Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid-19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...
A well-designed home can retain its classic features even as modern life forces updates. Take a look at a renovated, 114-year-old Colonial Revival mansion in Northeast Portland, which is for sale at ...
A Colonial Revival house designed by respected architect Roscoe Hemenway in Portland’s Southwest Hills is for sale at $1.6 million. The three-level home, built in 1931 at 2505 S.W. Hillcrest Drive, ...
For most of the early decades of U.S. history, the styles of homes built in this country were inspired by European architecture such as Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Tudor Revival, ...
With their red-tile roofs and stucco walls so commonplace that they’ve become part of the landscape, the homes of the Spanish Colonial Revival tapped the climate, local materials and an idealized view ...
Colonial Revival architecture is like a classic Oxford shirt — it never goes out of style! Although the movement began soon after the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the style never took ...
Colonial Revival–style homes combine the distinctive architectural details of the early- to mid-18th century with all the luxuries and comforts of modern-day. Adorned with brick facades, striking ...
Styles of fashion come and go over the course of time and in response to social adjustments. Even architectural styles have fallen in and out of favor - hence, the plethora of documented revival ...
American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...
The owners spent years restoring the Spanish Colonial Revival, using blueprints from the original owners.