Italianate House Plans
Italianate house plans feature smooth stone, brick or wood accentuating the tall narrow pairs of double-hung windows.
Architectural Features of Italianate House Plans
- Striking Exterior Façade, smooth stone, brick or wood clapboard siding
- Double-Hung Windows, large round-arched openings at first floor, often full-length; simpler rectangular windows above
The first Italianate style house plans appeared in America in the 1830's but became popular in the 1860's through 1890 and beyond. Stately and substantial, these picturesque two-to-four story homes are designed to resemble Northern Italian villas. Found in nearly every part of the U.S. except the deep South, Italianate floor plans can be classically symmetrical or fancifully asymmetrical. Traditional, with a Mediterranean twist, Italianate designs are an elegant option for suburban houses or urban town homes.
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Italianate House Plan Features
Striking Exterior Facade
With a low pitched or low roof with wide overhanging ornately bracketed eaves, cornices and square cupola to let in "Tuscan" breezes, Italianate home plans can be constructed of smooth stone, brick, or wood clapboard siding.
Double-Hung Windows
Filled with light by tall narrow, pairs of double hung windows and bay windows, villas also feature romantic porches and balconies. Guests are welcomed through heavily molded double entry way doors into gracious rooms with high ceilings and handsome moldings.
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