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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Queene Anne Style Home

wood patterning.
Italianate Style Home

The roof on Italianate style homes is hipped with a low pitch {1}, and it has a slight eave overhang with decorative brackets {2}. These homes have long, narrow windows with label moldings {3}. The front door has small pilasters {4}. Sometimes there are cupolas on Italianate
{right} Close up of brackets and windows.
Neo-Classical Style Home

The Neo-Classical style contains a two story porch with columns {2}, a pediment over the porch {4}, and a symmetrical facade with the door in the center {1}. The roof is hipped with a moderate pitch and a slight eave overhang {3}. Often times there is a paladian window above the door, however in this home it is in the roof {5}.
Dutch Colonial Style Home

The Dutch Colonial style has a gambrel roof {1} and and full living room under the attic {2}. Had this house been straightened out it would have a symmetrical facade and you would be able to see the broad door, which is still at the center of the house. The style, and this house, had shed dormer windows {3}.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Colonial Revival/Georgian Style Home

The georgian style home possesses a moderate pitched roof with side gables {1}, which also has a slight eave overhang with dentals {2}. Next this home has a symmetrical facade with a door in the middle {3}. This style has pedimented dormers {4}, and instead of paladian windows about the front door, they are above the windows {5}.
{above left} close up of symmetrical facade {above right} close up of dormers
Tudor Style Home

The tudor style home is widely recognized for its stucco walls with half-timbering {1 and 2}. The roof is steeply pitched with side and front gables {3}, and it has a large chimney {4}. Although this home has a porch, it is not usual with the original style {5}.
{right} close up of the half-timbering and stucco, as well as, the chimney.
Prairie Style Home

Shingle Style Home
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