Colonial

Revival Style
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By: Caroline Hobbs
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Period of popularity: 1895 1940 (mostly 1920s, prior to the Great Depression)
The Colonial Revival style was initially inspired by the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, essentially
Americas first-ever Worlds Fair.
The event sparked a new interest in the American colonial past, in contrast to earlier decades when
colonial architecture had been dismissed.
Architects were studying colonial styles throughout New England by the 1890s. A decade later,
colonial revival emerged as a dominant style for domestic buildings nationwide and remained popular
up through World War II.
Earlier Georgian and Adam styles provided the backbone for revival ideas, with a secondary influence
of Dutch Colonial (with its characteristic dual-pitched, Gambrel roof).
Characteristics
similar to georgian, federal, adam, greek styles
machine-made woodwork that had less depth and belief than earlier hand-made versions.
A symmetrical faade, but may have side porches or sunrooms on either or both sides.
Rectangular Mass
1-2+ stories
Usually a medium pitched, side-gable roof with narrow eaves. Hipped roofs and dormers are occasionally seen.
Multi-pane (six-over-six or six-over-one lights are common), double-hung windows with correctly proportioned
shutters, bay windows.
The entrance is centered and accented with columns, pilasters, pediment, and/or maybe hooded to create a covered
porch. It may have a fanlight or transom, sidelights, and/or a paneled door
Brick or wood clapboard is the most common siding, but shingle is occasionally seen especially on more informal New
England style Capes.
Other design elements may include classical columns, two-story pilasters, quoins at corners, dentil trim under eaves,
or Palladian windows.
Roof (hip used on the house created)
Windows ( double hung, shutters, bay windows, and fanlights)

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Entrance of the home
Pilasters are shown here Transom:

Pediments: paneled door:

Sidelights:
How I made my Home
Measuring the outline of the home.
Creating the structure
The finished outline of the home.
Brick siding to the Home
Brick siding is added, and black

Shingles are added to the roof.

Constructing the roof
The basic outline of the house front
Details of the home
This is a basic graphic of the front view of the

home. Below is a modern colonial revival in

Washington D.C.
Works Cited
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23 Feb. 2017.

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"Colonial Revival Style (1880-1955)." Colonial Revival Architecture & Houses Facts and History | Guide to Architectural Styles |

Home Remodeling & Architecture in Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), Washington, DC. N.p., 29 June 2015. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

The goodhart group Follow. "Characteristics of Colonial Revival Homes." LinkedIn SlideShare. N.p., 02 June 2015. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

"Colonial Revival Architecture." This Old House. N.p., 29 July 2016. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.