1960s-1970s

This style typically includes residences that are one or two stories & possess historic stylistic elements that are imitated in modern materials. Often details from several historic styles are combined in non-traditional ways. Features to look for: Façade features are commonly set on multiple planes & features/ornamentation is often exaggerated. Houses are  Visual interest & texture in materials and typically in earthy colors with brick & stone veneers & vinyl & composite materials on the exterior. Multi-bay garages shapes rather than ornamentation. & elaborate or accentuated entrances are common.  Horizontal emphasis, asymmetrical facades, irregular massing, sharp angles/corners.  Flat, gabled, and elongated slope roofs  Rectangular massing; side-gabled/hipped roof with prominent chimneys/dormers. that are treated as architectural  Symmetrical façade and partial-width porches with columns. features; broad, open eaves.  Elaborate door surrounds/sidelights  Banded windows/large expanses of plate glass; concrete block screen walls/ exposed rafters/chimneys as architectural elements. 1950s-1970s 1973 -  Integration of indoor-outdoor spaces and  Heavy appearance with rectangular massing. exterior living areas is integral.

 Prominent mansard roof, often exaggerated. 1940

 Recessed entries with concrete stoops and deep-set windows. Features to look for:  One-story/multi-story with a lack of reference to historic styles/types/plans; unadorned garages.  Accepted geometric shapes are used to  Linear massing with moderate to steeply pitched hipped/gabled roofs. create unique arrangements.  Masonry veneers with a regularity in the treatment of façade elements.  Building masses are often juxtaposed  Tall double-hung/casement windows; second-story windows may break the eave line. or cut away with a large square/rectangular footprints; multiple rooflines on several levels.  Windows are varied in size/shape/type.  Brick/stone veneers/pressed wood  Rectangular massing; symmetrical façade; side-gabled/hipped roofs; broad eaves/cornices. siding; narrow, linear porches; 1960s-1970s exposed rafters and battered columns.  Central, accentuated entries with implied porticos are common.  Simulated multi-light windows; prominent chimneys.  Single/aired vertically oriented windows are common Features to look for:  Strong lines in verticals, horizontals,  Large massing with heavy appearance & asymmetrical façade. and angles with juxtaposed volumetric massing.  Roofs with multiple gables and/or hips; faux half-timbering may be present.  Triangles and trapezoids are common  Mixed use of brick, stone, and stucco (or EFIS) is common. in elevations, as are intersecting gable and/or shed roofs.  Emphasis on natural materials; seamless wall/roof intersections;  Irregular massing with bulky footprints; asymmetrical façade & complex roofs. windows of various sized and types.  Composite sidings on primary mass; veneered foundations.  Recessed or obscured façade entries with small stoops; large areas of 1960s-1970s  Windows in a variety of shapes/sizes; porches are key element. blank wall surface, particularly on side elevations.

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1950s-1970s 1940s-1970s  Often Colonial Revival motif.  Very often in Colonial Revival style.  A 1 1/2-2 story singular mass under one low-pitched,  Two-story with rectangular massing; moderately side-gabled roof & narrow linear porch. pitched roof, almost exclusively side-gabled.  Linear, rectangular massing on partially raised  Overhanging eaves at front façade is common, 1930s-1950s basement and with central entry; garage integrated as is concrete stoop/linear porch; double-hung into lower level. sashes, often paired; also picture windows.  One story, typically frame construction with compact  Combination of materials, lower level often masonry veneer;  Garage is often in separate one-story section, but may be on form and boxy looks. overhanging upper façade is common. the lower level at one end.  Square/rectangular footprint,  Horizontal emphasis of windows, often with paired or tripartite  Usually a single cladding material or multiple split between floors; sometimes with small wing/ell & low-pitched roof, windows and lower level windows are located near grade. chimney is located at the end of the house or on a rear roof slope. usually side- or cross-gabled.  Wood/Masonite siding, brick/limestone veneer.  Little or no ornamentation but often feature small stoop & picture window. 1940s-1970s  Popular for post-WWII housing.

1950s-1970s  Two-story section connected at midlevel to 1-story wing (3 levels of space); each section with Linear Ranch Compact Ranch Massed Ranch Linear with Half Courtyard Courtyard Rambler separate low-pitched hipped or gabled roofs. Clusters  On large wide lots;  Set close together  One story with  On large or small  On large wide lots;  On large wide lots;  Defined by a strong linear mass at one end of the one story with strong on small lots; One square footprint;  On large wide lots; lots; one story with one story with 1 story with horizontal emphasis story with simple pronounced wing projecting wing at multiple planes house with concrete stoop or linear porch along found on small or one story & L- or U the 1-story mass; attached garage on lower & asymmetrical rectilinear plan and -shaped; Cluster at one end either end resulting and horizontal large lots; single level often below grade. façade with blend massing with of rooms at one (L-shaped). in a U shape. emphasis. of exterior materials; low-pitched roof, primary exterior end that project.  Low-pitched/cross-  Footprint suggests  Complex,  Exterior often mixes materials—wood, brick, integrated carport/ typically side- material, usually stone; decorative details lean toward garage. gabled or hipped.  Strong horizontal gabled/hipped roof a courtyard but a low-pitched/ brick/stone veneer. emphasis; low- with shallow to formal courtyard cross-gabled/ Neo-Colonial or Contemporary.  Low-pitched roof  Concrete stoops moderate eaves; may not be hipped roof with  Low-pitched roof pitched hipped  Paired windows and picture windows/tripartite (side-gabled or are common; small roof, wide eaves; one exterior present. moderate to wide usually hipped with windows; horizontal emphasis in windows on hipped with moderate carport or garage integrated carport/ material. eaves; often eaves); picture may be present, multiple planes/  Low-pitched/cross- multiple chimneys 2-story mass. garage; multiple  Concrete stoop/ gabled/hipped roof window & paired/ but usually not wide eaves; & materials. exterior materials. narrow front porch with shallow to banded windows; integral to the concrete stoops; front porches are design; picture  Narrow/linear front in corner of L. moderate eaves;  Concrete stoop/ integrated garage, one exterior narrow front narrow & linear or window/paired porches or  Picture windows replaced by a windows are if present, often not concrete stoop material. porch, usually are typically under roofline. 1950s-1970s concrete stoop, common. visible from the under main located on the  Concrete stoop/ typically housed façade. roofline; picture street-facing narrow porch within  Various window  Steeply pitched front gable  Little/no decorative under primary window/paired/ elevation of the projecting wings of U. configurations with eaves at or near grade; and architectural roofline; patios/  Picture window to banded windows. projecting wing. (single/pairs/ shingles on roof slope. treatments; one courtyards/gardens side of entry;  Picture window bands/picture). primary exterior  Patios/courtyards/  Carport/garage and paired/banded  Rectangular plan and are common. standard window material, often gardens. extends linear windows.  Carport or garage, 1 1/2-2 1/2 stories.  Colonial Revival, wood/Masonite openings/truncated footprint, but may not be  Colonial Revival,  Carport/garage, but  Usually wood frame with horizontal wood siding; Spanish Revival, siding/brick openings/ commonly on the integral to design Spanish Revival, may not be integral commercial and public forms are usually brick. Storybook, Rustic, veneer. clerestory-type mass set parallel or visible from the Storybook, Rustic to design. minimal ornament. openings are minimal ornament. to the street. street.  Large expanses of glass on front and rear elevations; band- ed windows and windows of various shapes/sizes. common on front/  Colonial Revival, secondary Spanish Revival,  May have lateral wings that are not integral to elevations. Rustic, min. design but carports/garages are detached. ornament.