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<br />COLONIAL REVIVAL (1900-1910 <br /> <br /> <br />Many of the charming features of the Queen Anne style can be seen in the Colonial Revival <br />style that was popular from 1900 to 1907. Slanted bay windows, decorated transoms, gabled <br />roofs with pedimented gables accented with fish-scale or decorative shingles were combined <br />with narrow clapboard siding and diamond-paned windows. The style was made popular by the <br />Chicago World's Fair. Its origins are in the colonial homes seen in the Northeast. Travel <br />opportunities had increased and those visiting New England were impressed by the solidity and <br />simplicity of the Early American home. A great patriotic feeling arose, resulting in the opinion <br />that Americans should build homes in the style of the forefathers. The public was impressed <br />with another new idea presented at the World's Fair, where all of the buildings were painted <br />white. After the deep greens, maroons, golds, and tans of the Victorian era, the new white <br />houses were stunning in their simplicity and purity. As a result, older houses were painted white <br />also. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Character Defininq Features <br />. One or two story <br />. Gable or hipped roof <br />· Symmetrical facades <br />. Narrow clapboard siding <br />· Wide fascia boards <br />· Hipped dormer (centered) <br />. Hipped roofs <br />· Classical prominent porch, sometimes with pediment <br />· Door flanked by side lights <br />· Square or rounded columns <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />