arizona)
Oklahoma State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City
Big House (Palisades, New York)
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed The Big House
Entertainment
The Big House (1930 film), starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery
The Big House (2000 film), short film directed by Rachel Ward
The Big House (documentary film), 1997 documentary film directed by David Goldie
The Big House (TV series), a 2004 American television sitcom
"The Big House" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a 2017 television episode
"The Big House" (Orange Is the New Black), a 2019 television episode
Big House (comics), a fictional prison in the Marvel Comics universe
Big House (American band), a country music band from the late 1990s
Big House (album), their self-titled debut album
Big House (Canadian band), a Canadian rock music band active in the early 1990s
"Big House" (song), a 1993 song by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline
Other uses
The Big House (tournament), an annual Super Smash Bros.
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