Ancient Classical Part II - Colonials

1. HISTORIC
HOMESSPECIALST
CHALLENGE
PRESENTER
FRANNY KNIGHT
2020

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WELCO-
METO
TODAY'S
CLASS!30 DAY
AGENDA
CLASS GROUND RULES & PARTICIPATION, CHALLENGES & PRIZES
WEEK 1: ANATOMY OF AMERICAN HOUSES & STYLES & 4
ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS
WEEK 2: MEDIEVAL: VICTORIANS, QUEEN ANNE, RICHARDSONIAN
ROMANESQUE, TUDOR
WEEK 3: MODERN BEFORE 1935 - ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT
WEEK 4: OTHER TRADITIONS - SPANISH, MISSION, PUEBLO REVIVAL,
REALTOR ADD ON WEEK 5

3. Objective is to have you understand the basic American
Home Styles, their Anatomy, where they are located in
Kansas City and to Have Fun Your Mic is Muted unless I call on you and then you can
UnMute. If you have a question please type in the Chat and I
will answer as I read them or have you unmute to ask it
verbally. I will also be asking you to type in the Chat
answers to some questions.
CLASSOBJECTIVES
ANDRULES EXPECTATIONS
OUTCOMES
AND

4. Please post photos of houses you can take before Next Tuesday
September 1 on our Historic Homes of KC Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/historichomeskcplus/. Those
who post photos will be put into a drawing and win prizes.
At the Beginning of Each Tuesday There will be a Review & a Quiz
CLASSOBJECTIVES
ANDRULES EXPECTATIONS
OUTCOMES
AND
If you complete all 4 Weeks and the Final Quiz - You will Receive a
Historic Homes Specialist Certification and Optional Tshirt ($20)

5. THISWEEKSPRIZE
WINNERS!
Win This Coloring Book or 10 Points to Big End of challenge Prizes
Jan Soper
Kathy McCarthy
Maureen Coleman
Michael Olsen
Coles Rene Tagger
Laurel Thomas
Marilyn Fowler McCarthy

6. FINALPRIZES

7. BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
Components of Houses

8. TODAY'SLESSON
BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
The Fashions of American Houses
Two Principle Sorts: Folk and Styled
4 Principal Architectural Traditions:
1. Ancient Classical
2. Renaissance Classical
3. Medieval
4. Modern

9. UNDERSTANDING
THE AMERICAN
STYLES DEEPER
Those designed without a conscious attempt to mimic current fashion.
Many are built by their occupants or by non-professional builders
Relatively simple houses meant to provide basic shelter with little concern for presenting
a stylish face
Folk
Houses*
Built with at least some attempt at being fashionable.
They show the influence of shapes, materials, detailing, or other features that make up
an architectual style that is currently in vogue.
Styled
Houses*
Which Do
We Have
the Most?
*

10. LOOK
AT
THESE
EXAM-
PLES
Folk Examples
Visual Arts
Eastside Learning Academy

11. 4 PRINCIPAL
ARCHITECTURAL
TRADITIONS
Based upon the monuments of early Greece 9th to 4th Century B.C.E. and Rome 1st B.C.E. to 5th century A.C.E.
Full Facade Porch supported by Large Columns, frequently 2 story or "colossal columns"
Symetrical Facade and Low Pitched Roofs
Ancient
Classical*
1780-1830 Loosely baed on Roman Models - simple side gabled or hipped roof and full length porches
Classical Pediment Above the Porch
Early
Classical
Revival
*
1820-1860 Have a very wide band of trim beneath the eaves, mimicking the entablature of Greek Temples.
Full-facade or full height entry porches with large columns with Pilasters
Side Gabled and Hipped Roofs
Greek
Revival
*
Neoclassical* 1895-1955 2 Story with prominent full-height columns. Early had very elaborate capitals

12. Early
Classical
Revival
*

13. Early
Classical
Revival
*

14. Greek
Revival
*

15. Greek
Revival
*

16. Greek
Revival
*

17. Neoclassical*

18. 4 PRINCIPAL
ARCHITECTURAL
TRADITIONS
Italian 1840-1885 & Renaissance 1890-1935 Arch Emphasis Flat or low hipped roofs, symetrical front facade
French 2nd Empire 1855-1885, Steeply Pitched Roof or dual pitched Mansard Roof, Beaux Arts 1885-1930, Eclectic - 1915-1945
English Georgian 1700-1780, Federal 1780-1820, Colonial Revival 1880-1955: Elaborated Front Door Surrounds, Side Pilasters
supporting an Entablature or Pediment (Georgian) or a fanlight above the door (Federal)
Renaissance
Classical*
Colonial
* New World from Europe - prevailing styles. Most built during 1600s Folk Style (no Medieval Decorative.
Post Medieval English - 1600-1700
Dutch Colonial - 1625 - 1840
French Colonial - 1700 - 1830, 1860 New Orleans
Spanish Colonial - 1600-1850
*Georgian - 1700-1780
*Federal - 1780 - 1820

