Character-Defining Features

• Typically small, one to one and a half stories;
• Low to medium pitched hipped or gabled roof;
• Narrow, boxed eaves;
• Windows may be steel casement, single or double-hung wood windows, often with two-over-two horizontal panes;
• Doors were often flat panels with small glass windows;
• Wall cladding may include stucco and various forms of wood siding, including lapped, shingle, and board-and-batten;
• Brick and stone veneer is sometimes used as a wainscot along the front elevation;
• Often seen with substantial chimneys;
• A small covered front porch with wood porch supports;
• Little ornamentation. However, faux shutters and bay windows are often found; and,
• Garages were usually detached from the house, but occasionally integrated. Garage doors are typically tilt-up, often with a simple geometric design in wood trim.

Window Examples

Door Examples

Siding Examples