400 years of architecture in Newton MA redux. Last month I went through the beginning era of architecture in Newton. The link to that is right here. Newton MA is a town just south and west of Boston only 7 miles from downtown Boston. It is comprised of 13 villages with their own distinct feel, but as a whole they make us one of the nicest communities in Massachusetts. I left off with Classical Revival which is also known as Neoclassical. My current listing at 114 Shornecliffe Road on Farlow Hill is considered one of the nicest examples of this architecture still in existence. This style became popular after the Colombian Exposition of 1893. While these homes will always have a formal side, the one on Shornecliffe also has its open space addition with all the modern technology and amenities.
Tudor Revival style ran from 1895 through WWII. I am not a huge fan of Tudor. I love them on the outside, but once inside I find the homes to be darker with smaller rooms. At one point after WWI these home rivaled Colonials in popularity.
Craftsman homes were built in the early 1900's up to 1920. They were derived from the Arts and Crafts movement and have two varieties in Newton. One stems from the English Movement and the designs of C F A Voysey and the other originated in California where architects Greene and Greene started designing them in 1903.
Colonial Revival Styles began in the 1890's and variations are still being built today. Georgian Colonial has symmetry and classical ornamentation and detail derived from Colonial, Georgian and Federal styles. There are many examples of this in Newton.
Spanish Revival was made popular during the Panama-California International Exposition of 1915. Newton subdivisions have at least one high style of vernacular version of this architecture. 321 Commonwealth Ave is one of them.
Dutch Colonial have the gambrel roof and a shed dormer. Cape homes were only one and a half stories high and often have gable roof lines. The Garrison style will always have an overhanging upper floor to make it more defensible. We are not done yet, there will be one more post on this taking us up to today. My information is derived from the book Newton Massachusetts 1688-1988 and was put together for the tricentennial celebration. It is my joy to write about the 400 years of architecture in Newton MA redux
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