If anyone can help me identity the architectural style of this house, I would greatly appreciate it. The house was built in 1885 in south western New York state.
Non Sequitur
Nov 30, 19 10:41 pm
Another slimy realtor?
Erik Evens
Dec 1, 19 12:05 am
Early Builder’s Victorian.
Volunteer
Dec 1, 19 7:17 am
To narrow it down further it appears to be a 'Folk Victorian' which was a development of the classic American farmhouse. They were popular from 1880 to 1910. Some farmhouse owners went down to the local millright shop and added some of the details as they thought best.
Here is a Folk Victorian in Middletown, VA.
citizen
Dec 1, 19 6:18 pm
Beautiful!
dennishobson
Dec 1, 19 12:59 pm
I purchased this home and am in the process of trying to restore it, so your help is greatly appreciated.
Volunteer
Dec 1, 19 1:19 pm
Folk Victorians come in a couple of flavors. Here is one style that is all over the Shenandoah Valley. I like your style better, though. Good luck with it.
Wood Guy
Dec 2, 19 5:16 pm
The confusing thing about terms like "builder Victorian" and "folk Victorian" is that "Victorian" is not a house style, but a time period. During the Victorian era, several different styles were popular: first Greek Revival, then Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, Mansard, Queen Anne, Romanesque, and maybe others I'm forgetting, more or less sequentially in order, with Shingle Style bringing an end to the style and transitioning to the Craftsman style that was popular following the Victorian era. Things back then were different from today--while we have many house styles to choose from, people in the 1800s generally built in the style that was fashionable at the time.
To me, the age and style of the house looks Italianate in origin, but without some of the identifying details that a high-style Italianate would include. Here in New England it would be called a "New Englander," popular for housing factory workers. But New Englander isn't a style any more than anything with the word "Victorian" is a style.
SneakyPete
Dec 2, 19 5:29 pm
Modernist.
Miles Jaffe
Dec 2, 19 5:52 pm
Not Victorian, minimal detail / no gingerbread. Maybe some flourishes inside? Likely a builder’s house from a specific period with lots of similar structures in the same area. When was it built? I’m guessing 1940’s.
Watch out for snow against the windows where they sit tight to a roof.
dennishobson
Dec 10, 19 1:15 am
This house was built in 1885
dennishobson
Dec 10, 19 1:22 am
My home was built in 1885
Volunteer
Dec 2, 19 5:58 pm
This web site gives 10 pages of 'Folk Victorian' examples as well as multiple pages of the other Victorian styles and other popular styles such as Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, ect.
please help identify the style of this building, esp. the belfry. Thank you!
OddArchitect
Dec 4, 19 2:23 pm
I see at least three 'styles'.
cheryllassiter
Dec 4, 19 6:15 pm
Thank you for your helpful comment.
Non Sequitur
Dec 4, 19 6:29 pm
Nice cars
Donna Sink
Dec 5, 19 7:34 am
Hahah that building is awesome and hilarious.
Fivescore
Dec 5, 19 1:56 pm
That building was originally a congregational church, and later a town hall, and sometimes a temporary school, in Hampton, New Hampshire. The original "bones" of it were pretty standard New England Federal meeting house type thing, but it got... elaborated on... a lot along the way. The dome was pretty much just a 4-sided mansard cupola with some eyebrows-and-acorns medallions tacked on, but the proportions are so squished in plan and stretched upward that it kind of turned into looking Mughal and/or Russian influenced.
Volunteer
Dec 5, 19 7:10 am
Well, if the city fathers had really wanted a civic building with a round dome they could have squeezed the budget a little more
TIQM
Dec 12, 19 1:20 pm
Pasadena City Hall. It's really a magnificent building.
cheryllassiter
Dec 5, 19 9:56 pm
Squished look...that pretty much describes it. I imagine poor George G. Adams pulling out his hair trying to appease the unappeasable, and finally producing that tower as his revenge. It is unique and one of a kind, to say the least.
If anyone can help me identity the architectural style of this house, I would greatly appreciate it. The house was built in 1885 in south western New York state.
Another slimy realtor?
Early Builder’s Victorian.
To narrow it down further it appears to be a 'Folk Victorian' which was a development of the classic American farmhouse. They were popular from 1880 to 1910. Some farmhouse owners went down to the local millright shop and added some of the details as they thought best.
Here is a Folk Victorian in Middletown, VA.
Beautiful!
I purchased this home and am in the process of trying to restore it, so your help is greatly appreciated.
Folk Victorians come in a couple of flavors. Here is one style that is all over the Shenandoah Valley. I like your style better, though. Good luck with it.
The confusing thing about terms like "builder Victorian" and "folk Victorian" is that "Victorian" is not a house style, but a time period. During the Victorian era, several different styles were popular: first Greek Revival, then Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, Mansard, Queen Anne, Romanesque, and maybe others I'm forgetting, more or less sequentially in order, with Shingle Style bringing an end to the style and transitioning to the Craftsman style that was popular following the Victorian era. Things back then were different from today--while we have many house styles to choose from, people in the 1800s generally built in the style that was fashionable at the time.
To me, the age and style of the house looks Italianate in origin, but without some of the identifying details that a high-style Italianate would include. Here in New England it would be called a "New Englander," popular for housing factory workers. But New Englander isn't a style any more than anything with the word "Victorian" is a style.
Modernist.
Not Victorian, minimal detail / no gingerbread. Maybe some flourishes inside? Likely a builder’s house from a specific period with lots of similar structures in the same area. When was it built? I’m guessing 1940’s.
Watch out for snow against the windows where they sit tight to a roof.
This house was built in 1885
My home was built in 1885
This web site gives 10 pages of 'Folk Victorian' examples as well as multiple pages of the other Victorian styles and other popular styles such as Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, ect.
https://www.oldhousedreams.com...
please help identify the style of this building, esp. the belfry. Thank you!
I see at least three 'styles'.
Thank you for your helpful comment.
Nice cars
Hahah that building is awesome and hilarious.
That building was originally a congregational church, and later a town hall, and sometimes a temporary school, in Hampton, New Hampshire. The original "bones" of it were pretty standard New England Federal meeting house type thing, but it got... elaborated on... a lot along the way. The dome was pretty much just a 4-sided mansard cupola with some eyebrows-and-acorns medallions tacked on, but the proportions are so squished in plan and stretched upward that it kind of turned into looking Mughal and/or Russian influenced.
Well, if the city fathers had really wanted a civic building with a round dome they could have squeezed the budget a little more
Pasadena City Hall. It's really a magnificent building.
Squished look...that pretty much describes it. I imagine poor George G. Adams pulling out his hair trying to appease the unappeasable, and finally producing that tower as his revenge. It is unique and one of a kind, to say the least.