Early 1900s Part 2: Architecture

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Early 1900s Part 2: Architecture

In order to understand early 1900s decorating, we have to individually look at the architecture of the time.  To set the stage, the country was pulling away from the prolific Victorian styles.  Named after Britain's Queen Victoria who was queen from 1837 until her death in 1901, the style had time to become ornate, eclectic, and colorful:


Milton Carson Home, Eureka
traveleredge.com: Milton Carson Home, Eureka

What we consider to be "modern architecture" today was not here in the early 1900s.  There were some hints around 1910 of what we call "modern" today.  The first is the simplified farmhouse (covered porch, dormer windows, white paint):

front view
oldhouses.com, "c. 1910 Farmhouse pine grove Rapid City, South Dakota"

1916 Sears - No. 264B110
antiquehomestyle.com, "Sears Roebuck 1916 'Modern Home No. 264B110'"

The simplified farmhouse is closely related to the Foursquare.  Looking at the floor plan, you can see that it was a democratic shift from the Victorian home.  Foursquares incorporated the kitchen into the main floor for the servant-less housewife (see wikipedia "American Craftsman"):

The American Foursquare home
lampsplus.com, "Mysteries of Old Houses"

flickr.com, "Yellow and Blue American Foursquare Houses"
1916 Sterling - Imperial
antiquestylehome.com, "1916 Sterling 'The Imperial'"

The Craftsman Bungalow is an evolution of the Foursquare.  It is more organic and horizontal, thanks to Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and the Prairie School:

Louis Sullivan, architect
gardengrow.wordpress.com, Harold C Bradley Home built 1908-1909

Seattle craftsman house
blog.seattlepi.com, "Seattle Architectural Styles Through the Years..."
1916 Sterling - Macherie B
antiquestylehome.com, "Sterling Systems 'The MaCheri' 1916"

But revival (traditional) styles of architecture were also very popular.  Dutch Revival:

highlandparkfoursquare.blogspot.com, "Sweet 1910 Dutch Colonial Revival for Sale"
1924 Radford - Dover
antiquestylehome.com, "1924 Argo Summit 'The Dover'"

Tudor Revival:

File:Henry B Miller House (Portland, OR).JPG
athomeinportland.com, "Portland Classic Homes" Henry B. Miller home built 1911
1916 Sterling - Manseigneur
antiquestylehome.com, "Sterling Manse and Manseigneur 1916"

And the English Cottage:

English Cottage
antiquehomestyle.com, "English Cottage Style - 1920 to 1940"

1925 Pacific Ready Cut - No. 496
antiquehomestyle.com "Pacific Design No. 496"

We'll look next at the interior decoration of these early 1900s homes, and I've got a separate post on mail order homes from this era.


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