Colonial Revival home of Henry M. Jackson in Everett, Washington

The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style and interior design movement in the United States. In the early 1890s—a time when manifest destiny was at its peak—Americans began to value their own heritage and architecture. This also came after the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 rewakened Americans to their colonial past. Colonial Revival sought to follow the Colonial style of the period around the Revolutionary War, usually being two stories in height with the ridge pole running parallel to the street, a symmetrical front facade with an accented doorway and evenly spaced windows on either side of it. File links The following pages link to this file: Everett, Washington Henry M. Jackson Colonial house Categories: GFDL images ... File links The following pages link to this file: Everett, Washington Henry M. Jackson Colonial house Categories: GFDL images ... Henry Martin Scoop Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was a U.S. Congressman and Senator for Washington State from 1941 until his death. ... Everett is the county seat and largest city in Snohomish County, Washington located 25 miles north of Seattle. ... Architectural style is a way of classifying architecture largely by morphological characteristics - in terms of form, techniques, materials, etc. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress is an allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. ... Colonial house Henry M. Jacksons home Everett, Washington A colonial house, also called Georgian, is a style of house that was popular in America from 1690 to 1830. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...

Features that make them distinguishable from colonial period houses of the similar style of the early 1800s are elaborate front doors, often with decorative crown pediments and overhead fanlights and sidelights, but with machine-made woodwork that had less depth and relief than earlier handmade versions. Window openings, while symmetrically located on either side of the front entrance, were usually hung in adjacent pairs or in triple combinations rather than as single windows. Side porches or sunrooms were common additions to these homes, introducing modern comforts. Also distinctive in this style are multiple columned porches and doors with fanlights and sidelights. To go along with the Colonial Revival style of architecture, owners often seek to furnish the house with furnishings that are preferably antique but often are reproductions. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... For the province in the Philippines, see Antique (province) and for the band, see Antique (duo). ...

Three localities that feature larger neighborhood tracts of colonial revival style residences are the Windsor Farms area in the west end of Richmond, Virginia; the Country Club District of Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis; and the Country Club District in Kansas City, Missouri, a residential district lying south and built around the former grounds of the Kansas City Country Club (now Loose Park), and which the J. C. Nichols Company began developing in 1906 to become what is now the largest master-planned community in the United States. All were built in the 1920s. Windsor Farms is a 20th century neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia of primarily Colonial Revival design. ... Nickname: The River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (D) Area    - City 62. ... location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Coordinates: Country United States State Minnesota County Hennepin Founded 1860s Incorporated 1888 Mayor James Hovland Area    - City 41. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jesse Clyde Nichols (August 23, 1880 - February 16, 1950), better known as J. C. Nichols, was a prominent developer of commercial and residential real estate in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. ...

Successive waves of revivals of British colonial architecture have swept the United States since 1876. In the 19th century, the Colonial Revival took a more eclectic style, and columns were often seen. But with the popularity of research-based history attractions like Colonial Williamsburg in the 1930s, the subsequent "colonial" architecture took a more scholarly and less ostentatious turn, and columns fell out of favor. By the 1976 United States Bicentennial, Colonial architecture merged with the then popular ranch-style house design, and created yet another iteration of the Colonial Revival, one that often featured eagle, cannon or drum motifs and sometimes wooden shake roofs. In the early part of the 21st century, styles evolved again, with "colonial" in the United States suggesting a more Anglo-Caribbean or British Empire feel. 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... View of Duke of Gloucester Street Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. ... Ranch-style houses are also called American ranch or California rambler. ... The word shake refers to: Look up shake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...

See also

• Colonial house
• Dutch Colonial
• Colonial Revival Garden Restoration and Preservation

Colonial house and street A colonial house, also called Georgian, is a style of house that was popular in America from 1690 to 1830. ... Example of Dutch Colonial Revival, Plainfield, NJ. Dutch Colonial is a style of American domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves on the long sides. ... Restoration of historic American gardens and landscapes began soon after campaigns to save the homes and buildings of the country’s past were initiated in the mid-nineteenth century. ...

External links

• Photo Gallery of Colonial Revival houses
• Examples of Colonial Revival in Buffalo, New York
• 1876 Centennial Information
• Colonial Revival architecture at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut