Key Distinguishing Characteristics
The Southern Colonial is a large, 2-story or 3-story, frame house with a characteristic colonnade extending across the front. The roof extends over the colonnade.

Other Distinguishing Characteristics

• Hip or gable roof covered with shingles
• Symmetrical
• Second-story balcony
• Balustrade
• Belvedere
• Double-hung windows with small panes of glass
• Shutters are the same size as the windows
• Cornices with dentils

History
The style is a southern conception of the New England Colonial and Georgian Colonial modified to suit the warmer climate. The classic example pictured here is Mount Vernon, built in the 1700s.