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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 />Character Defining 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 />12 <br />Resolution No. 2006-022 <br />Page 18 of 71 <br />