Home > Context > Property Types > Residential Architecture > Description > Single-Family Houses > Early 20th Century Styles Single-Family Houses (2.1.1.1)Early Twentieth Century Styles (2.1.1.1.5)During the early twentieth century, the Victorian styles in Elizabeth City were superseded by period revival styles that were then nationally popular. Local houses in these styles differ very little from examples built elsewhere in the country. Many of the designs were probably chosen from the multitude of design books and builder's catalogues then in circulation, although few are documented as such. The most popular of the revival styles in Elizabeth City was the Colonial Revival style, which was constructed primarily in frame, although brick examples became increasingly common during the 1930s and early 1940s. Less popular, but more impressive because of its monumental porticoes, was the Neo-Classical Revival style. The Tudor Revival style, taking inspiration from late medieval English buildings, was popular from the late 1920s through the early 1940s, with nearly all examples erected entirely or predominantly of brick. The French Eclectic style has only one example, the Miles Clark House (914 Riverside Avenue, ca. 1926), an impressive brick residence focusing on a two-story semi-circular tower that encloses the interior stair. No examples of the other period revival styles, particularly the Chateauesque, Beaux Arts, Mediterranean, or Spanish Eclectic, were ever built in Elizabeth City.
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