This one is a little more architecturally interesting than ours(not so boxy), but still, plain white, no shutters. I'm not doggin' you here, Eddie. I'm just showing these pictures to see if our result is really as far off from our "vision" as I have been thinking since our siding went on. And also to show you some of the things we had in mind when we asked our architect for a white farmhouse. Clearly, ours is different. Maybe different enough to exclude it from the farmhouse category. I'm not sure. But this little research project does have me feeling a little better.
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OK, now some have suggested that our house has a Southern Plantation look to it. That seemed reasonable. Until I did my superficial research today.
Before I post some pictures, here's a description of Plantation architecture from www.presidenthomes.com
<font color="green"> One of the crowning glories of the American South was its architecture. With majestic Greek pillars, balconies, formal ballrooms, covered porches, and imposing staircases, these remarkable homes express grandeur and poignancy of a bygone era.
Characterized by an expansive front porch, a second story balcony, and a massive gable roof, the Plantation home was designed to impress its guests. It does so with those features as well as the use of dramatic volume in rooms such as the living, dining, and entry.
Not as much an individual house style as an architectural time and place, these stately and elegant homes were built in the American South in the 30 years or so preceding the Civil War. Plantation homes are essentially in the Greek Revival, Classical Revival, or Federal style: grand, symmetrical, and boxy, with center entrances in the front and rear, balconies, and columns or pillars. </font>
I'll show several examples and see if you think ours resembles any of these. Let's start with the most famous, Tara from GWTW.
Before I post some pictures, here's a description of Plantation architecture from www.presidenthomes.com
<font color="green"> One of the crowning glories of the American South was its architecture. With majestic Greek pillars, balconies, formal ballrooms, covered porches, and imposing staircases, these remarkable homes express grandeur and poignancy of a bygone era.
Characterized by an expansive front porch, a second story balcony, and a massive gable roof, the Plantation home was designed to impress its guests. It does so with those features as well as the use of dramatic volume in rooms such as the living, dining, and entry.
Not as much an individual house style as an architectural time and place, these stately and elegant homes were built in the American South in the 30 years or so preceding the Civil War. Plantation homes are essentially in the Greek Revival, Classical Revival, or Federal style: grand, symmetrical, and boxy, with center entrances in the front and rear, balconies, and columns or pillars. </font>
I'll show several examples and see if you think ours resembles any of these. Let's start with the most famous, Tara from GWTW.
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As the description that I posted said, plantation homes were very diverse in their architectural style. Obviously, I haven't shown pictures of the coastal carolina homes or the Lousiana low country homes, nor have I shown the Federal or Italiante style homes. I was looking for pictures of white homes with columns for this comparison. And the ones that come up are the grand, Greek Revival mansions which obviously do not have.
I did read that the vast majority of plantation homes were very modest. I just did not find any pictures of those. So, while this may not be a fair test or comparison, they sure are pretty homes to look at. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I did read that the vast majority of plantation homes were very modest. I just did not find any pictures of those. So, while this may not be a fair test or comparison, they sure are pretty homes to look at. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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The last one. While this is a horrible picture, I think it most closely resembles the size and scale of our house. But, as I look at this and think back to the farmhouse pictures, I think our style is closer to farmhouse than plantation home. Of course, if anyone's opinion differs, I'd appreciate your comments.
My conclusion is that our house is a mongrel. A mutt. It will never have papers or get registered. That gives us some latitude in what we ultimately do to it as we don't have to conform to any particular standards. And we've got that going for us.
I hope I didn't bore anyone too much with this. It was a fun excercise for me and I hope some of you folks got something from it as well.
My conclusion is that our house is a mongrel. A mutt. It will never have papers or get registered. That gives us some latitude in what we ultimately do to it as we don't have to conform to any particular standards. And we've got that going for us.
I hope I didn't bore anyone too much with this. It was a fun excercise for me and I hope some of you folks got something from it as well.
