Colonial Revival houses have many of these features:
Symmetrical façade
Rectangular
2 to 3 stories
Brick or wood siding
Simple, classical detailing
Gable roof
Pillars and columns
Multi-pane, double-hung windows with shutters
Dormers ...
Colonial Revival architecture
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COLONIAL REVIVAL (1910-1940)
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Colonial Revival 1870-1920
Definition: The reuse of Colonial design in the US toward the end of the 19th and into the 20th century, typically in bank buildings, churches and suburban homes.
COLONIAL REVIVAL (c.1890-c.1940)
American architectural styles of the 18th century were the inspiration for the Colonial Revival style, popular for buildings of all kinds from the late 1800s through the 1930s (and still in use today).
There were several subtypes of the Colonial Revival:
One subtype was the Classic Box with hipped roof and 2-story square or rectangular design. Dormers were usually present. Some had a full-width porch with classical columns.
Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival is the most popular architecture style in America, and it continues to flourish today. It was inspired in part by the 1876 Centennial Celebration.
Spanish Colonial Revival
1 story
The Spanish colonial revival style was very popular for gas stations, park structures, and churches during the 1920s and 1930s when the new building material of stucco was fashionable.
Colonial Revival -- House style of the early 20th century based on interpretations of architectural forms of the American colonies prior to the Revolution.
Column -- A vertical support, usually supporting a member above.
Dutch Colonial Revival was a popular style in some areas. Characteristic of the style is the high gambrel roof.
Also typical of the Colonial Revival style are the fluted columns, dentil moldings and volutes in the Entrance Hall, as well as the 3 different patterns of balusters on the stairway.
It incorporates elements from the Queen Anne style, the Richardsonian Romanesque, and the colonial revival style.
During the late 1800s and throughout the 20th century, builders borrowed Colonial ideas to create refined Colonial Revival homes with elegant central hallways and elaborate cornices.
FANLIGHT A semi-circular (fan shaped) window placed atop a door, commonly seen in Federal and Colonial Revival style buildings.
FENESTRATION PATTERN The arrangement of windows across the facade of a building.
A roof where each side has two slopes; a steeper lower slope and a flatter upper one; a 'barn roof'. Often found in Colonial revival houses in the "Dutch" style.
gambrel roof ...
fanlight - a window, often semi-circular, over a door, with radiating muntins suggestive of a fan. Used widely in several periods of architecture, including Georgian, Federal, and Colonial Revival.
 See also: Colonial, House, Architecture, Classical, Georgian
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