What is the Style?
The Evergreens, home of Austin and Susan Dickinson, has an Italianate style. Italianate style means the house has square towers, round arch windows, double-leafed doors or church-shaped doors. The roofs are flat and slanted. Some features hanging off the house were overhanging eaves. There are stairs and brackets. Villas are usually 2 stories high and have cupolas too. Balconies, terraces, porches and verandas are all platforms attached to Villas. The Italianate style is very interesting and I hope you agree with me.
Information You Should Know
-John Notman "introduced" Villas in 1810 through 1865.
-In Italian, Latin, Spanish and English "Villa" means rural or country house.
There is more information in the section about William Fenno Pratt, the architect of the Evergreens
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