Style vs. Form Styles in Albany May 17, 2011 Preservation Month Style vs. Form Style vs. Form Style vs. Form Style is the clothes of a house Style Style examples Style vs. Form Style is the clothes of a house Form is the skeleton of a house Form Form examples 1
Style vs. Form Style is the clothes of a house Form is the skeleton of a house Vernacular is a house built of local materials, labor, and design. Vernacular Vernacular Vernacular vs. Style Styles timeline for Oregon Classical Revival (1840-1860) 1860) Pacific Northwest domestic construction over time Monteith House, Federal or Classical, Albany 2
Monteith House, Federal or Classical, Albany McLoughlin House, 1846, Federal, Oregon City Gothic Revival (1855-1890) 1890) Gothic Revival, Albany Gothic Revival, Albany Italianate (1860-1890) 1890) Fort Simcoe, 1856, Gothic Revival, A.J. Downing Allen House, Italianate, Albany 3
Allen House, Italianate, Albany Kirkman House, 1880, Italianate, Walla Walla Second Empire (1865-1885) 1885) David Mason House, Second Empire, Albany David Mason House, Second Empire, Albany Queen Anne (1880-1905) 1905) Deady Hall, 1876, Second Empire, Eugene Ralston House, Queen Anne, Albany 4
Ralston House, Queen Anne, Albany Porch elements Free Classical (1900-1910) 1910) Free Classical, Albany Free Classical, Albany Colonial Revival (1890-2000) Sender House, Colonial Revival, Albany Sender House, Colonial Revival, Albany 5
Foursquare (1895-1920) 1920) American Foursquare or Classic Box, Albany American Foursquare or Classic Box, Albany Craftsman (1905-1915) 1915) Craftsman, Albany Craftsman, Albany Craftsman Bungalow (1910-1925) 1925) Reid House, 1914, Craftsman, SE Portland on Stark Pfeiffer House, Craftsman bungalow, Albany 6
Pfeiffer House, Craftsman bungalow, Albany Bungal-ode by Burges Johnson, Feb 1909 Good Housekeeping McClellan House, 1920, Craftsman bungalow, Albany Colonial bungalow, 1926, Corvallis Tudor Revival (1900-1935) 1935) Tudor Revival, Corvallis Tudor Revival, Corvallis 7
English Cottage (1920-1940) 1940) English Cottage or Norman Farmhouse, Albany English Cottage or Norman Farmhouse, Albany Minimal Traditional (1930-1950) 1950) Minimal Traditional, Portland Minimal Traditional, Portland International (1935-1965) 1965) International, Albany International, Albany 8
Wrightian (1920-1965) 1965) Wrightian, Albany Wrightian, Albany WWII Cottage (1935-1945) 1945) Wrightian, Albany WWII Cottage, Portland Early Ranch (1945-1950) 1950) WWII Cottage, Portland Early Ranch, Portland 9
Early Ranch, Portland Ranch expansion plan, 1946 Ranch (1950-1965) 1965) Ranch, Portland Ranch, Portland Storybook Ranch (1955-1960) 1960) Storybook Ranch, Portland Storybook Ranch, Portland 10
Split Level Ranch (1960-1965) 1965) Split level ranch, Portland Split level ranch, Portland Split Entry Ranch (1960-1965) 1965) Split entry ranch, Portland Split entry ranch, Portland Contemporary (1960-1970) 1970) Contemporary, Portland Contemporary, Portland 11
Book Author A Field Guide to American Houses Virginia and Lee McAlester The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture Rachel Carley American Houses Gerald Foster Oregon Style Classic Houses of Portland Rosalind Clark (aka Roz Keeney) William Hawkins and William Willingham Recommended style (and form) books en.wikipedia.org/wiki/architectural_styles www.buffalowah.com/a/archsty www.preservationdirectory.com This presentation available at: www.hp-nw.com/ presentations.htm Email your style questions to: pinyerd@hp-nw.com email 12