1850s through 1870s later in the west.
Italianate hip roof.
Italianate houses can be found in most towns throughout the united states.
For stand alone houses there were six basic categories noted here in architectural shorthand.
Simple italianate structures have a hip roof bracketed eaves and molded window surrounds.
Victorian italianate homes usually have flat or low pitched roofs and large brackets in the eaves.
Large decorative brackets under an ornamental cornice.
This was simply a fashion that took hold.
There was no pattern book for details or any main architect promoting the style.
The larger of these is divided from the principal block by the belvedere tower.
A two story rectangular building with a mild hip roof a projecting frontispiece and generous eaves with ornate cornice brackets was the basis of the style.
Again modeled after a fashion started in england the italianate style rejected the rigid rules of classical architecture and instead looked to the more informal look of italian rural houses.
Arched 1 over 1 or 2 over 2 windows with elaborate crowns.
The hipped roof is concealed by a balustraded parapet.
Paired door entryway with glass in the doors.
L or u plan.
Tall narrow windows most often on commercial buildings commonly arched or curved above.
Hipped roofs with wide overhanging eaves were ornamented with brackets often in pairs and in fancier homes capped by campaniles or square towers that rose above the roof line.
The principal block is flanked by two lower asymmetrical secondary wings that contribute picturesque massing best appreciated from an angled view.
Box with a hip roof box with a centered gable l or u plan l plan with a tower and a front gable.
Hip roof with deep bracketed eaves.
Low pitched roof widely overhanging eaves.
The homes were typically two to three stories in height with flat or hip roofs bay windows with inset wooden.
2 or 3 stories rarely 1 story.
Italianate town houses are identifiable by their wide projecting cornices with heavy brackets and their richly ornamented windows porches and doorways.
For stand alone houses there were six basic categories noted here in architectural shorthand.
Homes in this style ranged from modest two story town houses to ornate mansions of sea captains and other wealthy entrepreneurs.
An occasional square cupola or tower campanile.
Box with a hip roof.
Commercial buildings through 1880s.
Box with a centered gable.
Italianate town houses are identifiable by their wide projecting cornices with heavy brackets and their richly ornamented windows porches and doorways.
L plan with a tower and a front gable.
Italianate is characterized by a low pitched hip roof wide overhangs bracketed cornice a variety of fenestration usually very tall narrow double hung one over one windows molded window surrounds and occasionally a cupola or balustrated balcony.
In the 21st century these large regal homes are now town libraries or bed and breakfasts.
