Renaissance Revival Town Houses
The Renaissance Revival town house was a relatively rare house type, with few examples built in St. Louis during the period of its national popularity, around the time of the Civil War. It is derived from the architectural vocabulary of houses constructed by the powerful merchant class in Italian city-states of the 16th century. Renaissance Revival houses are always of brick or stone, often somewhat austere rectangular boxes with little exterior detailing, except for elaborate window heads and less exuberant molded cornices. Decorative quoins at corners are a hallmark of the style. (St. Louis, 1995)