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Colonial House Plans

A fashionable home style during the colonial period, and so their name, Colonial house plans convey elegant, yet powerful architectural design. A traditional colonial house can best be recognized by tall, yet simple rectangular design. Rounded columns introduce the entrance of the home, and the front entry way is normally framed with attractive sidelights allowing the flow of natural light to enter the home.

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Large Colonial Plan

This featured plan is a complete colonial home with 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms and fits on a lot that can contain 70 feet X 38 feet of foundation space. A great plan for a large family or a family that can use a generous 2849 sq. ft. of total living area.

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Southern Colonial Plan

This feature colonial plan has a historic look and will bring feelings of the colonial lifestyle. This plan has 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, and measures 23 feet X 49 feet at the floorplan level. A moderate size home at 1824 sq. ft. of living area, this colonial plan will work for most families that enjoy a southern colonial home design.

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Traditional Colonial Plan

A lovely colonial plan with 3 bedrooms and 2 and a half baths, this traditional colonial design is a great family home with 1695 square feet of living space. The plan also includes a connected 2 car garage and basement foundation.

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Georgian homes usually have these features:

  • Square, symmetrical shape
  • Paneled front door at center
  • Decorative crown over front door
  • Flattened columns on each side of door
  • Five windows across front
  • Paired chimneys
  • Medium pitched roof
  • Minimal roof overhang

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  • Southern House Plans
    Southern home plans or southern living style home plans typically have spacious living space with volume ceilings and large wrap around front porches.
  • Saltbox Home Plans
    A Saltbox house is a variation of the Colonial style house plan and is named after the Colonial shaped salt container they resemble. Take a typical Colonial two-story house plan. Now lengthen the roof grade downward at the back of the home, to a one-story addition of a typical colonial home.

In keeping with their unique style, the colonial house normally has somewhat larger rooms than a standard home, and the floor plans are almost always symmetrical.

Many authentic historic revival homes still stand and can be visited along the east coast, particularly on historic southern plantations and larger northern estates that played an important role during the civil war.

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About The Colonial House Style...

The Georgian house style became popular in New England and the Southern colonies during the 1700's. Large majestic stately and symmetrical, these homes mimicked the larger, grander Georgian homes, which were being constructed in England. But the origin of the house style goes back much farther. During the period of King George I in the early 1700's, preceding King George III in the later part of the century, Britain's drew insight from the Italian Renaissance and from old world Greece and Rome.

Georgian standards came to New England by the use of pattern books, and Georgian styling became the home style of choice for well-to-do colonists. More modest homes also took on an individuality of the Georgian style. Although , America's Georgian homes tend to be less elaborate than those found in Britain they are still powerful in appearance and a beautiful home style choice none the less.

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