Architectural Styles Part 2

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Architectural Styles Part 2

• Presented by Ned Pratt, President, Society of
  Architectural Historians

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Topics

• Part 1
• Columns
• Georgian Style
• Federal Style
• Greek Revival Style
• Italianate Style
• Gothic Revival Style
• Part 2
• French Second Empire Style
• Queen Anne Style
• Richardsonian Romanesque
• Colonial Revival Style
• Craftsman Bungalow Style

For an illustrated glossary of architectural
terms, please refer to the Buffalo Architecture
and History website at http//ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY
/vocab.html
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Second Empire (1855 - 1885)
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Second Empire or Mansard Style

• After Mansart, Architect of the Louvre
• At the Third Level, the Roof is almost Vertical.
• Iron Cresting on the Roof Line -- Very Ornate
• Ornate and Fancy Details - often towers and
  finials
• Paired Windows
• Elaborate Window Hoods and Porches

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Second Empire Details
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Queen Anne (1880 - 1910)
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Queen Anne Style

• Climax of the 19th Century
• Combined Gothic, Greek and Medieval Influences
• Very Romantic Movement Homes Built to Delight
  the Eye.
• Asymmetrical Rambles Around with All Sorts of
  Appendages
• Complex Plan Love of Pattern
• Extravagant Roof Lines
• Wonderful Ornamentation and Details
• Uses both Color and Form to Create a Riot of
  Details
• Plate Glass Becomes More Affordable 1-over-1
  Windows Possible as well as Decorative Plate
  Glass Windows
• Stained Glass Becomes More Popular

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Queen Anne Style, contd

• Many Variations
• Shingle Style Shingles on a stone base. Use of
  shingles enables you to do a lot more curves and
  angles
• Stick Style Merges into an Arts-and-Crafts style
  with half timbering
• Toward the end of the century other influences
  get introduced into the style

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Queen Anne Details
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Stick (1860 - 1890)
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Stick Details
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Shingle (1880 - 1900)
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Shingle Details
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Richardsonian Romanesque (1870 - 1900)

• Assymetric, yet unified
• Heavy Massing
• Deep cavernous openings, often marked by columns
• Rough hewn stone
• Mix of materials and colors in the detailing
• Heavy use of Romanesque and Syrian arches
• Towers

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Colonial Revival (1880 - 1955)
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Colonial Revival Style

• Picking Up early Georgian details
• Much larger houses than the earlier Georgian
  homes
• More square form and open plan
• Feeling of colonial revival houses different from
  Georgian, but the details are similar
• Symmetrical, with classical details
• Big, bold details
• Porch, but using Greek revival temple fronts
• Often see Palladian windows
• Variations
• Gambrel roof
• 4-square a more modest style with a low, hipped
  roof

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Colonial Revival Details
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Craftsman Bungalow (1905-1930)
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Bungalow Style

• Characterized by Big Broad Overhangs
• Heavy Front Porches with Columns

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Craftsman Bungalow Details