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Colonial Style Home


Colonial Home Plans

A Colonial Style Home refers to the architectural home styles built by our country's settlers beginning over five centuries ago.

British Colonist's predominated the eastern seaboard early on, therefore, the majority of the homes erected during this Early Colonial Period had the style particular to their native land.

The architectural styles re-created in the southern colonies (Virginias and Carolinas), for the most part, kept true to form with the old world's designs.

Once their wealth became established, southern aristocrats built enormous mansions reflecting the Georgian style architecture of England. The northern colonies (New England) built most of their homes based on the styles of rural England.

Eventually, they began revising the architecture (thus the term "Revival"), giving an "Early American" influence to an old world style, as seen in the Colonial Revival style.

The original "English" Colonial style home common features include:

      Rectangular Shaped Two-story Structure with a Gable Roof

      Central Front Entrance Covered by a Pedimented Portico enhanced by either Pilasters, or Columns

      Front Door Adorned with a Fanlight and Sidelights

      Symmetrically Placed Single or Paired Multi-pane Windows

Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic

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There were "other" Colonial styles built by our early settlers to help our founding fathers adapt to the differences in climate, make use of local materials, as well as take on a new world style, which became known as the Cape Cod style home.

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