Key Distinguishing Characteristics
This is a 2 ½-story, symmetrical square or rectangular boxlike house with a protruding front wing that distinguishes the style from a New England Colonial. The bedrooms are on the second floor.

Other Distinguishing Characteristics

• House and wing have gable roofs
• Basic house usually is clapboard
• Wing front often is cut stone
• Cornice on the front or on all four sides
• Double-hung windows with small panes of glass
• Shutters the same size as the windows
• Central entrance in the front wing has a sidelight and fanlight
• Wing has stone columns on four corners
• Central hallway runs from the wing to the rear of the house
• Bedrooms on the second floor

History
Like the New England Colonial, this style evolved from the Cape Cod. The first houses of this style were built in the 1700s.