Architectural Styles

It’s all in the details

Architectural Styles in Elgin

• Greek Revival

• Gothic Revival

• Federal

• Folk

• Italianate

• Second Empire

• Stick Style

• Queen Anne

• Shingle Style

• Colonial Revival

• Georgian

• Tudor Revival

• Neoclassical

• Craftsman

• Prairie

Greek Revival 1825-1860

• Front gable shaped to look like thepedimented façade of a Greek Temple

• Small attic windows (frieze band windows)

• Front door surrounded by narrow sidelightsand transom

• Cornice emphasized with a wide board

Greek RevivalPedimented façade of a Greek Temple

Greek Revival

Front door surrounded by side litesand transom

Front facinggable

Multiplepainedwindows

Italianate influenced brackets

162 College

Greek Revival

443 E. Chicago

Door with sidelites and transom

1934 HABS

Egyptian Revival 1830-1850

118 Tennyson

Gothic Revival 1840-1880

• Steeply pitched roof

• Front facing gables

• Steep cross gables

• Decorated verge boards

• Pointed, arched windows

• Open cornices with rafters exposed

Gothic Revival

Verge Board

Pointed ArchWindows

Drip mold

Raftersexposed

Front facinggable

Steeply pitched cross gables

Quatrefoil373 Park

Gothic Revival

Clusteredcolumns

Pointed arch Drip mold

Verge boards

277 Gifford Pl.

373 Park

Gothic Revival

402 N. Spring

Steeply pitched crossgables

Pointed archwindows

Gothic Revival

Open rafters

Verge board

Steeply pitched roof

Spire pointing to the Gods

155 S. Gifford Carriage House

Gothic RevivalPointed arch

Parapet gable endwall - FlemishRenaissanceinfluence

552 E. ChicagoGothic influenced brackets- quatrefoil

Italianate 1840 -1885

• Low pitched, hipped roof

• Symmetrical façade

• Often cubic in form

• Widely overhanging eaves

• Decorative brackets

• Heavily rounded crownson windows and doors

• Tall narrow windows

• Porch posts often squarewith chamfered edges

• Large pane of glass infront door

• Heavy spindles on porchesor no balustrade (porchrailing) at all

ItalianateHippedroof

Brackets

Chamferedposts

Cubical inform

434 E. Chicago

155 S. Gifford

Italianate

Balustradedporch roof

Heavy spindles

Tall windowswith roundtops

Pairedbrackets

Gothicinfluencedroof - steepand crossgabled

Glass inthe doors

Stop Chamfer

Italianate Porch Post

Common bracketsin Elgin

156 S. Gifford

ItalianateHeavy windowhoods

Segmented arch

Large pain of glass in the doors

Paired brackets

Italianate

364 E. Chicago155 S. Gifford

Second Empire –1855-1885

• Mansard Roof (dual pitched hipped roof)

• Dormer windows on lower slope

• Often have patterned shingles in the roofand cresting

Second Empire

Mansardroof

Quoins

Cobblestones Decorativebrackets

Dormerwindows

363 Prairie

Second Empire

MansardRoof

327 DuPageThe Murphy House

DecorativeCorbels

Oriel Bay

DormerWindow

Second Empire

316 Kimball

Rinceau

Second Empire

317 Raymond

117 Tennyson Ct.

260 Gifford Pl.

Stick Style 1860-1890

• Cross gabled steeply pitched roof

• Decorative trusses in the gable

• Wooden wall cladding interrupted bypatterns of horizontal, vertical or diagonalboards raised from the wall surfaces foremphasis (stickwork)

• Porches have diagonal braces

Stick style

259 Villa

Eastlake and QueenAnne influences

Stickwork

Stick Style

126 Hill

Stickwork

Queen Anneinfluence

Colonial Revival 1880-1955

• Accentuated front door with decorativecrown, pediment, pilasters, fanlights andsidelights

