A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their roomy size and eye-pleasing symmetry, Colonial-style homes remain one of the most enduring ...
Editor’s note: This is Part 4 of a series about the various styles of architecture found throughout Lancaster County. After three kings and 74 years, the Colonies were finally able to cast off ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Dancers Alma Real and Filipe del Hoyo at Old Spanish Days Fiesta, circa 1935. Credit: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish ...
Extracted from: Journal of modern history (Chicago) 59 (2) 1987, pages 291-316. The urban modernist vision of French architects during the colonial period could not be implemented in metropolitan ...