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Character Defining Features:

• Simple box shape;
• Two-and-a-half stories;
• Low-pitched hipped or pyramidal roof with wide eaves;
• Large central dormer;
• Full-width porch with wide stairs; Brick, stone, stucco, concrete block, or wood siding; and,
• Large single light windows in front, otherwise double-hung wood windows.

Shingle

Character Defining Features:

• Asymmetrical façade;
• Irregular, steeply-pitched roof (often with intersecting cross-gables);
• Wood shingle roof and wall cladding (most original wood shingle roofs have been replaced with composition shingles);
• Eaves on different levels;
• Irregular plan (typical); and,
• Porches (typical).

Neoclassical

Character Defining Features:

• One or two stories in height;
• Modest size;
• Pyramidal or hipped roof;
• Rectangular plan (typical);
• Full-width or partial-width, off-center porch under the principal roof;
• Classical columns or delicate turned spindle work porch support;
• Rectangular windows with wide casings;
• Squat dormer with a hipped roof; and,
• Horizontal wood siding.

Window Examples

Door Examples

Siding Examples