1. Identification Current Designations –NR--National Register of Historic Places –RTHL--Recorded Texas Historic Landmark –HTC--Historic Texas Cemetery –SAL--State Archeological Landmark –Local Landmark
2. Architectural Description Stylistic Influences Log Traditional
Stylistic Influences Greek Revival – –Cornice line with wide band of trim –Porch supported by columns
Stylistic Influences Italianate, –Rectangular or square building –Flat roof –Decorative brackets – Cornice –Arched windows
Stylistic Influences Second Empire –Two or three story symmetrical block –Projecting central pavilion –Mansard roof
Stylistic Influences Eastlake, –Decorative style of ornamentation found on buildings constructed during Victorian period, sometimes called gingerbread
Stylistic Influences Queen Anne –Asymmetry –Steeply pitched, irregular roof with cross gables & dormers –Wraparound porches –Towers –Textured Surfaces
Stylistic Influence Shingle –Walls and roof covered with continuous wooden shingles –Steeply pitched roofs with intersecting gables –Porches
Stylistic Influence Romanesque Revival –Semi-circular arch for window and door openings –Belt or string courses marking horizontal divisions –Masonry walls, often brick with heavy stonework –Flanking towers
Stylistic Influences Folk Victorian –Simple frame folk houses –Gable roofs –Front porches –Spindlework and gingerbread
Stylistic Influences Colonial Revival –Symmetrically balanced façade –Double-hung windows with multi-panes –Paired windows –Center door with pediment and columns or pilasters
Stylistic Influences Renaissance Revival –Symmetrical façade –Low-pitched hipped roof with tile –Arched windows or doors –Small columns
Stylistic Influences Exotic Revivals –Egyptian Revival –Features exotic motifs like winged sun disk –Columns with palm or lotus capitals –Egyptian revival motifs often found on cemetery monuments after 1922
Stylistic Influences Exotic Revivals –Moorish Revival –Minaret-style spires –Domes and arches
Stylistic Influences Gothic Revival –Steeply pitched gabled roof with cross gables –Gables can have vergeboards –One-story porches –Windows extend into gable & may have pointed arch
Stylistic Influences Tudor Revival –Steeply pitched gabled roof with steep cross-gables –Windows in multiple groups –Massive chimneys
Stylistic Influences Neoclassical –Symmetrical façade with center door and balanced windows –Portico with pediment and full-height classical columns –Often used for monumental buildings
Stylistic Influences Beaux Arts –Large buildings –Arched openings –Projecting facades or pavilions with colossal columns grouped in pairs –Balustrades and statuary at top of buildings
Stylistic Influences Mission –Wide overhanging eaves –Mission -shaped dormer or parapet –Porches feature arched openings –Stucco wall surface
Stylistic Influences Monterey –Two stories –Low-pitched gabled roof –Second floor balcony, cantilevered, sharing main roof –Exterior often stucco
Stylistic Influences Pueblo Revival 1910-present –Flat roof with parapet wall –Parapet has rounded edges –Projecting wooden roof beams (vigas) through walls –Stucco wall surfaces
Stylistic Influences Prairie –Low-pitched roof, usually hipped –Widely overhanging eaves –Emphasis on horizontal lines –Massive square porch posts
Stylistic Influences Craftsman (Bungalow) –Low-pitched gabled roof –Wide eaves with rafters exposed –Decorative beams or braces under gables –Columns on pedestals to ground level
Stylistic Influences Art Deco –Vertical appearance with full-height piers and jagged roofline –Abstract relief ornaments on wall surface
Stylistic Influences Moderne –Emphasis on horizontal –Decorative banding –Curved corners –Stretches of glass- block windows
Stylistic Influences International –Smooth, uniform wall surfaces –Concrete, glass and steel –Ribbons of windows –Cantilevered balconies or upper floors –Absence of ornamentation
Stylistic Influences Post-War Modern –Houses Split-Level Contemporary Shed Minimal Traditional
Stylistic Influences Post-war Modern –Commercial Simple, rational structure that reflects frame Thin curtain wall Some Modernist variation on classical form Neoclassical influences Prairie influences
Stylistic Influences Ranch Present –One-story with low-pitched roofs –Broad, rambling facades –Can have decorative shutters or porch roof supports
Stylistic Influences Other Resources –Bridges –Statuary –Tabernacles –Cemetery Structures
Stylistic Influences Other –Combination Styles
Structural Details Number of Bays
Structural Details Terra Cotta
Structural Details Plan –Four Square Doors –Transom and sidelights