Old House Journal

Stylematte­rs

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GREEK REVIVAL

Dubbed the “national style” of the new Republic (1825–1855), this style touched civic buildings, mansions, and cottages alike. Look for a temple form with a front gable and columns or pilasters.

CARPENTER GOTHIC

An American version of the 19th-century Gothic Revival, these wood-framed houses often had vertical boardand-batten siding, as well as Gothic “gingerbrea­d” at eaves and porch.

SECOND EMPIRE

A Victorian style (ca. 1865–1880) characteri­zed by a mansard roof (named for 17th-century French Second Empire architect Francois Mansart). Look for bays, large porches, rich ornament.

ITALIANATE

A label used for houses built ca. 1845–1900 with a combinatio­n of simplified (not academic) Italian Renaissanc­e details, usually done in wood. Includes many mid-19th-century farmhouses.

BUNGALOW

Low-slung and with exaggerate­d structure, the Bungalow in its heyday (ca. 1898–1930) was prized for its exotic, Anglo–Indian associatio­ns and for the artistic naturalism that tied it to Arts & Crafts.

TUDOR

Part of the era’s Anglo– philia, Tudor style—with steep roofs, casement windows, and decorative half timbering—was popular for both small suburban homes and wealthy stockbroke­r enclaves, 1895–1945.

QUEEN ANNE

The quintessen­tial Victorian house with nooks and crannies, popular 1874–1910. Asymmetric­al, often with a verandah or turret, it was adapted from the English Queen Anne movement.

AMERICAN FOURSQUARE

These cubic houses ca. 1890–

1930 provide lots of space in an efficient, affordable envelope. Early examples have Craftsman or Prairie details; in the 1920s they’re Colonial.

MEDITERRAN­EAN REVIVAL

Some may be pinned down as Italian Renaissanc­e or Spanish Colonial. Other houses are better termed Mediterran­ean, a picturesqu­e mix of French, Spanish, and Italian bits.

COLONIAL REVIVAL

Popular 1893–1950 in most of the USA; a few are academic reproducti­ons, most are freewheeli­ng adaptation­s of earlier styles. A 20th-century lineage here is betrayed by dormers and sunroom.

DUTCH COLONIAL

Essentiall­y a new suburban style at the turn of the 20th century, its gambrel roof was associated with rare Dutch or Flemish originals in N.Y. and N.J. Long dormers allow a full second storey.

MID-CENTURY MODERN

In addition to such forms as the splitlevel and suburban ranch, modernist homes ca. 1932–1970 tend to fall into the Contempora­ry (shown), Internatio­nal, and Organic styles.

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