Manual of Historic House Styles and Materials

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MANUAL OF
HISTORIC HOUSE STYLES
AND MATERIALS
ROCHELLE PARK-ROCHELLE HEIGHTS
HISTORIC DISTRICT
NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK
2003
CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK
CITY COUNCIL:
Timothy C. Idoni, Mayor
Marianne Sussman, Deputy Mayor
Michael Boyle
Noam Bramson
Beuenia Brown
Joseph Fosina
M. Christina Selin
HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS REVIEW BOARD:
Melvin Beacher, R.A., Chairman
Larry Buster
John Heller
Anthony Marciano
Donald Richards
Samuel Spady, Jr.
Rosemary Speight
This Manual was funded by a grant from the
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation,
Certified Local Government Program
2003
Prepared for the City of New Rochelle by:
Stephen Tilly, Architect
22 Elm Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
914-693-8898
www.stillyarchitect.com
Manual of Historic House Styles and Materials
Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights
Historic District
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
2
Map of Historic District
3
History
4-6
Historic Landscape 7
What Style is My House?
8-9
Tudor Revival 10 - 13
Colonial Revival
14 - 17
Four Square 18 - 19
Queen Anne
20 - 21
Spanish Colonial
22 - 23
Choosing Colors For Your House
24 - 25
Appendix A - Glossary of Terms
26
Appendix B - Sources for Additional Information
27 - 29
Appendix C - Sources for Landscape Information
30
Appendix D - Plant Names and Plant List
31 - 37
Appendix E - Manufacturers’ Catalogs, Salvage and
38 - 51
Restoration Specialists
OVERVIEW
Over the years, many historic homes have been restored and new houses built in the Rochelle ParkRochelle Heights Local Historic District. At times it has been difficult for homeowners to identify and locate
materials that would be most appropriate for the particular style of their house. To assist residents with the
restoration of their homes, the Historical and Landmarks Review Board (HLRB) created the “Manual of Historic
House Styles and Materials.” This manual describes the five most predominant house styles in the district, and
provides sources for general restoration and landscaping information. A separate index lists manufacturers’
catalogs with specific product information suitable for each architectural style existing in the historic district.
In 1986 the Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Local Historic District, shown on the map displayed on
the following page, was established by the New Rochelle City Council in response to a request by a majority
of homeowners in the neighborhood. This prestigious designation highlights the historical and architectural
significance of the district and ensures protection against inappropriate exterior renovation, new construction and
demolition. The HLRB reviews all exterior changes to buildings and property and must issue a Certificate of
Appropriateness (COA) prior to construction.
In 1988 the City prepared and adopted “Design Criteria Guidelines” for the Rochelle Park-Rochelle
Heights Local Historic District. These guidelines contain the general standards that the HLRB uses when
reviewing applications, and they provide an objective basis for decision-making. They also give the applicant an
idea of what is considered appropriate for the district. These guidelines have been used successfully by the HLRB
and property owners for many years, and they continue to play an important role for the district.
Since guidelines are general in nature, applicants continued to ask the HLRB for additional guidance and
source materials specific to their applications. In response, the HLRB created this manual to describe the major
architectural styles in the neighborhood, to list their distinguishing features and materials, and to outline what
is (and is not) appropriate for each style. The manual contains an extensive list of sources to help homeowners
find answers to their questions. Most importantly, an index has been prepared that contains specific product
information available in manufacturers’ catalogs. These catalogs can be viewed and copied at the New Rochelle
Public Library, located on Lawton and Huguenot Streets in downtown New Rochelle. An application for a
Certificate of Appropriateness and a copy of this manual can be obtained from the New Rochelle Bureau of
Buildings in City Hall, 515 North Avenue, during regular business hours.
page New Rochelle Historic District Manual
MAP OF HISTORIC DISTRICT
New Rochelle Historic District Manual
page HISTORY
Slip Back in Time, See Rochelle Park
- adapted from an article by Barbara Davis, originally
published in the Standard Star, October 24, 1996
You can’t help but feel as though you have stepped back in time when you stroll the tree-lined streets
of the Rochelle Park neighborhood. Many rambling homes with resplendent Victorian detail, public lawns
that compose refreshing, eye-catching views, and venerable plantings tucked into rock out-croppings render a
quiet atmosphere reminiscent of a bygone era. That’s just what was planned for this community – when it was
conceived over 100 years ago.
Backing up onto North Street (now North Avenue), and just to the east of the stone wall that divided the
Town of New Rochelle from the Village, a parcel of land stretched to the tracks of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad. The 70 acres, which had been farmed by J. Carpenter until the 1870s, also included orchards
and a marsh. Through foreclosure proceedings, the Manhattan Life Insurance Company took title of the property
in 1881.
Charting a brave and bold course, the company chose to transform the somewhat rugged territory into a
residential development – unlike any other in New Rochelle. In fact, the kind of neighborhood the administrators
envisioned had been preceded by only two – Tuxedo Park in New York and Llewellyn Park in Pennsylvania.
America’s third planned community, Rochelle Park, was begun in 1885.
“To give the place a character wholly its own, to make it a park, a community, a neighborhood restricted
to houses of an established standard, built on plots large enough to avoid crowding,” as Samuel Swift wrote in
the May 1904 issue of “House and Garden,” the insurance company employed the services of a leading landscape
architect, Nathan E. Barrett. With Horace Crosby,
a civil engineer and long-time New Rochellean,
Barrett laid out the ground-breaking site plan.
To this end, Barrett tailored the terrain with
formality and aesthetic grace. Abundant green space
was retained and bridled into elegant focal points
and stately beds for plantings. Natural topographical
features were kept for inventive landscaping by the
“discerning homebuyers.” Streets were carved in
such a way that the neighborhood evoked a bucolic,
yet manorial atmosphere.
The intent was to attract “a special class of
buyer.” As the railroad station was within an easy
walking distance, the project was geared toward
wealthy commuters seeking a quality and, perhaps,
impressive life style.
HISTORY
A view across “The Lawn”
“With far-sighted liberality, a total of nearly 6 acres was set apart for open grass spaces, to provide not
only a handsome appearance, but also ground suitable for outdoor gatherings, sports and celebrations,” Swift
wrote. The meadow-like circle named “The Lawn,” was connected to the elongated oval green of “The Court” by
a diagonally-traversing, wide and arbored street dubbed “The Boulevard.” Along with a few traditional grid-laid
streets such as Beaufort Place, Orchard Place and Manhattan Avenue, Barrett gave curves and pleasing irregularity
by snaking “The Serpentine” through the neighborhood. Marking the entrance to the Park, stone pillars designed
by English architect E.A. Sargent were erected. Unlike the thresholds to Tuxedo and Llewellyn, the New
Rochelle neighborhood had no gates.
A total of 15 acres was spent on the roads, sidewalks and planting borders. The remaining acreage was
divided into 115 building lots of about one-half acre each. Barrett took great pains to give each prospective home
a view unobstructed by the one next door. As Swift glowed, “the feeling grows that Mr. Barrett and Mr. Crosby
planned with a long look toward the future.”
The scheme worked. By 1904 a good many of the building lots had been sold – the most expensive
ones being those along The Boulevard, at about $5,000 apiece. In every deed, the insurance company stipulated
that each lot could hold only one dwelling. The newcomers hired their own architects; most chose to construct
“substantial” homes in the popular styles of the day: Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, Classical Revival and Colonial.
“No one known to be obnoxious would find it easy to acquire property [here],” Swift wrote. “While
there is no organized social authority to say who shall and shall not buy lots in Rochelle Park, the insurance
company has been careful in selling land, to preserve proper standards and to consult the opinion of those already
residents.”
page HISTORY
The neighborhood’s planner was one of the first to plant his roots in the Park. As stipulated in his
contract, Barrett was given his choice of lots. At 26 The Boulevard, he erected a large and unusual house
featuring “exotic” styles, as well as extensive Japanese gardens. Several of the city’s well-known artists were
also among the initial residents - Orson Lowell built his home at 20 The Boulevard, Edward Kemble at 19 The
Boulevard and Ernest Albert constructed his at 9 Manhattan Avenue. Across the street, decorator Thomas Tavenor
lived in “Devonhurst.” Professor Herman Bumpus, of the American Museum of Natural History, built 16 The
Boulevard. Many other prominent individuals followed.