19. Colonial
* Post Medieval English - 1600-1700
Identifiable Features
1. Steeply pitched, side gable roof
2. Narrow overhanging eaves with no cornice detail
3. Massive chimney, central or end location
4. Small multi-paned casement or fixed windows
5. Timber frame and/or brick walls
6. Batten (vertical board) door
7. Overhanging second story with decorative pendants
8. One room deep floor plan, sometimes a lean-to added

20. Georgian 1700-1780 to ca. 1830
Identifiable Features
1. Paneled front door, usually centered and capped by an elaborate
decorative crown supported by decorative Pilasters
2. Cornice usually emphasized by decorative Moldings, tooth like dentils
3. Windows with double hung sashes, having many small panes (most
commonly 9 or 12 panes per sash
4. Windows aligned horizontally and vertically in symmetrical rows, never
in adjacent pairs, usually 5 ranked on front facade.
Principal Subtypes
1. Side Gabled Roof - 40% Surviving
2. Gambrel Roof - 25% Surviving
3. Hipped Roof - 25% Surviving.
Colonial
*

21. Georgian 1700-1780 to ca. 1830
Identifiable Features
Principal Subtypes
1. Side Gabled Roof - 40% Surviving
.
Colonial
*

22. Georgian 1700-1780 to ca. 1830
Principal Subtypes
2. Gambrel Roof - 25% Surviving
Colonial
*

23. Georgian 1700-1780 to ca. 1830
Principal Subtypes
3. Hipped Roof - 25% Surviving.
Colonial
*

24. Federal 1780-1820 to ca. 1840
Identifiable Features
1. Semi circular or elliptical fanlight over front door - Palladian
2. Cornice usually emphasized by decorative Moldings, tooth
like dentils
3. Windows with double hung sashes, having many small panes
(most commonly 6 panes per sash
4. Windows aligned horizontally and vertically in symmetrical
rows, never in adjacent pairs, usually 5 ranked on front facade.
Principal Subtypes
1. Side Gabled Roof
2. Hipped Roof 2 Story
3. Hipped Roof 3 Story
4. Centered Gable
5. Town House
Colonial
*

26. Italian 1840-1885 & Renaissance 1890-1935 Arch Emphasis Flat or low hipped roofs, symetrical front facade
Renaissance
Classical*

27. Renaissance
Classical*
French 2nd Empire 1855-1885, Steeply Pitched Roof or dual pitched Mansard Roof

28. Renaissance
Classical*
French Beaux Arts 1885-1930

29. Renaissance
Classical*
French Eclectic 1915-1945

30. NEXT WEEK
Medieval
Style*
Modern
Style*
Middle Ages - end of Ancient Classical to beginning of Renaissance, 6th to 15th Centuries - style was ecclesiastical
Romanesque & Gothic: American Roman Ancient Classical - extensive use of rounded arches.
Richardsonian Romanesque *1880-1900.
Gothic - pointed arches over doors and windows
Victorian, Queen Anne, Tudor, Shingle, Stick
2 Stages 1900-1940: First Arts and Crafts Movement - Ornamentation not eliminated but modernized, low pitched roofs, wide
eave overhangs. Prairie Style (1900-1920) - Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright Second Style Craftsman (1905-1930), Sourthern CA
Second Phase post WWI - Machine Age, standardized part, absence of all non-functional decoration and structural honesty.
Flat roofs, smooth wall surface.

31. Please post photos of houses you can take before Next Tuesday
September 1 on our Historic Homes of KC Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/historichomeskcplus/. Those
who post photos will be put into a drawing and win prizes.
At the Beginning of Each Tuesday There will be a Review & a Quiz
WRAPUP&WEEK
CHALLENGEEXPECTATIONS
OUTCOMES
AND
If you complete all 4 Weeks and the Final Quiz - You will Receive a
Historic Homes Specialist Certification and Optional Tshirt ($20)