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Dutch Colonial Revival

STYLE INFORMATION
Name	Dutch Colonial Revival
General Range	1900-1940

HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF THIS STYLE
The Dutch Colonial Revival style encompasses two phases of architecture, each of which displays the key feature of the type: its gambrel roof. The first phase of the Dutch Colonial Revival style was more varied in its design of the houses. Houses in this first phase included cross- gambrel houses that featured two gambrel masses that intersected; front gambrel houses with an incised porch; and end-gambrel houses with a small roof overhang that imitated the pent roof often found on houses in colonial America built by people of Dutch descent. The house at 614 West 7th Street, City of Erie, is an example of this first phase of the Dutch Colonial Revival. It is a cross-gambrel building that in some ways hearkens back to the “gable front and wing” plan of the previous century but incorporates the elements of the Dutch Colonial Revival movement (the gambrel roof, incised porch, and narrow shed dormers). The second phase of the Dutch Colonial Revival was constructed in a narrow time frame, mostly between 1925 and 1940. These houses were related to the Bungalow in many ways, and in fact several companies that sold kit houses had Dutch Colonial Revival options. The design of these houses was more uniform than that in the early phase. These houses were almost entirely end-gabled houses that featured a long shed dormer that occupied the bulk of the lower slope of the roof. A pent roof, often interrupted by a small arcuated portico, connected the roof to the wall surface. Many of these Dutch Colonial Revival houses featured small additions on the end walls. During the survey, some frame Dutch Colonial Revival houses built in the very late 1930s were found that did not feature the pent element along the main elevation; instead, the front wall of the dormer was constructed as an extension of the first floor (example: 412 Shenley Drive, City of Erie, built 1938).

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HISTORIC RESOURCES OF THIS STYLE
Municipality	Historic Name	Address
City of Corry		304 WRIGHT ST
Edinboro Borough		207 ERIE ST
City of Erie		3734 FRENCH ST
City of Erie		536 SEMINOLE DR
City of Erie		230 SHAWNEE DR
City of Erie		1137 W 7 ST
City of Erie		426 SHAWNEE DR
City of Erie		439 SEMINOLE DR
City of Erie		702 SHENLEY DR
City of Erie		412 SHENLEY DR
City of Erie		3904 CHERRY ST
City of Erie		712 SEMINOLE DR
City of Erie		220 SHAWNEE DR
City of Erie		634 MOHAWK DR
City of Erie		240 SHENLEY DR
City of Erie		3112 ELLSWORTH AVE
City of Erie		2402 CASCADE ST
City of Erie		721 CASCADE ST
City of Erie		4004 CHERRY ST
City of Erie		660 E 9 ST
City of Erie		430 VERMONT AVE
City of Erie		656 W 7 ST
City of Erie		614 W 7TH ST
City of Erie		1915 MYRTLE ST
City of Erie		1959 LAKESIDE DR
Fairview Township		3732 AVONIA RD
Fairview Township		7461 WATER ST
Girard Borough		320 LAKE ST
Girard Borough		418 RICE AVE
Girard Borough		614 OLIN AVE
Harborcreek Township		8424 E LAKE RD
Harborcreek Township		8028 E LAKE RD
Harborcreek Township		7931 E LAKE RD
Lake City Borough		2403 MAPLE AVE
Lake City Borough		10033 SAMPSON AVE
Lawrence Park Township		529 HOWE AVE
Lawrence Park Township		4111 NIAGARA ST
Lawrence Park Township		834 SILLIMAN AVE
Lawrence Park Township	Karle, Michael Ppty	515 RANKINE AVE
Lawrence Park Township		522 NOBEL AVE
Lawrence Park Township		533 SMITHSON AVE
Lawrence Park Township		619 HOWE AVE
Lawrence Park Township		3905 EMMETT DR
Lawrence Park Township		606 HOWE AVE
Lawrence Park Township		4107 NIAGARA PL
Lawrence Park Township		536 SILLIMAN AVE
Lawrence Park Township		4123 NIAGARA ST
Lawrence Park Township		4119 NIAGARA PL
Millcreek Township		825 CHELSEA AVE
Millcreek Township		2420 PENINSULA DR
Millcreek Township		2701 LAFAYETTE RD
Millcreek Township		2838 GREELEY AVE
Millcreek Township		2902 GREELEY AVE
Millcreek Township		1146 CHESTNUT HILL DR
Millcreek Township		4236 W LAKE RD
Millcreek Township		1114 OAKMONT AVE
Millcreek Township		910 HARTT RD
Millcreek Township		6026 MORAINE DR
Millcreek Township		317 FOREST DR
Millcreek Township		1321 OAKMONT AVE
Millcreek Township		824 MARSHALL DR
Millcreek Township		1147 W ARLINGTON RD
North East Borough		18 PERSHING AVE
North East Township		168 OLD FREEPORT RD
North East Township		1563 FREEPORT RD
Springfield Township		11770 MAIN ST
Springfield Township		13988 CHESTNUT ST
Summit Township		150 HAROLD BLVD
Summit Township		172 HAROLD BLVD
Union City Borough		105 N MAIN ST
Union City Borough		101 N MAIN ST
Union City Borough		81 E HIGH ST
Union City Borough	Gibeaut Residence	70 SOUTH ST
Union City Borough	Margie Residence	16 N 5TH AVE
Washington Township		12960 STATE HWY
Washington Township		12570 EDINBORO RD
Washington Township		12081 DRAKETOWN RD
Waterford Borough		W 4TH ET WALNUT PT
Wesleyville Borough		2029 UNION AVE
Wesleyville Borough		3227 SKELLIE AVE