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BACKGROUND: Italianate style popular in England during 1820s; spread to United States about ten years later
Victorian Americans especially appreciated Italian architecture
Architectural pattern books, especially those of Andrew Jackson Downing, helped to spread and popularize the style
Majority of Italianate houses constructed in wood because stone was
expensive (and in Louisiana, non-existent)
CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLE: Features of the style include:
LOUISIANA CONNECTIONS: In Louisiana, as a whole, Greek Revival style always more popular for houses than Italianate; Italianate houses do not exist in large numbers outside New Orleans Although popularity of Italianate style ended in other parts of the country as newer styles developed, it remained popular for Louisiana commercial buildings and shotgun houses until after 1900. Italianate style developed differently in Louisiana than elsewhere in the nation.
Double-galleried, side hall Italianate house. This was a two-story wooden house with columned galleries on each level and (often) a parapet ornamenting the roofline. Columns were usually fluted and capped by capitals in one of the Classical orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian). The floorplan contained two rooms paralleled by a front-to back-hallway on one side. Italianate raised cottage, a single-story wooden house in which the main living area was raised high on brick piers. This house featured a central hall plan and a gallery spanning the façade.
Bracketed Italianate
Shotgun. As the nineteenth century passed, builders greatly
increased the size of decorative brackets on shotguns, making them the
most prominent feature of the house.
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