The Rochelle Park Association was established to maintain the roads, drains, street lighting and common
areas. The members/homeowners, who paid dues of $25 a year, also enforced the by-laws of the community and
employed a full-time superintendent as well as a police force.
“Toward the outside world,” Swift wrote of the emerging “high society enclave, “there is shown a united
spirit that goes far to keep alive the park’s character. Most of the time, the entrance to the tract is free as air, but
once or twice a year strangers are barred, just for the sake of technically recording the fact that Rochelle Park is a
private place.”
Rochelle Park, no longer a private community, encompasses the area directly behind City Hall. Running
parallel to the neighborhood’s eastern border is I-95. When it was constructed in the mid 1950s, the interstate
lopped off a section of the neighborhood, taking with it 17 homes.
Immediately adjacent to Rochelle Park, the Rochelle Heights neighborhood was laid out in 1905 and
1907 by three architects - Horace Mann, Perry MacNeille and Harrie Lindberg - by following Barrett’s design
principles. Like Rochelle Park, the neighborhood was designed as a “commuter suburb” with its orientation
toward the railroad station on North Avenue and toward the trolley on Fifth Avenue. Rochelle Heights was also
designed with wide and winding boulevards, open green spaces, spacious front lawns with 50 foot setbacks, and
entrance pillars.
In 1986, following a long and passionate battle orchestrated by the neighborhood’s homeowners,
Rochelle Park and Rochelle Heights were designated as the city’s first local historic district. A controversy over a
development project in the Park led to the unanimous vote by New Rochelle’s City Council, and formation of the
council-appointed Historical and
Landmarks Review Board.
HISTORIC LANDSCAPE
Historic Precedent
The late 19th century and early 20th century planning for Rochelle Park and Rochelle Heights descends
from garden planning principles popularized in the United States by A.J. Downing, whose 1841 book, A Treatise
on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement
of Country Residences, went through seven editions. In 1870, a disciple, Frank J. Scott, developed Downing’s
thinking in The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds. This tradition calls for shared vistas between
properties and front lawns open to the street. These tastemakers’ eloquent writings tutored a new suburban class
in land management. Scott reminded transplanted rural folk that their properties were now perpetually on display,
and that fences and pens – farm requirements – were no longer necessary. He taught former city dwellers buying
suburban lots to think “beyond the plot.” The intention was to give each landowner with a modest holding the
pleasures of living on a large estate planned in a natural English landscape tradition.
With this heritage in mind, present Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights landowners should make careful
choices in shrubs for hedges and planted screens. The list in Appendix A includes the common and botanical (and
more accurate) names of plants that can be considered for use in Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights. These plants
were known to have been in cultivation during the neighborhood’s period of significance – roughly 1885 through
the 1920’s. Since that time, many new varieties and cultivars of these species have been developed, and new
species of plants have been discovered or introduced. As a result, much of what is available in today’s nursery
did not exist when the neighborhood was growing its unique and beautiful character, and some wonderful vintage
plants are no longer grown. The present buyer is urged to try to select or track down older species, varieties and
cultivars (use those botanical names!) and to avoid the latest fashions in plants.
Twenty-first Century Conditions
In the 21st century, there is a growing trend to favor native American plants. There are some clear
environmental advantages: if the plants are native to the region and planted in the right space for their particular
needs, they will require little to no outside help in the form of fertilizer, pesticides, and watering and therefore
place no added burden on the ecosystem. Exotic plants may need more tending in a garden setting. At the same
time, some of these exotics can also out-compete native plants, and, spread by roots, runners, wind, birds and
animals, invade open space and eliminate desirable and diverse native species in wetlands, meadows and woods.
For Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights, this poses a dilemma, as foreign plants were an extensive and
exciting part of the late 19th and early 20th century planting palette. While use of these exotics in a contemporary
planting may be appropriate for the bygone park planners’vision, the owner should understand how fragile or how
invasive particular proposed plantings may be. There are no absolute rules. Many exotics have acclimated to our
shores and live as “good citizens” in our ecosystem. Describing precisely a proposed future planting, consult with
the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County, a landscape architect or designer or knowledgeable
nursery personnel about fragile or invasive exotics to avoid.
A 21st century factor, unimagined when the neighborhood was settled, is deer. Owners should consider
all selections referring to the latest information about deer preferences and deterrents. The Cooperative Extension
and many local nurseries have lists of plants to pick and to avoid in relation to deer.
The United States Department of Agriculture has mapped and codified the entire country into climate
zones. This code, recently revised, places New Rochelle in Zone 7. All plants shown in the list (Appendix D) are
hardy in Zone 6 – one zone colder.
page WHAT STYLE IS MY HOUSE?
Classifying buildings by their styles is difficult since few houses clearly and neatly fall into a single
category. Styles are not wholly independent and disconnected – one style does not instantly disappear when a
new one becomes popular. Instead, styles flow and overlap. A house may appear to be designed in a certain style,
but closer inspection reveals that it contains details from a different style. Keep this in mind as you refer to the
various style guides referred to in this manual. It is very likely that more than one entry may apply to your house!
This manual covers five basic styles found in Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights: Tudor Revival, Colonial
Revival, Queen Anne, Four Square, and Spanish Colonial. Some other more detailed style guides may be very
specific – for instance, identifying Spanish Mission and Spanish Colonial as distinct styles. However, either style
may be an appropriate reference for a residence in New Rochelle. Style guides may also use different names than
those listed here. For example, some guides refer to Tudor Revival as “Elizabethan” or “Jacobean.”
Some of the “styles” we use today are not even styles; rather, they are forms – such as the Cape Cod of
the 1930s or the Ranch Houses or Split Levels of the 1950s and 1960s. These houses are grouped according to
their form – their plans and volumes – rather than their exterior appearance. Each can have decorative details
from other styles applied to it, such as Colonial details on a Cape Cod or Prairie Style motifs on a Ranch.
Similarly, the Four Square is not a style but a building form that can be finished with stucco and a clay tile roof for
a Spanish look, or embellished with garlands, swags, and a porch with classical columns in the Colonial Revival
style.
What style is it? The square volume and hipped roof of the main block suggest Four Square,
while the stucco walls and tile roof have a Spanish feel, yet the classical doorway is
Colonial Revival...
WHAT STYLE IS MY HOUSE?
The symmetrical facade, gambrel roof and Palladian window say Colonial Revival, but the
complicated roofline and cross-gable over bay window suggest Queen Anne.
Historic Style Information
Blumenson, John J. G. and Nikolaus Pevsner. Identifying American
Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms: 16001945.
Howard, Hugh. How Old Is This House? New York: The Noonday
Press, Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 1989.
A user-friendly guide to dating houses by their construction
techniques and hardware. Includes brief descriptions of
historic styles.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
One of the better and more thorough summaries, including
both drawn diagrams and photographs of historic
architectural “styles” in America.
Poppeliers, John C., S. Allen Chambers, Jr., and Nancy B. Schwartz.
What Style is It? A Guide to American Architecture. New
York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
A brief, concise style guide.
Half-timbering, contrasting textured
surfaces and a steeply-pitched slate roof
are common features of Tudor Revival.
page TUDOR REVIVAL 1895-1945
A man’s home is his castle…
The Tudor Revival Style
Especially popular for residences built in the 1920’s
and 1930’s, the Tudor
style was an imaginative
rather than literal revival of
English medieval and later
architecture.
Paint Colors
Body: Colors are natural, and complement the rustic materials.
