Historical Architectural Designs Developed for the Champaign County Early American History Museum By...

Historical Architectural Historical Architectural DesignsDesigns

Developed for the Champaign Developed for the Champaign County Early American History County Early American History

Museum Museum By Zachary D. CainBy Zachary D. Cain

AHTC Summer Fellowship 2005AHTC Summer Fellowship 2005

Historical Architectural Historical Architectural DesignsDesigns

The following PowerPoint presentation is The following PowerPoint presentation is designed as a general introduction to six designed as a general introduction to six different types of architectural designs. different types of architectural designs. Using your Historical Architectural Using your Historical Architectural Designs Graphic Organizer, your group Designs Graphic Organizer, your group will choose one type of design to become will choose one type of design to become experts on. After completing your experts on. After completing your graphic organizer, you will then report graphic organizer, you will then report out to the other groups, as well as take out to the other groups, as well as take notes on the other designs presented by notes on the other designs presented by the other expert groups.the other expert groups.

ItalianateItalianate


Historical BackgroundHistorical Background: Italianate houses : Italianate houses have been described as rectangular have been described as rectangular buildings with brackets dripping from their buildings with brackets dripping from their eaves. Also typical of the style are arched eaves. Also typical of the style are arched and bay windows, with lintels or window and bay windows, with lintels or window hoods. This style is based on the urban hoods. This style is based on the urban mansions of Italian merchant princes and mansions of Italian merchant princes and the bracketed designs of rural Italian the bracketed designs of rural Italian farmhouses. The Italianate style was farmhouses. The Italianate style was extremely popular between 1840 and 1880.extremely popular between 1840 and 1880.


FeaturesFeatures: : Large brackets supporting wide Large brackets supporting wide

eaves. eaves. Bay or arched windows. Bay or arched windows. A tower or cupola.A tower or cupola. Rectangular in shape.Rectangular in shape.

Italianate Italianate

Queen AnneQueen Anne


Historic BackgroundHistoric Background: Queen Anne style : Queen Anne style houses fit into the ornamental Victorian houses fit into the ornamental Victorian category, and typically incorporate a category, and typically incorporate a tower, a wrap-around porch, and an tower, a wrap-around porch, and an asymmetrical roofline of gables and asymmetrical roofline of gables and hips. Windows are of every shape and hips. Windows are of every shape and size. The exterior often includes a mix size. The exterior often includes a mix of fishscale, shingles, gingerbread, and of fishscale, shingles, gingerbread, and spindles. The Queen Anne style was spindles. The Queen Anne style was very popular between 1880 and 1900.very popular between 1880 and 1900.


FeaturesFeatures:: Wrap around porch (often with a Wrap around porch (often with a

gazebo attached at one side).gazebo attached at one side). A tower or turret.A tower or turret. Windows of many different shapes and Windows of many different shapes and

sizes.sizes. Various different exterior patterns Various different exterior patterns

such as fishscale shingles and such as fishscale shingles and gingerbread.gingerbread.

Gabled EllGabled Ell


Historical BackgroundHistorical Background: The gabled ell : The gabled ell has a distinctive “L” shape, which creates has a distinctive “L” shape, which creates a front gable and a side gable. The a front gable and a side gable. The Gabled Ell was a common house style Gabled Ell was a common house style from about 1880 to 1910. They could be from about 1880 to 1910. They could be quite simple or very decorative, which quite simple or very decorative, which created houses with various stylistic created houses with various stylistic elements such as bracketing, fishscale elements such as bracketing, fishscale shingling, gingerbread, and Queen Anne shingling, gingerbread, and Queen Anne style windows with stained glass.style windows with stained glass.


Features:Features: ““L” shaped with a front and side L” shaped with a front and side

gable.gable. Decorative features include Decorative features include

bracketing, fishscale shingling, bracketing, fishscale shingling, gingerbread, and Queen Anne style gingerbread, and Queen Anne style windows with stained glass.windows with stained glass.

Colonial RevivalColonial Revival


Historical Background:Historical Background: This type of design This type of design describes homes that try to copy the describes homes that try to copy the architecture of early colonial America. They architecture of early colonial America. They are usually two stories in size with clapboard are usually two stories in size with clapboard exteriors and ornamental shutters next to the exteriors and ornamental shutters next to the windows. Instead of a front porch, Colonial windows. Instead of a front porch, Colonial Revival homes usually have a side porch that is Revival homes usually have a side porch that is known as a sun parlor. There have been known as a sun parlor. There have been different waves of popularity for this type of different waves of popularity for this type of design, particularly during the centennial design, particularly during the centennial celebration of 1876, and the bicentennial celebration of 1876, and the bicentennial celebration of 1976.celebration of 1976.


Features:Features: Usually two stories in size.Usually two stories in size. Hip roof.Hip roof. Sun parlor instead of a porch.Sun parlor instead of a porch. Clapboard siding with ornamental Clapboard siding with ornamental

shutters.shutters. Entrance hood over the front door.Entrance hood over the front door.

BungalowBungalow

BungalowBungalow

Historical Background:Historical Background: The bungalow The bungalow style house was first developed in style house was first developed in California during the 1910s and was California during the 1910s and was popular into the 1930s. This type of popular into the 1930s. This type of design is usually one or one and a half design is usually one or one and a half stories tall, with a wide, deep front porch stories tall, with a wide, deep front porch that is supported by thick, square columns that is supported by thick, square columns of brick or stone. Most bungalows had of brick or stone. Most bungalows had wide eaves and a central dormer that used wide eaves and a central dormer that used triangular supports known as knee braces.triangular supports known as knee braces.

BungalowBungalow

Features:Features: Usually one or one and a half stories Usually one or one and a half stories

tall.tall. Wide, deep front porch supported by Wide, deep front porch supported by

brick or stone columns.brick or stone columns. Wide eaves supported by knee Wide eaves supported by knee

braces.braces. Often had a central dormer.Often had a central dormer.

BungalowBungalow

American FoursquareAmerican Foursquare


Historical Background:Historical Background: This type of This type of design gets its name because the square design gets its name because the square shape of the two story house created four shape of the two story house created four equal-sized rooms on each floor. The equal-sized rooms on each floor. The foursquare was usually two stories tall foursquare was usually two stories tall with a wide hipped roof with a central with a wide hipped roof with a central dormer. A porch usually spanned the dormer. A porch usually spanned the entire front of the home, and the exterior entire front of the home, and the exterior was typically covered in clapboards. was typically covered in clapboards. Windows were often grouped in pairs, and Windows were often grouped in pairs, and a bay window was commonly found on one a bay window was commonly found on one side of the house.side of the house.


Features:Features: Usually two stories tall.Usually two stories tall. Hipped roof with a central dormer.Hipped roof with a central dormer. Porch that spans the entire front of the Porch that spans the entire front of the

house.house. Exterior is usually clapboard.Exterior is usually clapboard. Windows grouped in pairs with a bay Windows grouped in pairs with a bay

window projecting from one side of the window projecting from one side of the house.house.

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