Arlington House Styles Part 6 - The Colonial
August 6th, 2008 Categories: Arlington Dirt, Falls Church Dirt, McLean Dirt, Neighborhoods, Northern Virginia Home Buying, Northern Virginia Real Estate Dirt
Here we are – at the granddaddy of them all… The Colonial. Around here, this is definitely the most prevalent house style and there are many iterations. From very small, to very large and grand.
This house style can be traced here in the US all the way back to the European colonization that took place from the 1600’s through the 1800’s - and each country brought their own twist on the colonial style – Dutch, German, Swiss and others.
Some of the more notable characteristics of the colonial style home are:
Square and boxy in shape
Usually very symmetrical
Medium pitch roof lines - both hip roof and gabled roof styles can be seen
Paneled front doors
Sometimes columns and a small front porch adorn these homes
They are found all over the area – from Arlington to Leesburg (and beyond), big and small, simple and very ornate. Usually they are brick, and generally very traditional in appearance. Here are some examples:
(the above is a great example of symmetry, but had an addition put on one side)
the above photo represents a Dutch Colonial with a Mansard roof.
Many have stately settings like the one above, but here in Arlington, those are few and far between.
If you love colonial architecture and would like to find out what options there are out there for you and there’s one for EVERY budget! Call today to discuss.
Happy Wednesday
Jennifer
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Jennifer I really like your series on house style — great idea — I’d like to “steal” it for some posts about Charlotte NC styles — will give you credit for the idea — hope that is OK?
And an introduction I am not a Realtor — I am a demi-geek who has cajoled my wife Rhonda and her real estate team Charlotte Premier Realty into taking the plunge into Realtor2.0 - Working with the real Estate Tomato crew we have christened TalkCharlotte.com which will hopefully be an exciting conversation about real estate and all the reasons we love calling Charlotte North Carolina home.
Jennifer, I just wanted to say hello I plan on being a sponge learning from your work and hopefully at some point adding more to the conversation.