Friday, September 5, 2025

I Know 'Em When I See 'Em

As I wandered around North Salem, New York, I came across a handsome home well hidden behind cast iron gates.  At a glance I knew it was Italianate in architectural style.  Then I started musing about what characteristics identify it as Italianate, a popular mid-19th century residential style.
 
 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a short article about the Italianate style.  This house checks all the boxes.  A belvedere at the top.  Overhanging eaves with substantial brackets.  Tall narrow windows.  A one-story porch.  And cast iron decoration.

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