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Exteriors: Housing Styles Explained
Having trouble explaining exactly what you want in a new home or remodel? If so, it could be because a typical house rarely expresses a single architectural style. Getting back to basics will help.
By Greg Cook
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Colonial Style
This residential style is considered one of the most popular in the history of the United States. Characteristics:
-- Usually two or three stories with high-pitched roof
-- One or more dormers
-- Massive chimney or chimneys
-- Narrow clapboard siding (sometimes brick)
-- Double-hung, multipane windows (usually in pairs) placed symmetrically on both sides of a central front door
-- Decorative crown over front door supported by pilasters or columns
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