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Early Twentieth Century Styles (2.1.1.1.5)

Tudor Revival (2.1.1.1.5.3)

The Tudor Revival style became increasingly popular during the 1930s as homebuilders sought inspiration from the architecture of late medieval England rather than colonial America. Its major characteristics included a prominent front gable which often incorporated an equally prominent exterior chimney, steeply pitched gable roofs, walls covered with brick and often accented with stone, mock half-timbering, and diamond-pane windows. The earliest local example is the Marshall H. Jones House (900 West Church Street, 1928), a large brick structure with a steep roof broken by a pair of staggered and equally steep front gables. A trio of brightly colored ceramic chimney pots accentuate the prominent chimneys. During the 1930s and early 1940s, over thirty Tudor Revival houses were erected throughout the town; more than half of these are in the Riverside neighborhood. The Harold Foreman House (1116 Riverside Avenue, 1935) and the Elisha Coppersmith, Jr. House (1005 Riverside Avenue, 1937), exemplify the style's picturesque appeal with a variety of projecting wings, chimney orientations, dormers, and window configurations. The Wyatt R. Aydlett House (607 Agawam Street, ca. 1931), the Jaccia F. Bums House (901 Riverside Avenue, ca. 1935), the Roland Garrett House (1021 West Church Street, 1937), and the Charles M. Cooper House (1008 Hunnicutt Avenue, 1940), are all modestly scaled houses that illustrate differing aspects of the style: decorative stone accents on the Aydlett House, complete wood shingling on the Burris House, patterned brickwork on the Garrett House, and mock-half-timbering on the Cooper House.