MA CEU Architecture

ArchitectureRE14R07

Jody OBrien

CEU Outline

If you’ve ever had buyers turn up their noses at a house before they even got out of the car, you understand that architecture matters

The Basics

Terminology

Our Story Begins

First Period• 1625–1725

• adaptations of English domestic buildings.

• Generally one room deep and two stories high

• single large, central chimneys,

• steeply pitched roofs and

Benjamin Abbott House 1685

Georgian• 1725–1780

• simple, symmetrical, two-room deep boxes

• side gable, gambrel, or hipped roof.

• central chimneys

• sided with wood shingles or clapboards.

• Windows, always symmetrically spaced, were

double-hung with nine or twelve lights (panes) per

sash

Pillsbury French House1790’s

Jonathan Swift House1785

Federal• late 1700s and coincided with a reawakening of

interest in classical Greek and Roman culture.

• add swags, garlands, elliptical windows, and other decorative details to rectangular Georgian houses.

• more delicate and more formal.

• arched Palladian window on the second story above the front door.

• The front door usually has sidelights and a semicircular fanlight.

Federal

Greek Revival1830‐1840

• based on the architecture of classic Greek temples

• wide band of trim below the cornice, representing the

classical entablature

• pilasters or paneled trim at the building corners

• flat-roofed entry porches supported by round or square

columns

Greek Revival

Picturesque Styles

Italianate

Famous example: The Breakers, Newport, R.I.Square and symmetrical. Brackets or other ornamentation just below the roof. Regular windows with larger panes often topped by a squared arch. Later, square towers were added. Popular in the 1850s to 1880s.Photo courtesy of: Patrick O’Connor/ The Preservation Society of Newport County

What do they look like today

• Now commercial• Your Office?

• Now condos

Gothic/Gothic Revival• less popular • Steeply pitched roofs• cross gables, and lacy vergeboards• symmetrical with a central cross gable and a one-

story porch• hood molds over pointed arched or rectangular

windows and doors, towers, and bay windows.

Arden/Woods Estate

Victorian/Queen Anne1850‐1900

Famous example: Carson Mansion, Eureka, Calif.Round or square towers and turrets. Stone foundations topped by brick. Ornately carved and painted wood trim. Spindle railing on porches. Popular from the 1850s until around 1900.Photo courtesy of: Ron Kuhnel/The Eureka Heritage Society

Falmouth, MA –Monument Beach

$995,000

P. F Sullivan House Lowell Ma $429,000

1900’s to Today

Tudor

This architecture style was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and continues to be a mainstay in suburbs across the United States. The defining characteristics are half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and facades that are dominated by one or more steeply pitched cross gables. Patterned brick or stone walls are common, as are rounded doorways, multi-paned casement windows, and large stone chimneys. A subtype of the Tudor Revival style is the Cotswold Cottage. With a sloping roof and a massive chimney at the front, a Cotswold Cottage may remind you of a picturesque storybook home.

The Bricks

Cape Cod

Some of the first houses built in the United States were Cape Cods. The original colonial Cape Cod homes were shingle-sided, one-story cottages with no dormers. During the mid-20th century, the small, uncomplicated Cape Cod shape became popular in suburban developments. A 20th-century Cape Cod is square or rectangular with one or one-and-a-half stories and steeply pitched, gabled roofs. It may have dormers and shutters.

Craftsman/Bungalow• Starts in California• Follows the Arts and Craft movement• Uses natural material• Widely disseminated through pattern books and

magazines• the most prevalent style for small houses in the

nation • One and 1½ story Craftsman style houses are

popularly known as bungalows

Sears Kit Homes• Sold about 75,000• 1908-1940• 447 Patterns

• How to tell if it is a Sears Kit Home

French Provincial

Famous example: The Biltmore, Asheville, N.C.High, sloping mansard roofs (a type of hip roof). Rounded arches over windows and porch. Multipane symmetrical windows, often breaking out of the second story. Patterned after French chateaus under the reign of Louis XIV, the style had several revivals.• Photo courtesy of: The Biltmore Asheville, N.C.

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