• Symmetrical

• Corner pilasters

• Dentils and modillions

Colonial Revival

107 N. Porter

Colonial Revival

Dentils

Pilasters

34 N. PorterBay window

34 N. Porter

Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival

409 DuPage

Accentuatedfront door

BrokenPediment

Pilasters

Colonial Revival

16 Rugby Pl.

Pilaster

Dentils

Bay Window

Tudor Revival 1890-1940

• Steeply pitched roof

• Front facing gable

• One or more cross gables

• Half Timbering

• Tall windows with multiple panes

• Massive chimney

Tudor Revival

Half timbering

Tudor RevivalLargechimney

Front facinggable

427 DuPage

Tudor RevivalMassive Chimney Cross gables

Steeplypitched roof

Front Facing gable

Half timbering

1182 Cedar

Georgian 1700-1830

• Paneled front door with decorative crownsupported by pilasters

• Cornice emphasized by decorative moldingssuch as dentils

• Windows in symmetrical rows

Georgian

Small panes Pediment Pilasters

4 S. Gifford

Interesting Details at 4 S. Gifford

Georgian

Paneleddoor

Dentils

Neoclassical 1895-1950

• Full height porch with classic columns

• Symmetrical

Neoclassical

Symmetrical

Full Height porch

Classic Ioniccolumns

402 River Bluff

Pediment

Queen Anne 1880-1910

• Irregular shape – no symmetry

• Patterned shingles

• Bay windows

• Towers

• Several different materials to make different walltextures

• Half have delicate turned porch posts

• Lacy, decorative spandrels

• Gingerbread and Eastlake detailing

Queen Anne

409 Douglas

Tower

Patterned shingles

Original porch hadturned posts

Asymmetrical

Several textures

Queen Anne

Decorativespandrel

Turned post

No symmetry

Patternedshingles

Differenttextures

470 Park

Free Classic Queen Anne

• 35 % of Queen Anne's

• Classical columns and no spindle work

• Palladian windows

• Cornice line dentils

Free Classic Queen Anne 426 Prairie

PalladianWindow

Dentils

Classicalcolumns

Free Classic Queen Anne

600 E. Chicago

Shingle style influence

Asymmetrical

Tower

Art glass

Classic columns andno spindle work

Dentils

Folk Houses 1850-1890

• Designed without a conscious attempt tomimic current fashion

• Built to provide basic shelter with littleregard for changing fashion`

Folk Style

436 Fulton 128 Hilton

Folk Style

432 North

389 Prairie

Folk Style

368 Prairie

380 Prairie

Shingle Style 1880 - 1900

• Irregular steeply pitched roof

• Large porches

• Shingle walls without corner boards

• Asymmetrical façade

• Decorative detailing used sparingly

• Often have a tower

• Porch posts are often clad in Shingles

• Most commonly found in coastal New England

Shingle Style

33 N. Porter

Shingleswithout cornerboards

Tower

Posts clad inshingles

Steeplypitched roof

Shingle Style

Shingleswithoutcornerboards

Porch posts clad inshingles 419 DuPage

Shingle Style

Asymmetrical

Tower

Irregular,steeplypitched roof

Large porch

303 River Bluff

Craftsman 1905 - 1930

• Low pitched roof

• Wide, unenclosed overhang

• Roof rafters exposed

• Decorative beams or braces commonlyadded under the roof

• Tapered, square porch columns oftenextending to ground level

Craftsman

Tapered, squareporch columnsoften extendingto ground level

155 N. Channing

Low pitchedroof

Wide overhang

CraftsmanDecorativebraces underthe roof

Unenclosedoverhang

375 North

Prairie 1900-1920

• Low pitched roof, usually hipped

• Widely overhanging eaves

• Emphasis on horizontal lines

• Massive square porch posts

• Geometric patterns of ssmall-panmewindow glazing

Prairie Large overhangs

54-56 N. LibertyHorizontal linesStained glassMassive square

porch posts

Hipped roof

Prairie

Stucco

Low porchemphasizing thehorizontal

Massive squareporch post

155 S. Gifford

Prairie

Horizontallines

Widelyoverhangingeaves

Low pitched,hipped roof

259 River Bluff

Italian Renaissance 1890-1935

940 Douglas

Low pitched hipped roof of clay tiles

Asymmetrical

Arches abovedoors

Small wings

Prairie Influence

Bungalow

109 Geneva 250 S. Channing

121 Villa 107 Geneva

American FoursquareSub group of Prairie 1900-1920

• Hipped roof

• Simple square plan

• Symmetrical façade with front entrycentered or off center

• Hipped dormers

• Full width single story porches

American FoursquareHipped dormer

Symmetricalfacade

Full widthporch

Hipped roof

Simple squareplan

137 N. Channing