Dutch Colonial Revival
Of the many forms of the blank" >target="_blank" >glossary/colonial-revival-style/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ec8e9618ecd18c6056c14173498423a7" target="_blank" >Colonial Revival style, the Dutch cottage variant is among the most distinctive. Adapted from 18th century farmhouses erected by Dutch settlers, the defining characteristic of the style is a hipped-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a8e5143a1e5817f8fbf5dc5fee32ece" target="_blank" >gambrel roof, which was introduced to America by the Dutch in the Mid-Atlantic colonies. The double-pitch of the gambrel roof created more space in the upper story, while allowing for the rapid run-off/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="30b271dcdb65096f2d457dac12f094f4" target="_blank" >run-off of rainfall, common to the eastern seaboard. architecture/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="44666c39e97b792a8d003b31afe099fc" target="_blank" >Dutch Colonial Revival houses are typically a tall one-and-one-half story building with a large flank-gambrel roof containing the second floor and attic. The lower roof slopes at both front and rear are broken by large full-width dormers/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="e179359abb4fe1f15a8f5c407c9b15cf" target="_blank" >shed dormers on the second story level; the dormers usually dominate the roof, and the gambrel form is sometimes evident only on the end walls. (Buffalo, 2017)