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What is the style of my house?

10 years ago

I cannot figure out what style my house is. Any ideas?

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  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    It looks as if you do not have a basement. So, a raised ranch, Colonial Style, is my best guess.

    leatrice thanked JudyG Designs
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    May be colonial? Or split level ranch?

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  • 10 years ago

    I do have a basement and it isn't a split level, but I appreciate your help! I just didn't see anything that defined the architecture.

  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    If you have a basement...I don't see any foundation...is it a full basement or a crawl space?

    How about another picture? Take it from the front door, but angle it toward the ground at the front step. Something is "off'.

  • 10 years ago
    Neo-Colonial?
  • 10 years ago
    I'd say colonial.
  • 10 years ago

    Ah, Gary you're right up my alley, I love the history of architecture!

  • 10 years ago

    Love it, I was hoping Georgian. Thanks Gary!

  • 10 years ago

    Since the second story extends or protrudes beyond the first story, I would say that it is a garrison colonial.

    leatrice thanked nd64
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    I agree, it's a Garrison Colonial

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_(architecture)
    leatrice thanked Lowe's Home Improvement
  • 10 years ago

    I had not heard of that. I will check it out.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Colonial , I am never sure why this is so important in the U.S. it is not a big thing in Canada

  • 10 years ago

    People love to have talking points concerning their real estate, I guess

  • 10 years ago
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    i guess its an underlying desire to be attached/connected to the past. we unexpectedly bought an old house 7 years ago and i had to get up to speed on bits of victorian architecture so i knew what was right on the house and what might have been a remuddle.

    its the same gene that makes us need to know exactly where our oysters came from when we dine out, perhaps.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    What year was the home built? You definitely have some Georgian elements - however you don't have any dormers in the attic. I'd say the porch cover is more typical of the Federal style.

  • 10 years ago
    I have a full basement under the original house. It was built in 1963. I like to know the style because I don't want to add anything that isn't architecturally correct. I have lived here one year. Thanks for everyone's comments.
  • 10 years ago
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    leatrice, its a suburban home called a garrison colonial, which was a style of the 1700s when the second floor overhung the first. (as opposed to a straight front colonial...which had a straight front.) don't add circle topped windows as they're from the 1980s, referencing the palladian style from the early 1700s in england which referenced the builder Andrea Palladio who was born in 1500 in italy. nor diagonal siding, which was big in the 1970s. fancy porch trim was a feature of the later 1800s, so dont do that either.

    but mostly its just itself, a suburban style house, to enjoy. i'd leave it just as it is now.

    leatrice thanked Judy Mishkin
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    HI -- Two story Colonial , nothing more ! And it is beautiful !

    leatrice thanked lefty47
  • 10 years ago

    Well I'd say two-story symmetrical with colonial-style entry. I like it. We used to call these "plain janes" when the fronts were flat, but yours pops out. Simple, clean, mostly unadorned.

    leatrice thanked suzyq53
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    Looks like my original link was not going to the correct page... Try this one. :-)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_(architecture)
    leatrice thanked Lowe's Home Improvement
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    Colonial
    leatrice thanked memararchitects
  • 10 years ago

    Here is a pic of a "plain jane".

    leatrice thanked suzyq53