Historic Guidelines - City of Melbourne, Florida

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INTRODUCTION 17 Neo-Classical Revival BACKGROUND The style was common during the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920s, the style was overshadowed by other Eclectic styles. Typical features of this style include full-height porches with classical columns; Ionic or Corinthian capitals; symmetrical facades; centered entrance. BUILDING PLAN 1) Based on Greek and Roman architectural orders. 2) Plan is regular, rectangular or nearly square. FOUNDATION 1) The foundation is usually of piers or continuous, made of brick or concrete. 2) Usually tall foundations, which exaggerate the height of the front façade. FACADES 1) The doorway, cornice line and type of column are the three principal distinguishing features of the style. 2) One or two stories, simple rectilinear houses with side-gable or low-pitched hipped roofs, having the characteristic full height entry porch. ROOF 1) Front or side-gable or low-pitched hipped roofs. DOORS 1) Semi-circular or elliptical fanlight normally occurs above the paneled front door. 2) Elaborate, decorative surrounds found in main entrances. ADDITIONS 1) Around additions to the front and sides of the building. FENCES 1) Fences are not common. Low walls at sidewalk line may be used. DRAFT
Neo-Classical Revival PORCHES 1) Entry porch dominates the front façade and normally equals it in height, but not the width. 2) There are several types of porch in this style: a. Full-Height Entry Porch: Dominant central entry extending the full height, but not width, of the façade. May have a classical pediment and gabled roof, or flat porch roof. Some may have curved, semicircular entry porches with flat roofs. A variation of this entry type was the full height entry feature with lower full-width porch. This variation was not as common. b. Front Gabled Roof: Full façade, colonnaded porch beneath the front facing gable gives the building the appearance of a miniature Greek temple. Not very common. c. Full Façade: Colonnade porch occupies the full width and height of the façade. However, the porch is not covered by a traditional pedimented gable, but instead either by the principal side-gabled or hip roof, or by a flat or shed extension from such a roof. 2) Porch roof usually supported by four simple columns (Roman Doric or Tuscan types), each with a square base. 3) Occasionally the front porch is recessed inward. MATERIALS 1) Wall materials may be wood, brick, stucco, or stone, in order of decreasing frequency. 2) The primary exterior material is usually horizontal wood siding or smooth masonry. WINDOWS 1) Double-hung sash windows aligned horizontally and vertically in symmetrical rows, usually five-ranked on front façade, less commonly three-ranked or seven-ranked. 2) Fixed upper sashes and movable lower sashes, the later held open originally by metal pins. 3) Windows frequently arranged with 9 panes (9/9), although other combinations were also found (9/6, 6/9). 4) Windows sometimes have elaborate decorative crowns placed above them – cornice mold or decorative frieze. 5) Wooden frames. DRAFT COLOR 1) Usually white, pale yellow or pale stone gray in the body of the building. 2) Trim color is usually white-yellowish, or off-white, not our modern stark white-and shutters are dark green or black. 3) Ornament color is usually cream or warm white. ORNAMENTATION 1) The exterior detailing is usually classically derived full-facade height ionic columns. Fluted column shafts were common in early building. After about 1925, very slender, unfluted (often square columns began to be used. 2) Boxed eaves frequently with dentils or modillions beneath; a wide frieze band is occasionally found beneath the cornice. INTRODUCTION 18
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