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 DescriptionStylistic Influences

• Log Traditional

Stylistic Influences• Greek

Revival– 1825-1860

– Cornice line with wide band of trim

– Porch supported by columns

Stylistic Influences

• Italianate, 1840-1885– Rectangular or square

building

– Flat roof

– Decorative brackets

– Cornice

– Arched windows

Stylistic Influences • Second

Empire

1860 -1890– Two or

three story symmetrical block

– Projecting central pavilion

– Mansard roof

Stylistic Influences• Eastlake, 1870-1890

– Decorative style of ornamentation found on buildings constructed during Victorian period, sometimes called gingerbread

Stylistic Influences• Queen Anne

1880-1910– Asymmetry

– Steeply pitched, irregular roof with cross gables & dormers

– Wraparound porches

– Towers

– Textured Surfaces

Stylistic Influence

• Shingle1880-1900

– Walls and roof covered with continuous wooden shingles

– Steeply pitched roofs with intersecting gables

– Porches

Stylistic Influence• Romanesque Revival

1840-1900– 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

1870-1910– Simple frame folk

houses

– Gable roofs

– Front porches

– Spindlework and gingerbread

Stylistic Influences

• Colonial Revival

1880-1955– Symmetrically

balanced façade

– Double-hung windows with multi-panes

– Paired windows

– Center door with pediment and columns or pilasters

Stylistic Influences• Renaissance

Revival

1890-1935– Symmetrical

façade

– Low-pitched hipped roof with tile

– Arched windows or doors

– Small columns

Stylistic Influences• Exotic Revivals

1830-1930– 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

1830-1930– Moorish Revival

– Minaret-style spires

– Domes and arches

Stylistic Influences

• Gothic Revival

1840-1880– 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 1890-1940– Steeply pitched gabled roof with steep cross-gables– Windows in multiple groups– Massive chimneys

Stylistic Influences

• Neoclassical

1895-1920– 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

1885-1930– Large buildings

– Arched openings

– Projecting facades or pavilions with colossal columns grouped in pairs

– Balustrades and statuary at top of buildings

Stylistic Influences• Mission

1890-1920– Wide overhanging

eaves

– Mission -shaped dormer or parapet

– Porches feature arched openings

– Stucco wall surface

Stylistic Influences

• Monterey

1925-1955– 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

1900-1920– Low-pitched roof,

usually hipped

– Widely overhanging eaves

– Emphasis on horizontal lines

– Massive square porch posts

Stylistic Influences• Craftsman

(Bungalow)

1905-1930– 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 1920-1940– Vertical appearance with full-height piers and jagged roofline

– Abstract relief ornaments on wall surface

Stylistic Influences• Moderne

1920-1940– Emphasis on

horizontal

– Decorative banding

– Curved corners

– Stretches of glass-block windows

Stylistic Influences• International

1920-1945– Smooth, uniform wall

surfaces

– Concrete, glass and steel

– Ribbons of windows

– Cantilevered balconies or upper floors

– Absence of ornamentation

Stylistic Influences

• Post-War Modern 1945-1979– Houses

• Split-Level

• Contemporary

• Shed

• Minimal Traditional

Stylistic Influences

• Post-war Modern

1945-1979– Commercial

• Simple, rational structure that reflects frame

• Thin curtain wall

• Some Modernist variation on classical form

Neoclassical influences

Prairie influences

Stylistic Influences

• Ranch 1935 - 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