what architectural style is my home?
My parents are moving and is giving me their home to move into with my family. I was trying to figure out what style the house is because I would love to remodel the home and give it a more updated look. It was built in the 1960s and had no front porch. I'm going back and forth between four square (?) or colonial revival. Please help guys!
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Comments (6)Oh, I think it can matter. Because if you know what the style of the house is, it can direct you with appropriate cues if you are adding on, or, in this case if you were trying to make this house in question look more like something specific, it's helpful to know what it looked like to begin with. Right now it doesn't look like a specific style because the changes were made without paying any attention to what the house looked like, they were purely functional. I agree that there are very few pure examples of styles out there, there would be no mistaking a post War cape cod style with a 19th c. house on Cape Cod. But the million post war cape cod houses that went up between 1945 and 1960 --complete with picture windows and other non-cape cod elements--are fairly pure and consistent examples of themselves....See MoreC Joyce
4 years ago
katinparadise
4 years agoIt appears to me to be a hybrid of sorts as well. It's definitely not a four square. They look like this and are very distinctive in their style.
This is a colonial revival.
If anything, I would call it a raised ranch hybrid, even though you're not climbing outside entrance stairs to get to the main floor.
What is it you're wanting to do to the outside? I think the house would be pretty with a pergola all the way across and wider steps at the doorway with posts spread out a bit further to make the entrance feel more welcoming.C Joyce thanked katinparadiseC Joyce
4 years agokatinparadise
4 years agoIn what room the windows are located will help determine what size they can be. Just keep nice wide trim around them and avoid shutters. You could keep your front entry gable and carry a pergola across like this. It would bring the house forward a bit to take away from it feeling too flat and two dimensional.
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