The Jacobethan Revival Style

Jacobethan Revival architecture is loosely based on buildings constructed in England in the early 1600's. Visually, it translates many elements of the Queen Anne into brick, slate and stone. It eliminates most of the bric-a-brac and lends a much more substantial impression.

The H. E. Rosebrough house (ABOVE) built around 1901 is a good example. We see the asymmetrical massing of the Queen Anne but we miss the excess of wooden trimwork. In the gables where Queen Anne houses would have fishscale trim, we find slate. The windows have heavy limestone sills and lintels. The fragile turned porch posts of a Queen Anne veranda become substantial columns resting on limestone bases. Many Jacobethan Revival houses feature cut or "canted" corners topped by wooden trim.

The Becker house on Oak Street (ABOVE) was built about 1890. This house has stone porch columns as well as decorative stone work framing the window openings - even the half-round or "lunette" window in the gable. The front of the house is dominated by a large rounded arch window.

Above is a close-up of the stone work around the window of the Becker house. Several members of the Becker family were noted stone carvers. This may account for the richness of carved stone detail on this particular house.

SUMMARY

The substantial brick and stone residences built in the Jacobethan Revival style soberly contrasted with the more "fanciful" and playful Queen Anne houses that were built in Huntington at the same time.

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