What Style Is This House?
What style is this house (the Bay Ridge one) built 1925. Greek Revival? http://bk.ly/li9 By the way, found this brochure from the NYC Landmark Preservation Commission titled “Rowhouse Style” dated August 2005 that describes the various styles. http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/pubs/rowhouse.pdf
What style is this house (the Bay Ridge one) built 1925. Greek Revival?
http://bk.ly/li9
By the way, found this brochure from the NYC Landmark Preservation Commission titled “Rowhouse Style” dated August 2005 that describes the various styles.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/pubs/rowhouse.pdf
i think it’s classical style..
“Neo-Renaissance may be more correct than Renaissance Revival”
AFAIK the terms are interchangeable.
Based on maps, the house was constructed between 1907 and 1917 (DOB doesn’t have any records to verify). Although it is a “row house”, it was built as a stand-alone house (i.e., not part of a row). Property Shark has a much better photo – it is brick with limestone trim. The bay is definitely reminiscent of Queen Anne, but the detailing is much later.
I’m not great with styles, particularly in this period, so I just lump this in as (Second) Renaissance Revival. Edwardian, for me, is English (though certainly of this period); Neo-Renaissance may be more correct than Renaissance Revival.
I agree with Neo-Renaissance and most likely Edwardian. It’d be easier to tell with a bigger picture or in person. Could be as old as 1890s, but probably 1910s.
WBer has the best guess so far. While pretty simple, there are still clues here, but dating would have been easier if it were more ornate. This looks nice, but still pretty working-class. The stylistically-eclectic parts suggest Queen Anne style or slightly later, and the Romanesque Revival parts of the windows suggest the same. Limestone came into domestic architecture after 1892 and the 19th Century style cornices began fading from domestic use around 1917. I’d go along with 1910’s/pre-WWI as the date. While you may rarely see Greek Revival houses past 1850 (although they are STILL building in that style in Nantucket) this clearly not one of them.
Also, never trust the city records or realtors for construction dates! Even my 1890 rowhouse is listed in DOB records as 1940. The records can be pretty erratic.
Not Greek Revival – as Minard says, that style was very time-specific (1830s and 1840s in NYC). I would go with Renaissance Revival, and would have guessed 1910s as the date (from afar it could pass for earlier, but the details and location argue for 20th century)
The Greek revival style was having its last gasp around 1842. Just FYI.
No style.
It is in Bay Ridge afterall.
From what I can see in that tiny thumbnail I’d agree with Bessie that it’s neo-Renaissance.
I’d be amazed if that 1926 date is correct. It’s probably 15–20 years older. Dates in NYC building records are frequently screwed up.