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• Full porches common • Romanesque Syrian arches used at porches
• Tall first-story windows; elaborate window surrounds (arched, hooded, • Prominent chimneys corbelled
pedimented, or dentiled) • Eyebrow dormers
• Tall chimneys
• Typically stone but also brick or wood frame with clapboard siding
Colonial Revival: 1880–1955

Stick Style: 1860–1890 • Accentuated front door with decorative pediment supported by
pilasters or extended forward and supported by slender columns to
• Asymmetrical two or three-storied form with emphasis on vertical form entry porch
• Complex gable roofs, usually steeply pitched with cross gables and • Fanlights and sidelights common; Palladian windows common
overhanging eaves • Façade symmetry; centered door; aligned windows
• Decorative trusses at gable ends common • Double-hung sash windows usually with multi-pane glazing; frequently
• Exposed rafter tails in adjacent pairs; multi-pane upper sash with single pane lower sash
• Wooden wall cladding (either clapboards or board-and-batten siding) and bay windows (not historically accurate) were popular
interrupted by patterns of horizontal, vertical, or diagonal boards (stick • One-story wings, usually with a flat roof and commonly embellished
work) raised from the wall surface for emphasis and meant to represent with a balustrade
the underlying framework • Broken pediments, rare on original colonial structures popular in
• Extensive porches and verandas; porches plainly trimmed but Colonial Revival examples
commonly have diagonal or curved braces • Door surrounds tend to be shallow (less deep) than originals and
• Large 1:1 or 2:2 windows; frequently paired; fit within patterns created exhibit machine-planed smoothness
by stick work • Dormers, often with exaggerated, eclectic pediments
• Corbeled chimneys • Masonry cladding grew in popularity as technology for using brick or
stone veneer improved after 1920
• Gable, hipped, or gambrel roofs
Queen Anne: 1880–1910 • Details tend to be exaggerated with larger proportions than
original elements
• Asymmetrical two or three-storied, multifaceted form • Details from two or more types of Colonial styles often combined
• Complex intersecting gabled or hipped roofs sopure replicas of a particular style are far less common than
• Projecting upper floors eclectic mixtures
• Bay windows, often cut away from upper stories • Interior floor plans are not symmetrical and are more open than
• Extensive porches and verandas with turned porch posts and historic examples
balustrade spindles
• Irregular floor plans Continued from page 24
• Towers, turrets Post-War/Mid-Century Modern
• Multitude of applied features such as brackets, roof cresting, After suffering through the two World Wars and
and ornamental chimneys the Great Depression, it was time for America
• Mixing of stylistic details from various architectural styles including to focus on a bright, modern future.
reinterpreted classical forms Inexpensive housing and
• Textured wall patterns including decorative shingles typical everything that goes in
• Lacy ornamentation around porch entries and at gable ends common it meant a return to
manufacturing cheaper
• Large 1:1 windows; upper panes often edged with leaded or options for this new
colored glass lifestyle.
• Rich, bold paint color schemes According to an essay Eames lounge chair and
• Usually wood-framed; sometimes first story of brick or stone masonry by Jared Goss at metmuseum.org, “The ottoman, made by Herman
Miller and designed by
with wood frame above elaborate households of the prewar years Charles Eames (Amer.,
were gone … Gone, too, was the conven- 1907-1978) and Ray Eames
tional approach to furnishings as expen- (Amer., 1912-1988). Made
Shingle Style: 1880–1900 sive and permanent status objects.” of Rosewood veneer shells
Designers from across the globe, with green leather cushions
and cast aluminum bases.
• Wall cladding and roofing of continuous wood shingles; masonry first including Finn Juhl and Eero Saarinen, to Sold for $11,520 at a Case
story with shingles above also common Americans Harry Bertoia, Frank Lloyd Auction in 2021.
• Two or three-storied; asymmetrical façade, form and floor plan Wright, and Charles and Ray Eames
reveled in all things new – new lines, new materials, sleek functionality,
• Irregular roof line; hipped, gable, or gambrel; intersecting cross gables forms that went in all directions, and new color.
and multi-level eaves common There is a wide
• Extensive porches and verandas George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, variety of designs
• Shingled walls continue without interruption; no corner boards Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom. made over the years
• Decorative detailing used sparingly; Palladian windows and simple Playboy Magazine, July 1961. for Americans to
classical columns most common details take a load off.
• Porch posts simple wood elements or massive piers of stone or clad This can make any-
in shingles one want to collect
• Large simply adorned windows with small panes; bands of more than just one,
windows common so try a couple out.
• Bay windows common; multiple window arches common Settle in for a good
• Rounded turrets and towers; often partial or half-towers integrated into read or a bit of
work. Take a seat –
the main volume of the house
or two.
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