It's pretty impossible from the photo to ascribe any historic style to this house. There may be some parts of this house that date from 1870, but the exterior appears to have been altered in a way where all historic items like the original, siding, trim, and windows were removed and replaced with non-historic materials. It may have had rooms and or stories added to it as well. Where did you get an 1870 construction date from? The present exterior siding and windows look like they could date from some time between 1965 and 1985.
Hijacking this thread because it's repetitive. Question for the room.
What percentage of houses in the US would you say have a discernable "style"? That is, that it can be definitively placed within the timeline / dialogue of Architectural history. What percentage of all buildings? I'd say 25-30% tops, maybe lower when you start to think about all the tilt-up structures that dominate the exurban landscape.
Atlanta has a lot of stuff from original timelines, though with tons of additions over the years, from the 1910s-70s. Not much of it would be considered historically significant, but I've been surprised by how much of it has been restored in the last 20 years of my experience where the clients really want it to look like it did. We've done our best to recreate and have a bunch of trim companies where you just send them the existing profile and they make it to match. Windows are generally entirely replaced though, and I say good riddance. I hate spray insulating a house and then being told to rebuild the roped weights and acting like that 1/8" single pane glass is doing anything.
I would say almost all houses have links to a discernable style, especially if you throw in the 'ranch' type. Bercoviz Design Architects of Durango, Colorado, has designed ski houses they call the 'mining house ski style', so they may have invented their own style the OP may be interested in. And the timeline of given styles may ebb and flow with different 'Revivals". Some styles, such as the 'center-hall colonial', have never gone out of style.
This is a great point, and I have no idea of a proportion. But it's safe to say that A LOT (millions and millions?) of buildings defy a clean and clear style attribution. Critics and historians (and realtors, of course) are the ones who pay the most attention to this; practitioners less so, unless it's part of the oeuvre.
Oct 25, 21 2:13 pm ·
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tduds, on point. I think nearly all American Architecture is pastiche on pastiche. Making it nearly impossible to discern a "style". That's why I wonder, who is selling this narrative, that a home has to have, or can be understood to have a style.
I hope yours is equally, uncomfortably close to big bundles of dried-out fire wood. Maybe store those extra gas cans nearby, too.
Oct 25, 21 2:17 pm ·
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actually, the gas canister isn't even connected, I guess it may be empty now. And no, no firewood anywhere near. I live in a very windy condo, looking over a river - this thing exploded on me a couple of times when the flames went out and I ignited it again.
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Looking for help to identify this house style. Build in 1870 its about to be refresh and I would like to keep some key element
This house is located in PA close to an old railroad astablishement. May have mountain cabin feeling but is located near the city
You mean 1970, correct? I presume the 8 is a typo.
Yeah. That’s a 70s house.
It's pretty impossible from the photo to ascribe any historic style to this house. There may be some parts of this house that date from 1870, but the exterior appears to have been altered in a way where all historic items like the original, siding, trim, and windows were removed and replaced with non-historic materials. It may have had rooms and or stories added to it as well. Where did you get an 1870 construction date from? The present exterior siding and windows look like they could date from some time between 1965 and 1985.
That BBQ is too small.
^ Yes, but it dates from the 1790s, so....
this is fascinating. it would make a great horror movie set.
those are really big fixed windows. how do you get fresh air in the house?
Would be nice to see the remaining 16 photos, or did the Feds not allow publication of the crime scene?
the bad photo is the one looking inside the grill
The house evokes images of old Pennsylvania coal-mining buildings
I was going to praise this, then noticed all those funny window sashes and mullions. Where are all the huge sheets of fixed glass?
Hijacking this thread because it's repetitive. Question for the room.
What percentage of houses in the US would you say have a discernable "style"? That is, that it can be definitively placed within the timeline / dialogue of Architectural history. What percentage of all buildings? I'd say 25-30% tops, maybe lower when you start to think about all the tilt-up structures that dominate the exurban landscape.
Atlanta has a lot of stuff from original timelines, though with tons of additions over the years, from the 1910s-70s. Not much of it would be considered historically significant, but I've been surprised by how much of it has been restored in the last 20 years of my experience where the clients really want it to look like it did. We've done our best to recreate and have a bunch of trim companies where you just send them the existing profile and they make it to match. Windows are generally entirely replaced though, and I say good riddance. I hate spray insulating a house and then being told to rebuild the roped weights and acting like that 1/8" single pane glass is doing anything.
I would say almost all houses have links to a discernable style, especially if you throw in the 'ranch' type. Bercoviz Design Architects of Durango, Colorado, has designed ski houses they call the 'mining house ski style', so they may have invented their own style the OP may be interested in. And the timeline of given styles may ebb and flow with different 'Revivals". Some styles, such as the 'center-hall colonial', have never gone out of style.
We've been hijacked! And usefully so.
This is a great point, and I have no idea of a proportion. But it's safe to say that A LOT (millions and millions?) of buildings defy a clean and clear style attribution. Critics and historians (and realtors, of course) are the ones who pay the most attention to this; practitioners less so, unless it's part of the oeuvre.
tduds, on point. I think nearly all American Architecture is pastiche on pastiche. Making it nearly impossible to discern a "style". That's why I wonder, who is selling this narrative, that a home has to have, or can be understood to have a style.
I have the same bbq grill collecting dust on my porch, haven't used it in 2 years.
I hope yours is equally, uncomfortably close to big bundles of dried-out fire wood. Maybe store those extra gas cans nearby, too.
actually, the gas canister isn't even connected, I guess it may be empty now. And no, no firewood anywhere near. I live in a very windy condo, looking over a river - this thing exploded on me a couple of times when the flames went out and I ignited it again.
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