Character Defining Features

• One to two stories;
• Asymmetrical;
• Overhanging second floors;
• May have rolled eaves;
• Wood shake or slate roofing;
• Flattened pointed arches at door and door surrounds;
• Cross-gabled, steeply pitched roof (sometimes with clipped gables);
• Arrangements of tall, narrow multi-light windows in bands (often casement windows and diamond-paned);
• Large chimney placed either at the front or side of the house;
• Chimneys often have decorative brick or stone work;Doors may be half-round or arched with decorative hardware;
• Wall cladding includes: stucco, plaster, brick, river rock and stone; and,
• Decorative half-timbering with stucco or plaster infill. Sometimes with brick infill.

Window Examples

Door Examples

Siding Examples