Trim: A stone or brick house might have dark brown trim and sash with
muted green shutters. A half-timbered house might have cream for
stucco, with trim, sash and shutters in green or maroon.
Typical Materials
Walls: Stucco, brick, stone, shingles. Clapboards less common.
Roofs: Slate, often several colors; wood shingles. Tile less common.
Windows: Wood or metal.
Textured slates, half timbering,
decorative iron strap hinges
Sources
page 10
• “Tudor Revival,” Old House Journal, August 2000, p. 75-82.
• J. Randall Cotton, “Picturesque Masonry,” Old House Journal, May/
June 1994, p. 30-35. Includes information about the Tudor style and
maintenance advice.
• Preservation Brief 13, “The Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Historic
Steel Windows”; Preservation Brief 22, “The Preservation and Repair
of Historic Stucco”; Preservation Brief 29, “The Repair, Replacement,
and Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs.” (see p. 26 for additional
information about Preservation Briefs)
• Steve Jordan, “Colors for a New Century,” Old House Journal, May/
June 2003, p. 60-65. Includes information about paint colors.
• Marylee MacDonald, “Steeling Home,” Old House Journal, March/
April 1996, p. 46 - 51.
TUDOR REVIVAL 1895-1945
chimney
pots (10)
cross gabled
roof
(8)
rustic, multicolored slates
(1)
massive
chimney of
rustic brick
(10)
halftimbering,
stucco
(3)
multipaned
steel
casement
sash (4)
grouped
windows
(4)
Distinguishing Features
1. 2. 3. 4. Textured surfaces: stucco, rustic or patterned brickwork, rustic or patterned stone work, thick slates on roofs.
Combined materials to provide contrast.
Half-timbering.
Tall windows, often in groups, with steel or wood sash. Sash may be casement or double hung. Multi-paned
sash and transoms were common; diamond panes were also popular.
5. Bay and oriel windows.
6. Shutters.
7. Decorative metal work: wrought-iron fences and grilles, light fixtures and hardware, ornate conductor heads,
decorative leaders with straps.
8. Steeply pitched roofs; complicated rooflines with cross gables and overlapping gables.
9. Roofs and gables dominating the main façade.
10. Massive chimneys, often with decorative chimney pots.
Do:
Do not:
• Maintain textured surfaces.
• Maintain contrast between materials.
• Keep sash and trim dark colored. Storm windows
should be dark, and blend into sash and frames.
• Choose replacement materials with texture. If
asphalt shingles are used instead of slate or wood,
they should be textured and have variations in
color and thickness.
• Use inappropriate paint colors on exterior.
• Paint different materials a uniform color.
• Replace dark colored sash with white or install
light colored storm windows.
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Tudor Revival Details: 1. dormer with
textured slate roof, steel casement sash,
and brick sill 2. cross gable with halftimbering 3. chimney with decorative
brickwork, rough stone base 4. steel
casement sash and a textured slate roof
1
4
2
3
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8
5
6
5. half-timbered gable end, diamond paned sash
6. cross gable with half-timbering above window with
steel casement sash 7. textured stone work, half-timbering 8. textured brick and stone masonry
7
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COLONIAL REVIVAL 1890-1955
The Colonial Revival Style
This style originated with the
1876 Centennial Exhibition
and was fostered by the
emerging appreciation of
American history and the
developing self-worth of
the nation. The residential
designs of McKim, Mead and
White also helped popularize
the style. Although inspired
by Colonial precedents, these
houses are larger in scale, with
larger interior rooms, higher
ceilings, and added creature
comforts. Sub-styles include
Georgian Colonial and Dutch
Colonial Revivals.
Paint Colors
Body: Light, subdued colors. White, cream,
pale yellow, pale blue.
Trim: Cream or white trim. Darker colors black, deep green - accent the shutters.
Typical Materials
Walls: Wood clapboard, brick, stone.
Roofs: Wood shingles, slate, standing seam
metal, tile.
Windows: Wood.
