Dutch Colonial Revival architecture

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Dutch Colonial Revival architecture is an early 20th-century American architectural style that nostalgically reinterprets traditional Dutch colonial forms, often featuring gambrel roofs, flared eaves, and symmetrical facades.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf American architectural style
architectural style
revival architecture
commonMaterial brick
stone
wood
wood shingles
countryOfOrigin United States
developedInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
emergedAs domestic adaptation of historic Dutch colonial forms
hasAlternativeName Dutch Colonial Revival
Dutch Colonial Revival style
hasCharacteristicFeature center hall plan
central entrance
clapboard siding
columned porch
decorative shutters
dormer windows
end chimneys
flared eaves
gambrel roof
multi-pane windows
overhanging eaves
shed dormers
shingle siding
side-gabled gambrel roof
symmetrical facade
hasDesignGoal evocation of early American colonial heritage
nostalgic reinterpretation of Dutch colonial forms
influencedBy Colonial Revival architecture
Dutch Colonial architecture
partOf Colonial Revival movement
popularInPeriod 1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
relatedStyle Federal Revival architecture
Georgian Revival architecture
Shingle Style architecture
roofType cross-gambrel roof
gambrel roof
side-gambrel roof
typicalBuildingType single-family house
small institutional building
suburban residence
usedInRegion Mid-Atlantic United States
Midwestern United States
Northeastern United States

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Washington Irving's Sunnyside ("Dutch Colonial Revival")
architecturalStyle
Dutch Colonial Revival architecture ("Dutch Colonial Revival")
Dutch Colonial Revival architecture ("Dutch Colonial Revival style")
hasAlternativeName
City of Pella ("Dutch Revival architecture")
hasArchitecturalStyle
Colonial Revival ("Dutch Colonial Revival")
hasPart

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