Emlenton
Franklin
Oil City
Tionesta
Titusville
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Meadville
Tidioute
Endeavor
Warren
Sheffield
Bradford
Smethport
Ridgway

Styles

Adam
Greek Revival
Classical Revival
Gothic Revival
Italianate
Second Empire
Stick
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Shingle
Colonial Revival
Neoclassical
Tudor
English Cottage

ITALIANATE

Young English touring the Continent in the early 1800's took note of the stimulating forms of the medieval Italian fortresses with their high military towers and asymmetrical masses.  Such structures were seen as alternatives to the classical architecture of the Italian Renaissance, the classical architecture preferred by their parents and grandparents.  When these young English came into their own money, they often would build country homes in the new Italian style.  This Italian style was noticed by Americans who built more modest variations.
 

	927 Elk Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania

Christopher Heydrick, an attorney, in 1864 built an Italian style house at 927 Elk Street in Franklin (As Shown Above).  The Heydrick House consists of an  “L”-shaped volume with a tower, the entire mass and plan being distinctly irregular and asymmetrical. The roof slopes are shallow; the eaves extend well beyond the wall surface and are detailed with shallow brackets.  The handsome, lavishly detailed classical veranda is not original, but likely a late nineteenth century modification.
 

	1116 Elk Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania

John Duffield was a grocer, mill operator and an oil producer.  In 1874 he built the house at 1116 Elk Street in Franklin. (As Shown Above)  This later period Italianate shows the influence of time and American building practices in that it is a very regular mass and plan unlike the irregular Heydrick House built at 927 Elk Street a decade before.  The tower has been all but eliminated in the Duffield House; a vestige of the tower can be seen in the cupola now centered over the mass.  Characteristic of the style, this house was given overhanging eaves with decorative, deep drawn brackets and decorative window surrounds with curved hoods.  Rising from just above floor level, the first floor windows are particularly tall and, when opened, allow a person to step from the inside room to the veranda.  The veranda roof is supported by original square posts with brackets.