Classical columns and shutters are typical Colonial
Revival details.
Sources
• Virginia & Lee McAlester, Field Guide to American
Houses, p. 321-341.
• Hugh Howard, How Old Is This House?, p. 139-143.
• “Was the Colonial Revival for Real?” Old
House Journal magazine online, available at
www.oldhousejournal.com/magazine/2003/february/
colonial_revival.shtml
For color schemes:
• Roger Moss, A Century of Color, p. 72-77.
• Steve Jordan, “Colors for a New Century,” Old House
Journal, May/June 2003, p. 60-65.
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symmetrical
façade (3)
fanlight
(6)
paired, multi-paned
windows (5)
gambrel
roof (10)
entranceporch
with Doric
columns (9)
paneled door
with sidelights
(8, 9)
shutters
(7)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Houses have a simpler, more rectangular form than their picturesque Victorian predecessors.
Trim is more restrained, classically inspired.
Façade is often symmetrical, with a center door.
Finishes include clapboards; usually only one or two materials will be employed.
Windows are often paired. Double hung, multi-paned windows (6/6, 9/9 or 12/12) or multi-paned upper sash
over single light lower sash. Lower sash or full sash on lower floors may be single, undivided lights.
Palladian windows; small oval windows; fanlights.
Shutters.
Paneled doors.
Entrances may be large, dramatic and elaborate, with broken pediments, or elliptical fanlights, and small
porches on Doric or Ionic columns. Sidelights, pilasters, and balconied porticoes are other options.
Rooflines are streamlined. Single roofs - hipped, pyramid, gable or gambrel - are common.
Do:
Do not:
• Retain and use contrasting materials.
• Retain porch details including balustrades and
columns.
• Retain operable shutters with decorative details.
• Finish roof and dormer cheeks in the same
material.
• Install metal porch railings and columns.
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Colonial Revival Details: 1. a small oval
window 2. elaborate entrance way with
paneled door, sidelights, and pedimented
porch supported by square columns
3. balustrade 4. a Palladian window
(normally not to be painted a contrasting
color as in this example)
1
4
2
3
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5
9
8
5. paneled shutters with decorative cutouts and historic hardware 6. grouped
columns and a simple balustrade
7. balustrade with curved handrail
8. entranceway with pilasters supporting
an entablature and decorative ironwork
9. an eyebrow window in a
copper shingle roof
6
7
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FOUR SQUARE 1900-1930
Foursquare: adj. & adv. 1. square; in a square form. 2. With unshakable firmness; also,
forthright; without equivocation.
The Four Square Style
The Four Square is more
a form than a style, and
includes houses that are
square or rectangular in plan
with hipped roofs. While
the form is consistent, the
details are not and may be
borrowed from many other
styles. A Four Square may
have Colonial Revival details
– Doric columns, classical
swags, Palladian windows
– or take on a Tudor feel with
half timbered stucco walls.
And in New Rochelle, it may
have a bit of each!
Paint Colors
Body: Think natural colors such as browns and greens, earthy brick reds, straw and cream.
Trim: If two materials are used to finish the exterior, enhance the contrast with a twocolor paint scheme. Often the second floor is darker. Use dark body, light trim
combinations such as brown body with straw trim or dark green with white trim.
Typical Materials
Walls: Wood clapboards, shingles. Stone or concrete blocks molded to look like stone.
Brick. Stucco.
Roofs: Wood shingles.
Windows: Wood.
Sources
• Gordon Bock, “The American Foursquare (1890-1935),” Old
House Journal, September/October 2001, p. 67-69.
• James C. and Shirley Maxwell, “Figuring out the Foursquare,” Old
House Journal, September/October 1994, p. 20-21.
For color schemes:
• Steve Jordan, “Colors for a New Century,” Old House Journal,
May/June 2003, p. 60-65.
• Roger Moss, A Century of Color, p. 86, 88-89. Page 91 shows two
Four Squares with Prairie Style details.
