Help, what architectural style home is this?
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Lindcurt on Jun 19, 2015It may have started life as an Italianate style. But has been stripped of all it's porches and other decoration. Your ideas sound like a good start. A large porch across the front of the house would give it a lot of character. Type Italianate style in the search box to see a few nice examples of that style.Helpful Reply
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Katrina Warren on Jun 19, 2015I would say it's a farmhouse style. A large porch wrapping around the front of the house would be welcoming.Helpful Reply
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Anne Marie on Jun 19, 2015I am also in favor of a Veranda on this house all the way around, change out a window (if possible) to garden doors, for extra accessHelpful Reply
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Linda on Jun 19, 2015I would say that it's a "Saltbox" and most were added onto over the years. A porch would add so much! Shutters were probably added on in the last 50 years. For info and ideas: http://www.cchonline.com/saltboxHelpful Reply
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Linda on Jun 19, 2015I would say that it's a "Colonial" or "Saltbox" and most were added onto over the years. I'd add a double-door entry and yes, landscape that right side. Shutters were probably added on in the last 50 years. For info and ideas: http://www.cchonline.com/saltbox I would say that it's a "Saltbox" and most were added onto over the years. A porch would add so much! Shutters were probably added on in the last 50 years. For info and ideas: http://www.cchonline.com/saltboxHelpful Reply
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Sarah on Jun 19, 2015I agree with #lindcurt..Italianate.... porches removed or never completed.Helpful Reply
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Eileen Serletic on Jun 20, 2015I agree, it's Saltbox.Helpful Reply
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Connie Phillips on Jun 20, 2015Yes, saltbox it is! Steel roof could be painted to save time and money. I think the shutters should be bigger for balance but I suggest doing the porch first then take another look at them. Check out historical colours for the door colour. Red front doors are good Feng Shui. Are those spirit orbs or just a light reflection? just wondering...Helpful Reply
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Ellen DeVilbiss on Jun 20, 2015It is NOT salt box. That is an east coast style in which one side of the house is higher than it's opposite side so the roof slants down between in a leanto style. You have an American Four Square most likely. With an added wing and missing the large porch that should cover the front. The hipped roof on the main part and square dimensions are the only remaining evidence of what once was a common style of the early 20th century. If the house actually dates to the 1800's, it might be a Italian Renaisance Victorian, but those were where the Four Square came from. My degree is Historical Restoration, so I see these poor remuddled things an just sigh at the lost of character. Hope you can bring it back to life by giving it its porch back.Helpful Reply
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Sharon An Don Maloney on Jun 20, 2015I do believe there was a porch at one time, , we have been digging an removing those timbers in front ,we keep finding brick that seems to have been buried. The roof shape is like a 4 sided pyramid. I looked at salt box houses it definitely isn't that style . The house is in north central Ohio, and is in town,albiet just at the edge which quickly becomes ruralHelpful Reply
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Dennis Hubbard-hirvilammi on Jun 20, 2015abocve door put deckHelpful Reply
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Becky Shell on Jun 20, 2015I don't know any thing about the house's style but on a side note it looks a lot like Laura Ingles Wilders real house with the 2 stories and the add on . Look on u-tube for Laura Ingles Wilder house tour there is one that has a mussium and old house and house that daughter Rose built for parents.Helpful Reply
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Jen on Jun 20, 2015Its called a four square..with an add onHelpful Reply
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Kaioverbeck on Jun 20, 2015Any way to access the add on roof and picket fence it and make a roof top garden up there.Helpful Reply
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Accentuations! on Jun 20, 2015It appears to be and old foursquare with an add on...probably a kitchenHelpful Reply
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Marty Anderson on Jun 20, 2015I'd build a porch across the front to add some appeal, with a roof over at least the door to offer some shelter. This would up the curb appeal significantly.Helpful Reply
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Lindcurt on Jun 20, 2015Many old farmhouses had hipped roofs similar to this. The shed roofed addition most likely is an add on which may have started out as a screened in back porch. Much like my kitchen. A floor that is slightly pitched to the outside wall is usually a clue that it was a back porch. Some of the former residents told me that, as children, they used to sleep in the screened in porch on summer nights because it was so much cooler.Helpful Reply
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Pat Reeve on Jun 21, 2015American Foursquare. It definitely needs a wide roofed porch with railings and wide steps.Helpful Reply
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