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Take a walk down through any of Ann Arbor’s tree-lined neighborhoods and you’ll encounter a wide range of architectural styles along the way. Founded in 1824, this charming city has a rich history, and its homes offer a glimpse into its storied past. From the grandeur of Victorian mansions to the timeless elegance of Colonial Revival and the craftsmanship of Craftsman bungalows, Ann Arbor ...
- A National Tradition
- Italianate
- Local ExaMple
- Greek Revival
- Gothic Revival
- Local Example
- Queen Anne (1875-1910)
- Richardsonian Romanesque (1880-1900)
- Colonialrevival/Georgian Revival (1890-Present)
- Craftsman / Arts and Crafts (1895-1935)
This page was originally part of 2022's May is Preservation Month, a celebration of historic places and the people pouring their time, energy, and resources into protecting places they care about, often without recognition. Preservation Month is for them—a national high-five to everyone doing the great work of saving places in hopes that it will in...
The Italianate style was a reaction to the rigidly formal, classical architecture that had dominated American buildings since the early 18thcentury. Taking its cues from Italian Renaissance architecture, this style dominates Ann Arbor's downtown commercial districts along Main, W. Liberty, and Washington. The cube shape is dominant for most residen...
1115 Woodlawn Christian and Margaretha Eberbach House Christian Eberbach, the owner of a successful drug store and laboratory equipment factory, built this textbook example of a brick Italianate villa-style house in 1863. It is an L-shaped house with a four-story tower at the entry. The windows have corbeled brick crowns with segmental arches and...
Greek Revival style buildings were prevalent in Ann Arbor between its founding in 1824 and the end of the civil war in 1865. As a new democracy, Americans identified with the ancient democracies of Greece and wanted their architecture to illustrate those ideals. In Ann Arbor, surviving examples of this style are primarily residential. Local Exampl...
The Gothic Revival style was part of a group of revival styles popular in the mid to late 19thcentury. Its heyday was 1845-1885 and Ann Arbor has some fine examples. Typical of the style are steeply pitched roofs, pointed arches, use of quatrefoils and trefoils, and highly elaborate bargeboards which were often outlined in “gingerbread." Large po...
306 N. Division St. Andrew's Episcopal Church St. Andrew's received the Project of the Year Award from the HDC in 2010 after a major renovation was completed. First Congregational Church, another Gothic Revival church, received a Preservation Award in 1989. Susan Wineberg, 2022
The Queen Anne style is what most people think of as “Victorian" architecture. It is a very busy style, characterized by asymmetry, varying materials, different size windows and doors, different types of trim, turned spindles, many rooflines, cross gables, turrets, and towers. It was all to dazzle the eye, and it did because of the large amount of ...
This style, characterized by heavy cut stone and circular Roman arches, was popularized in the US by Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson, hence the name of the style. It was used primarily for public buildings such as railway stations, churches, jails, and schools. Richardson found his inspiration in 11thand 12 century styles from Spain, Franc...
America celebrated its Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876 and this prompted a new interest in Colonial architecture. Research was done on various colonial styles found primarily in New England. The style was derived from various influences including Dutch (the gambrel roof), Federal, and British Georgian styles from the 18thcentury. Except for the ...
Both of these styles grew out of negative reactions to the fussiness and busyness of the Queen Anne style. It emphasized low pitched roofs to refer to a building's organic relationship to the earth; simple decorations such as exposed eaves, rafter tails and large roof overhangs. Often, houses had full width front porches and thus overlapped with th...
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Italianate Cube, circa 1860, Adrian, Michigan. The use of the darker, harmonizing green-gray shades contrasted with the off-white to highlight all the home’s wonderful architectural details. A subtle contrast in colors provides a restful scheme. The new trim color offers the visual excitement.
- Leighanne LaMarre Interiors. This wonderful Ann Arbor interior designer likes to have a more collaborative approach when she’s taking on residential clients.
- Nancy from By Design Interiors. Bringing in original, creative, and professional interior design services to the Ann Arbor, MI area, you will find that Nancy is a big favorite!
- Shirley from Cyrus Interiors. When Shirley created her firm, Cyrus Interiors, her goal was to create an upscale contemporary residential and commercial design firm that would help those in need.
- Krista and Tami from CLOTH & KIND. You’re definitely going to want to feast your eyes on the gorgeous designs by Krista and Tami. These two wonderful ladies run the design studio and shop called CLOTH & KIND.
The Italianate Residence. Jump to… Gallery. Architectural Resource is very pleased to invite you visit a beautiful, multi-phased remodel/addition project on the BRAGAA (Builders and Remodelers of Greater Ann Arbor) 2011 edition of the annual Remodeler’s Home Tour.
In southeastern Michigan the Italianate style is well represented by several houses on Ann Arbor Road as it enters Manchester from the west. Built between 1853 and 1857, they were dwellings for prosperous townspeople in this thriving agricultural village established two decades earlier.
The Italianate Residence Architectural Resource is very pleased to invite you visit a beautiful, multi-phased remodel/addition project on the BRAGAA (Builders and Remodelers of Greater Ann Arbor) 2011 edition of the annual Remodeler's Home Tour.
