Colonial Architecture

• Colonial Architecture

  • Reasons of colonists: freedom, political liberty, economic opportunity, religious freedom
  • Style applied to settlements built by immigrants creating a hybrid of design
• Hutchinson-Kimball House (English)

  • Steeply pitched roof
  • Timber frame
  • Central chimney

  
• Bequette-Ribault House (French)

  • “Poteaux en terre” construction (posts in the ground)
  • Double-pitched hipped roofs
  • Surrounded by porches to handle hot summers

  
• González-Alvarez House (Spanish)

  • Arches
  • Walls in white stucco over adobe stone

  
• Randolf Collier House (Dutch)

  • Gambrel roof
  • Dormer windows

  
• Henry Antes House (German)

  • Thic stone wall
  • Steep roof with shingles
  • Central chimney