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brandon_wright74

identifying my house

8 years ago
Me and my fiance purchased our home in June after researching everything I could, I'm still having trouble on figuring out if the house is an American Foursquare, colonial or some type of hybrid. its 4100 square foot and was built in 1905.
thanks

Comments (14)

  • 8 years ago
    I forgot to add there's some Victorian style ornaments around some corners of the outside of the house
  • 8 years ago

    It is not a colonial. I would say it is a foursquare with Victorian details. Or just a Victorian.

  • 8 years ago

    Your beautiful home looks like a nice combination of styles. Congratulations!

  • 8 years ago

    Your house is beautiful whatever you call it.

    One thing? That brick wall inside would probably not have been original like that. That seems to be something a previous owner did. In fact it was common in the 70's for people to remove walls to expose the original brick in houses of that age.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    That is freaking awesome! Love your home! You are so lucky. What state is this in? You might find old house guy’s website educational.

  • 8 years ago

    Beautiful. I'm going with Victorian or combo four-square/Victorian. Does your town or county have a historic preservation board? They should be able to help you.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Wow , nice house it is whatever you want it to be . Looks like not bad shape inside either have fun making it your own.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Not to be pedantic, but foursquare is more about the shape of a house than it's style. Foursquare means four square rooms per floor making a generally square house. One square was the entrance hall, with a living room, dining room, and kitchen finishing off the first floor, and the second floor being some combination of three bedrooms and a bath. They came in many different styles- prairie, arts and crafts, and traditional. You have a center hall plan, so definitely not a foursquare. Yours seems very transitional- some Victorian detailing with some colonial revival. Looks like a lovely home!

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    There is a lot of "builder vernacular" here. The same house could have been built in 1870 but the details would have been Italianate instead of "trending colonial revival".

    If I were filling out a Historic Structure Survey form for the state (and I have filled in almost 1,000 of them), I would categorize as "Plain/Traditional". Stories: two. Wall material: brick. Floorplan: center hall. Roof: Hip. Porch: full width, four square brick posts. balcony above. Windows: paired double hung. Facade: three bay. Wide frieze fills space above second story windows, and follows rake of central steep gable above wide arched center window .

  • 8 years ago

    It's a charming house, whatever you call it.

  • 7 years ago
    @anna thanks I live in Oklahoma
  • 7 years ago

    Brandon Wright have you change the color on the outside?

  • 6 years ago

    no it's still the same. I've started reapairing plaster and other stuff and starting to paint the inside. we not sure in the outside color if we wantbtonelave it the same or paint it