Download - Architectural Styles
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 Revival
Front door surrounded by side litesand transom
Front facinggable
Multiplepainedwindows
Italianate influenced brackets
162 College
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
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
155 S. Gifford
Italianate
Balustradedporch roof
Heavy spindles
Tall windowswith roundtops
Pairedbrackets
Gothicinfluencedroof - steepand crossgabled
Glass inthe doors
Second Empire –1855-1885
• Mansard Roof (dual pitched hipped roof)
• Dormer windows on lower slope
• Often have patterned shingles in the roofand cresting
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
Colonial Revival 1880-1955
• Accentuated front door with decorativecrown, pediment, pilasters, fanlights andsidelights
• Symmetrical
• Corner pilasters
• Dentils and modillions
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 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
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
Free Classic Queen Anne
• 35 % of Queen Anne's
• Classical columns and no spindle work
• Palladian windows
• Cornice line dentils
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`
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
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
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
Italian Renaissance 1890-1935
940 Douglas
Low pitched hipped roof of clay tiles
Asymmetrical
Arches abovedoors
Small wings
Prairie Influence
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