Architectural Musings/Sunday update

I've been fiddling with this entry the last couple days. It's a test submission, as I attempt to alter the blog, allow for comments, create new links, and organize by category. These changes are all in progress. In the meantime please give this a re-read as I've added commentary.

I took this still in the Broadway Square area.

Obviously the massing typifies the Craftsman style, while the treatment in the two gables is atypical.

Siding applied vertically or in varying directions (see photo below, from the Adams-Normandie area) was common in the Stick style, though here the ends are carved (almost pendant like), and the effect is more reminiscent of the Swiss Chalet style, wherein rough cut boards were sometimes nailed to a wooden underlayment.


It also reminds of the Tudor style, renowned for half-timbering, mimicking Medieval infilled timber framing.

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Saturday October 13th from 1 - 3 pm, I'm having an open at 1114 W. 40th Pl., a Craftsman duplex near the Southwest corner of Exposition Park.




Sunday October 14th from 2 - 5 pm, 2361 W. 20th St. will be open. More on 2361 W. 20th St this week.