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FOUR SQUARE 1900-1930
hipped roof
with heavy
eaves (6)
dormer (7)
contrasting
siding
materials
(3)
front
porch
(4)
1. Consistent form: two stories, square or nearly square in plan, hipped roof.
2. Exterior finishes include wood shingles or clapboards, rusticated concrete block, brick, or stucco.
3. May have a belt course below the second story windows with one material above and a different below, such
as stone at the first floor and then shingle at the second floor.
4. Front porch, which may wrap around one or more sides.
5. Shutters.
6. Pyramidal or hipped roof, heavy eaves.
7. Dormers with hipped or shed roofs.
Do:
Do not:
• Study your house and look for a style – Tudor,
Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial – by
examining the details.
• Maintain original finish materials.
• Maintain original porches and railings.
• Consider a polychrome color scheme.
• Replace or cover contrasting finish materials with
a uniform coating.
• Paint contrasting materials a uniform color.
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QUEEN ANNE 1875-1910
The Queen Anne Style
The Queen Anne was the high
point of Victorian eclecticism,
borrowing from numerous
influences: the residential
work of Scottish architect
Richard
Norman
Shaw,
and American Colonial,
English Tudor and Flemish
precedents. Asymmetrical,
varied, complex, exuberant....
Queen Anne style houses
incorporated the latest massproduced elements in homes
inspired by the past.
Paint Colors
Body & Paint colors are as rich and complicated as the form
Trim: and the materials. When the material changes, the
color typically does as well.
Typical Materials
Walls: Clapboards. Wood shingles, often decorative with
ends cut to make decorative patterns. Patterned
brickwork.
Roofs: Slate or wood, also with decorative or polychrome
patterns. Terra-cotta or metal cresting.
Windows: Wood frames and sash were most common.
Sources
• Hugh Howard, How Old is This House?. p. 119-121.
• Roger W. Moss and Gail Caskey Winkler, Victorian Exterior
Decoration. Consult historic images rather than photographs.
For Color Schemes:
• Roger Moss, A Century of Color, p. 58-59, 62- 69.
• E.K. Rossiter and F.A. Wright, Authentic Color Schemes for
Victorian Houses Comstock’s Modern House Painting 1883.
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QUEEN ANNE 1875-1910
chimney with decorative brickwork (3)
turret (3)
half-timbering, decorative
shingles (2) on a frontfacing gable (3)
porch with turned posts,
decorative millwork (4)
1. Two stories, with asymmetrical massing, a variety of shapes and textures, producing a highly picturesque
effect.
2. Vertical surfaces are divided into horizontal bands by the use of contrasting siding materials such as stone,
brick, clapboards, and decorative shingles. A number of finishes are used, including half timbering, terra cotta
panels, moldings.
3. Irregularly shaped rooflines with steeply pitched gables, dormers, turrets, and towers. Façade is often
dominated by a front facing gable. Tall, multiple chimneys with decorative brickwork.
4. Porches and balconies, also asymmetrical, have elaborately turned posts and balusters, decorative brackets, and
often a gable end.
5. Many window options: bay windows, oriel windows. Double hung sash. Multi-paned over single light sash
(16/1, 12/1). Stained glass became popular for residential use; one typical arrangement is an upper sash
border of colored square panes around a single, large clear pane.
6. Later examples may have classical details including swags, garlands, and classical porch columns. Palladian
windows.
Do:
Do not:
• Maintain contrasting patterns and materials and
use paint color to highlight them.
• Paint sash a dark color, and select storm windows
in a matching shade.
• Choose a monochrome or white color scheme.
• Paint sash white.
• Install white or bare aluminum storms.
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SPANISH COLONIAL 1915-1940
The Spanish Colonial Style
This style is not purely Spanish,
but rather a mix of Mediterranean
and Spanish-American precedents: the adobes and Spanish
Colonial buildings of the
American southwest; Mission
architecture from California; and
Moorish sources. Inspired by
the designs of Bertram Goodhue
at the 1915 San Diego PanamaCalifornia Exposition, the style
spread quickly after that date.
May also be called Mission or
Spanish Eclectic.
