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Archive for the 'Real Estate News' Category
Monterey Style
July 16th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
This style emerged in 1853 when Boston merchant Thomas Larkin relocated to Monterey, Calif. The style updates Larkin’s vision of a New England Colonial with an Adobe brick exterior. The Adobe reflected an element of Spanish Colonial houses common in the Monterey area at the time. Later Monterey versions merged Spanish Eclectic with Colonial Revival […]
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The Italianate
July 15th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
One of my favorite styles, Italianate homes, which appeared in Midwest, East Coast, and San Francisco areas between 1850 and 1880, can be quite ornate despite their solid square shape.
You’ll find them in Olde Towne East, Bexley, German Village and Upper Arlington. Features include symmetrical bay windows in front; small chimneys set in irregular […]
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Greek Revival
July 14th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
This style is predominantly found in the Midwest, South, New England, and Midatlantic regions, though you may spot subtypes in parts of California. Its popularity in the 1800s stemmed from archeological findings of the time, indicating that the Grecians had spawned Roman culture. American architects also favored the style for political reasons: the War of […]
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Gothic Revival
July 13th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
The influence of English romanticism and the mass production of elaborate wooden millwork after the Industrial Revolution fueled the construction of Gothic Revival homes in the mid-1800s. These picturesque structures are marked by “Gothic” windows with distinctive pointed arches; exposed framing timbers; and steep, vaulted roofs with cross-gables. Extravagant features may include towers and verandas. […]
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Georgian Homes
July 12th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
Befitting a king–in fact, the style is named for four King Georges of England–Georgian homes are refined and symmetrical with paired chimneys and a decorative crown over the front door. Modeled after the more elaborate homes of England, the Georgian style dominated the British colonies in the 1700s.
This is a style you might spy […]
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French Provincial — ooh la la
July 11th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
Balance and symmetry are the ruling characteristics of this formal style. Homes are often brick with detailing in copper or slate. Windows and chimneys are symmetrical and perfectly balanced, at least in original versions of the style. Defining features include a steep, high, hip roof; balcony and porch balustrades; rectangle doors set in arched openings; […]
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Federal Style
July 10th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
Ubiquitous up and down the East Coast, Federal-style architecture dates from the late 1700s and coincided with a reawakening of interest in classical Greek and Roman culture. Builders began to add swags, garlands, elliptical windows, and other decorative details to rectangular Georgian houses.
I always think of Federal as a Victorian Village or Olde Towne […]
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Dutch Colonial
July 9th, 2008 categories: Real Estate News
This American style originated in homes built by German, or “Deutsch” settlers in Pennsylvania as early as the 1600s. I call it Barn Style because a hallmark of the style is a broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves that extend over the porches, creating a barn-like effect. Early homes were a single room, and additions were […]
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