Identify my house's style
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Comments (1)Very helpful!...See MorePlease help identify the style of two houses
Comments (8)It's much newer work than that if you track it down and look at the builder's site. It's a turn of the century house in D.C.s Capitol Hill district and it looks like the house has been renovated/restored over various periods, but the kitchen has lighting, an integrated dishwasher, and some other features not available much before 2000. The stove is clearly 1980s-90s, maybe they just really like how it cooks. Some of the other stuff would have been nearly impossible to source 30 years ago, so it has to be newer. The bathroom has tile from Tile-Source, which is English Victorian reproduction tile mixed in with some obviously American-style marble tile, which could be from an earlier rehab, but the bath also has 2000s elements. Some of the woodwork is obviously stripped and is original. In all likelihood the house was a mess inside at one point and there is a combination of original, recreation, loosely adapted, and modern mixed together....See MoreCan anyone identify this house style?
Comments (15)Mustang, Well, that's an extremely eclectic-style house, but I'm not sure I see much Greek Revival detail. Greek Revival frieze boards are most commonly wider along the vertical plane of the house than yours appear to be and the porch columns are definitely 20 c. styling. However, I think Casey has spotted the essential core which is a farm house in the very-popular-in-the-period vernacular Italianate style. If you look at the relatively narrow "main box" and the roof pitch and deep return on those eaves you can see some clues that typify that style here, at least here in upstate NY. It's the right style for that age of building, too. It looks to me like there may be additonal detail buried under some of the later additions and siding. You certainly will have your work cut out for you surveying the complexity of that structure and deciding what to keep and what might be better removed to reveal the underlying "bones". I hope you will be able to take some time to devote to just cleaning it and studying the building before you embark on a big renovation project. New house owners are always keen, often to the point of desperation, to rush right in. But I can tell you from my own experience over many years, that the ideas you come up with after you've lived there for several months, better yet a year, will be so much better than anything that occurs to you now. What you're thinking about now, has little to do with this house; let it tell you what it needs. The very first thing to do (other than clean, clean, clean ...) is make an accurate measured drawing of the house as it was when you bought it. And in your case with amazing complexity of that structure, this should keep you busy all winter! That first drawing will stand you in good stead down the road as you embark on renovating. I'm attaching my standard virtual "house warming present": a link to a series of very useful Technical Bulletins on old house renovation, care and inspection. These are published by the National Parks Service and I've found the information accurate and thorough, and more than once I've embarked on a new project with only these as a guide. Please come back tell us what you discover in your house, and feel free to ask further questions. Molly~ Here is a link that might be useful: Preservation Bulletin series: Every thing an new old house owners needs to know about!...See MoreNeed help identifying style of house please!
Comments (13)Unless you have dated photos of it under construction in 1925, I would devalue that statement strongly. It is of an earlier style. But the single photo is very little to go on. Casey...See MoreC L
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