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Georgian Colonial Homes
- Reflected a period of colonial growth.
- Desire for more formally designed buildings.
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Wattle and Daub
- Constructed this type of house for tool storage.
- Immediate shelter for men who remained onshore until rest of settlement could be constructed.
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Timber-frame Dwellings
- first British settlers built these dwellings similar to the ones they had in their home country.
- Wood and rock would typically be used as they were physical characteristics of New England.
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Spanish Colonial
- Early explorers from Spain, Mexico, etc. built rustic homes out of wood, adobe, crushed shells, or stone.
- Influenced by immigrants from Spanish countries.
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Dutch Colonial
- Dutch settlers brought traditions from home countries.
- Influenced by the use of the gambrel roof.
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Octagon Style
- Want for increase in sunlight.
- Influenced by Thomas Jefferson's summer home.
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Tidewater
- Designed for wet and hot climates.
- Features influenced by French Colonial houses.
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Greek (revival) House
- Influenced by the belief that ancient Greece represented the spirit of democracy.
- Americans sympathized with Greece's struggles for independence.
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Renaissance (revival) House
- Influence by the fascination of Renaissance Europe.
- Influenced by architecture from 16th-century Renaissance Italy and France.
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Second Empire House
- Influenced by architecture of France.
- Influenced by periods from Italian Renaissance.
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Bungalow
- Influenced by craftsman bungalow around the first war.
- Stayed true to bungalow lines, but ventured to semi-bungalows with larger dormer and a partial second story.
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Victorian Architecture
- Influenced by Industrial Revolution
- Another major influence was the expansion of railroads
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American Foursqaure
- Influenced/reaction of the mass-produced elements of the Victorian.
- Incorporated elements from the Prairie School and Craftsman styles
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Mediterranean
- Influenced by Italian Renaissance villas
- Builders used mixed of French, Spanish, and Italian architectural elements.
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Tudor (Revival)
- Some see it as an Anglophile reaction to immigration.
- Influenced by Old World styles.