French Colonial

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The Starr House in Marshall, Texas is an example of southern French Colonial architecture.

French Colonial architecture was an American domestic archtectural style. It was most popular in the American South in states such as Louisiana.^[1]

[edit] Characteristics

General characteristics of a French Colonial dwelling include a raised basement which would support the floor of the home's primary living quarters. Exterior stairs were another common element, the stairs would often climb up to a distinctive, full-length porch, on a French Colonial home's front facade. The porch roof was normally part of the overall roof. French Colonial roofs were either steep hipped roofs with a dormer or dormers or a side gabled roof. Porches were often accessed via French doors and French Colonial homes in the American South commonly had stuccoed exterior walls.^[1]