The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past.[1] Fairly small numbers of Colonial Revival homes were built c. 1880–1910, a period when Queen Anne-style architecture was dominant in the United States.[1] From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant, with about 40% of U.S. homes built in the Colonial Revival style.[1] In the immediate post-war period (c. 1950s–early 1960s), Colonial Revival homes continued to be constructed, but in simplified form. In the present-day, many New Traditional homes draw from Colonial Revival styles.[1]
While the dominant influences in Colonial Revival style are Georgian and Federal architecture, Colonial Revival homes also draw, to a lesser extent, from the Dutch Colonial style and post-medieval English styles. Colonial Revival homes are often eclectic in style, combining aspects from several of these previous styles.[1][3]
Since Colonial Revival architecture pulls structural and decorative elements from other styles, there is not one single combination of elements that defines the style. However, some commonly found characteristics of Colonial Revival buildings include:[4][3]
Gabled, hipped, or gambrel roofs
Broken pediments
Symmetrical facades
Double hung windows and shutters
Fanlights and sidelights
Cyril M. Harris's American Architecture: An Illustrated Book noted that "Colonial Revival houses are usually the result of a rather free interpretation of their prototypes; they tend to be larger, may differ significantly from the houses they seek to emulate, and often exaggerate architectural details."[5]
Weiss Center, a town-owned facility in Manchester, Connecticut, was a former post office. It is made of brick with limestone trim and contains a portico.
Alan Axelrod, ed. The Colonial Revival in America. New York: W.W. Norton, 1985.
William Butler, Another City Upon a Hill: Litchfield, Connecticut, and the Colonial Revival
Karal Ann Marling, George Washington Slept Here: Colonial Revivals and American Culture, 1876–1986, 1988.
Richard Guy Wilson and Noah Sheldon, The Colonial Revival House, 2004.
Richard Guy Wilson, Shaun Eyring and Kenny Marotta, Re-creating the American Past: Essays on the Colonial Revival, 2006.
References
^ abcdeMcAlester, Virginia Savage (2015-11-10). A Field Guide to American Houses the Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture (Revised ed.). New York: Knopf. pp. 3, 68, 414. ISBN9780375710827.
^Brinkley, M. Kent; Chappell, Gordon W.; Doody, David M., eds. (1996). The gardens of colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. p. 3. ISBN978-0-87935-158-8.
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