Talk:American colonial architecture
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photo on page doesn't look like a colonial style house, doesn't match the page's description. mistake? Pfly 13:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This is not an accurate account of colonial
The colonial is often mistaken for the Georgian. The Georgian house, named so because of the king of England at the time, was more "artistic". Its “developers” desired to replicate the architecture back in England”
The colonial is just a basic “saltbox” with clapboard siding, shutters, widows close to the eaves. The houses would often have additions added on as the family grew. This would typically consist of Rooms with a “slanted shack style roof” over them. They were more or less utilitarian. Rooms clustered around the chimneys at both ends
Marcus b boone 13:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- A bizarrely naive article title. --Wetman 20:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
