Adrian Architecture, Part I (1840-1880)
Goals:
Apply what you learn about the key features of the twelve forms and styles of architecture featured in
Adrian’s Dennis and State Street Historic District by identifying the styles and forms of other buildings.
Definitions for many of the vocabulary terms can be found at:
http://web2.sienaheights.edu/personal/PBARR/glossary.html
As you watch the PowerPoint lectures on Adrian Architecture, complete the following sentences:
Post-and-beam construction was popular before the American Civil War because…
A mortise is…
A tenon is…
One example of a house in Adrian built using post-and-beam construction is:
One example of a house in Adrian built using balloon-frame construction is:
As a general rule, houses built before 1865 are ____________________, and
______________________.
Sears-kit houses were popular in the first half of the 20th century because…
Manufactured housing became popular after 1976 because…
Greek Revival style, 1853 (Choate House, 232 Dennis Street)
One of the earliest Greek Revival homes, the Joseph Bowers House, was designed by this architect:
The Bowers House resembles to some extent this ancient building from Athens…
The Greek Revival style became popular as a result of what historical event?
The Greek Revival style quickly spread to the Midwest because of the opening of this means of
transportation in 1825…
The key feature of the Greek Revival style is…
Two other typical features of the Greek Revival style include:
The span of dates in which the Greek Revival style was popular is…
Gothic Revival style, 1855/1950s (Damon-Ash House, 456 State Street)
The Gothic Revival style can be distinguished from the Greek Revival style by its….
Gothic Revival style houses resemble to some extent this French cathedral:
Almost all Gothic Revival style houses have these two features:
The span of dates in which the Gothic Revival style was popular is…
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Left: Italianate style, 1861 (Burnham Historical Building, 204 East Church Street)
Right: Italian Villa style, 1856 (Hart-Cavallero House, 430 Dennis Street)
The key feature that allows you to identify both the Italian Villa style and the Italianate style is...
The two features that distinguish the Italian Villa style from the Italianate style are...
“Campanile” is the Italian word for…
The Italian Villa style was made popular by the publication of…
The span of dates in which the Italianate and Italian Villa styles were popular is…
Two distinctive features of the Italianate style, different from the Italian Villa style, are…
A cupola (also known as a belvedere) is…
Italianate homes resemble to some extent this private home in Florence, Italy:
Italianate homes were typically placed on large building lots that accommodated not only the home, but
also ______________________________.
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Octagon Cottage form, 1856 (Champion House, 523 South Winter Street)
The Octagon cottage is not a house style, but rather a…
The Octagon form is rare. There are only two in Lenawee County. One is in Adrian. Where is the other?
The Octagon Cottage was popularized by this author and publication…
The illustration in this publication showed the Octagon Cottage in this style…
Two typical features of the Octagon form include….
The span of dates in which the Octagon form was popular is…
Second Empire style, 1881 (Cocker House, 312 Dennis Street)
Like the Italianate style, the Second Empire style also features…
The key feature of a Second Empire style house is…
One of the other key features of the Second Empire style is a dormer. What does the word “dormer”
suggest?
What is the name of the 17th-century French architect who is associated with the style?
What city was modernized in the 1860s by the second French Emperor, Napoleon III, thus inspiring many
Americans to what their own homes in this style?
The span of dates in which the Second Empire style was popular in the United States is…
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Adrian Architecture, part II (1880-1930)
Complete the following sentences:
Queen Anne style, (C. Frederick Matthes architect of Adrian,
Michigan, Presbyterian Manse, 435 Dennis Street, 1895)
The construction technique that characterizes homes after the Civil War is…
The origin of the Queen Anne style can be traced to this building:
The complex exterior (form and decoration) of Richard Norman Shaw’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
Pavilion in Philadelphia was thought to have originated during the reign of Britain’s Queen Anne. It
actually originated during the reign s of several monarchs named ___________________ and
_________________.
The key feature of the Queen Anne style is…
Two other common features of the Queen Anne style are…
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Left: Richardsonian Romanesque style (Paul Moratz architect of Bloomington, IL, Lenawee
County Historical Museum, 110 East Church Street, 1909)
Right: Shingle style (Bowen House, 320 Dennis Street, 1897)
How are the Lenawee County Historical Museum and the Bowen House similar?
The key feature that will help you identify the Romanesque Revival style buildings is the…
A distinctly American variation on the Romanesque Revival was developed by, and named after, this
American architect…
Adrian’s Public Library (now the Lenawee County Historical Museum) was designed to resemble this
building in Massachusetts…
When Richardson adapted his Romanesque Reivial style for private homes what material did he use in
place of some of the costly stone?
In what ways is the Bowen House in Adrian similar to Stonehurst, in Waltham, Massachusetts?
Who coined the term “Shingle Style” to describe this adaptation, and when?
Two of the typical features of both the Richardsonian Romanesque and the Shingle Style include…
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Georgian Colonial Revival style (Harry Wachter architect of
Toledo, Ohio, Mott-Lentz House, 304 State Street, 1925)
What does the term “colonial” refer to?
What does “Georgian Colonial” refer to?
What event in 1876 inspired the revival of the colonial revival style?
What features does the Georgian Colonial Revival style Mott House share with homes from the Georgian
Colonial era?
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Fun fact: the Mott House on State Street was designed by Harry Wachter, the same architect who also
designed…
How can you distinguish a Georgian Colonial (revival) style home from a Greek Revival home?
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Foursquare form and Classical Revival style (William Herbert
Stevenson House, 311 Dennis Street, 1913)
The foursquare is not a style, but is…
The house at 211 East Chestnut Street is a foursquare form with colonial revival details, including:
The Stevenson House is a foursquare form with classical features, including:
Many foursquare homes feature classical columns and Palladian windows after….
Draw a picture of a Palladian window here…
The home at 112 South McKenzie Street is a foursquare form with Craftsman details. One of the
distinctive features of the Craftsman style is:
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Craftsman style (113 Michigan Street, c. 1920)
The Craftsman style gets its name from a magazine of the same name published between 1901 and
1916. Who published it?
What manufactured goods were featured in the magazine?
What did Stickley hope to teach?
In 1909, Stickley collected the home designs from his magazine and published them in a popular book
called ___________________________.
In addition to the Craftsman’s simple, geometric forms, earthy colors, and wide porches, there are several
features that can help you to identify a Craftsman style home. Name three of them:
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