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Adams
Style: Robert Adams
(1728-1792) designed the
Adams
style. The
Adams
style can be identified by characteristics such as:
>Roman
decorative motifs like framed medallions, arabesque vine scrolls, Sphinxes
and Gryphons
>Pilasters
>Complex
color scheme
>Painted
ornaments such as swags and ribbons
Cladding:
An application of one material over the other most times used to weather
proof, but not necessarily and is generally used to deflect water.
Cladding includes shingles, probably the most common type of cladding.
Clapboard:
Similar looking to roofing shingles, clapboard is just wooden boards that
over lap each other on the side of a house. Clapboard can be various
colors and stains depending on taste.
Colonial
Revival: Started in
the 1870’s Colonial revival is based more on simplicity then earlier
Victorian style houses. Some common style cues would be:
>Symmetrical
often with side porches
>Columns
or pilasters supporting a pediment to create a porch effect
>Entries
decorated with sidelights
>Grand
staircases inside as well as often having fireplaces
Federal
Style: Ranging from
1790 through 1830 Federal style usually consists of:
>Low
Pitched Roof
>Smooth
facade
>Semi
circular fanlight over entry door
>Geometric
forms like bowed bays
Gable:
The triangle formed by a sloping roof. A building can be front-gabled or
side-gabled or both.
Greek
Revival Style: This
style of houses may include these:
>Pediment
Gable
>Symmetrical
Shape
>Heavy
Cornice
>Wide,
plain frieze
>Bold,
Simple Moldings
Gothic
Revival Style: This
style of houses may include these:
>Pointed
Windows with decorative tracery
>Grouped
Chimneys
>Pinnacles
>Flat
Roofs with Battlements, or gabled roofs with parapets
>Leaded
Glass
>Quatrefoil
and clover shaped windows
>Oriel
Windows
Hip
Roof:
A hip roof, or hipped
roof, is a type of roof
where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a gentle slope.
A square shaped house would have pyramid shaped roof.
Ionic
Columns:A
common piece of classic architecture, Ionic Columns are often seen in
historic greek buildings. Used in certain style houses they appear as
regular columns with a swirling pattern on two sides of the ends.
Italianate
Victorian:
These style houses have features like:
>Low
pitched or flat roof
>Balanced
or symetrical form
>Tall
apearance with 2 to 4 floors
>Arches
over windows
>Heavily
molded double doors
Palladian
Window: A
window with a semicircular arch at the top
Portico:
A
porch leading to the entrance to a building
Queen
Anne-Victorian Style: The
style of most house built from 1850-1910 during the reign of Queen Anne in
the United Kingdom.
Richardsonian
Style:
This style oh house could include:
>Constructed
of rough-faced, square stones
>Round
Towers with cone shaped roofs
>Columbs
and Pillasters with spirals and leaf desings
>Low,
broad Roman arches over arcades and doorways
>Patterned
masonary arches over windows
Veneer:
A thin slice of wood which are put together to make objects such as doors.
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