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Colonial Revival
(redirected from Colonial Revival architecture)

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An inexact classification for buildings that share selected architectural features but, unlike an architectural style, may not share consistency of design, form, or ornamentation with other buildings similarly classified. When such buildings seemingly emulate an earlier prototype (for example, American Colonial Revival), important architectural details that characterize the prototype are often either omitted or exaggerated in size or importance; furthermore, other design elements may be added (such as a type of dormer, chimney, or window) that never existed in the prototype; or characteristic building materials of the prototype may be replaced with newer types of materials. Compare with architectural style.


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What sets the Boyer House apart from other examples of local colonial revival architecture is its lack of modification from the original architecture and its typical Georgian revival characteristics: accentuated front door; symmetrical facade; steeply pitched roof; chimneys rising at each end of the hour; and paired, double-hung sash windows.
The Saturday lineup includes expert lectures and a driving tour of examples of Colonial Revival architecture.
Eric Noland CAPTION(S): 8 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Balboa Park Lily Pond forms a reflector pool for some of the elaborate Spanish Colonial Revival architecture of the park's central complex.
 
 
 
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