Federal Style Roof Exterior Balustrades

The federal style is often.

Federal style roof exterior balustrades.

The federal style in american architecture. These balusters offer a truly unique profile with a squared off teardrop contour that captures the essence of the graceful federal style of classic american architecture. Decorative iron roof cresting goes hand in hand with the style. Low pitched roof or flat roof with a balustrade.

Modernistic photo by terry healy. The style also grew out of frank lloyd wright s work in the prairie style at the turn of the 20th century. Hip roofs capped by a balustrade and simple gable shapes such as those on numerous federal town houses in washington d c and even roofs with a center gable crowned by a front façade pediment are among the most popular federal roof styles. American federal houses have many of these features.

In design the word federal simply indicates the time period 1780 1820 when the style known among architecture aficionados as the american phase of the adam style prevailed in the fledgling united states. Roof balustrades after 1750 centered front gable pediment or shallow projecting central gable after 1750. Like much of america s architecture the federal or federalist style colonial architecture is the name for the classicizing design built around the end of the revolutionary war. Jefferson balusters are available in standard residential and extended stair heights and are also available as half balusters.

Windows arranged symmetrically around a center doorway. New opportunities had come through the setteling of the colonies and the new united states wanted to prove to the world that they were strong intelligent and determined as individuals society and state. The typical form of original federal houses is a simple box shape usually two or three rooms deep with a symmetrical arrangement of doors and windows predominately. Roofs were clad too in wood shingles or even metal.

Creative floor plans with elliptical and round spaces were introduced during this period and the simple exterior box was often modified by projecting wings particularly in high style examples. This new federal style became associated with america s evolving national identity. Flat roof smooth stucco exterior with curved walls horizontal lines either as grooves or balustrades zigzag or geometric art deco details plate glass or glass block. It was a new world.

The roof might be straight sided convex or concave and broken by dormers. Graceful details distinguish federal homes from the pragmatic georgian colonial style.