Paint Colors
Body & Cream or white stucco walls;
Trim: brown or other dark-colored trim.
Red, green or other color tile roof.
Typical Materials
Walls: Stucco.
Roofs: Clay tile.
Windows: Wood or steel.
Tile roofs, stucco walls, and decorative ironwork typify Spanish Colonial residences.
Sources
• Virginia and Lee McAlester, A Field Guide to American
Houses, p. 417 - 429.
• James C. and Shirley Maxwell, “Spanish Colonial Revival,”
Old House Journal, p. 59 - 65.
• Marylee MacDonald, “Steeling Home,” Old House Journal
March/April 1996, p. 46 - 51.
• Mary Ellen Polson, “Clay in Context,” Old House Journal
March/Arpil 1998, p. 38 - 43.
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For color schemes:
• Steve Jordan, “Colors for a New Century,” Old House
Journal, May/June 2003, p. 60-65.
SPANISH COLONIAL 1915-1940
clay tile gable
roof (2, 3)
stucco walls (1)
balcony (5) with
heavy brackets (6)
arched door
opening (4)
1. Stucco walls over brick masonry or wood frame.
2. Gable or hip roof with projecting eaves.
3. Clay tile roof: clay or other color barrel tiles. Barrel tiles are either c-shaped or s-shaped; interlocking clay
tiles were also available.
4. Arched window and door openings. Doors are heavily paneled and windows have multi-light sash with bold
muntins.
5. Embellishments include loggias, arcaded porches, balconies, towers, and parapets.
6. Heavy scroll brackets at eaves or under balconies are common.
7. Decorative ironwork including strap hinges and balcony railings.
Do:
Do not:
• Maintain original tile roofs; repair with matching
tiles rather than replace.
• Maintain the texture and appearance of original
stucco finishes.
• Paint trim and sash in dark colors.
• Patch or skimcoat historic stucco with
incompatible modern mixes.
• Use heavily troweled stucco.
• Paint architectural accents - tile, brackets - the
same color as the stucco.
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CHOOSING COLORS FOR YOUR HOUSE
Choosing a color scheme for your historic house is not a small decision. Painting a house is an expensive
job, and you – and your neighbors! – will have to live with the results for many years. It is natural that many
homeowners find the task daunting.
There are two approaches to choosing a color scheme for your historic house: “of the period” and
“actual.” An “of the period” color scheme is one that would have been typical and popular for your home early in
its life. It may not be the exact colors that were on your building, but it is an appropriate choice.
The do-it-yourselfer who prefers to do his own research can find “typical” color schemes in historic
paint catalogs, trade publications, or architectural books. He should look for “primary sources” to gain an
understanding of what was popular in the past. Primary Sources are actual historic documents such as paint
cards or a catalog illustration. Secondary sources are someone else’s interpretation of the original – your
neighbors’ paint scheme, or the “historic” paint scheme shown in a modern paint brochure. Even though the
paint manufacturer claims to be using historic colors accurately, it is still someone else’s interpretation of history,
not an actual document. Dover Publications (www.doverpublications.com) offers many books with full color
reproductions of historic color schemes. The books by author Roger Moss listed in the sources section also
include many reproductions of historic color schemes.
When choosing colors, select a scheme appropriate for the dominant style of the house. If the house
appears to be a Queen Anne with complicated massing, an irregular roofline, and exuberant millwork and trim
details with a few classically inspired flourishes such as garlands or swags on the cornice, or a Palladian window
in the gable end, then the dominant style – Queen Anne – should probably suggest the color scheme. The books
listed in the “Additional Sources” section of this manual will help identify colors appropriate for each style and
define which architectural details should be highlighted with color.
Another approach is to retain an architectural historian who specializes in historic colors to design a paint
scheme for your house. Most can work from a clear photo of your house, and some may be able to provide a
computer generated rendering of what the house will look like in the proposed scheme. Contact information for
consultants is provided in the “Additional Sources” section of this manual.
A more scientific approach will determine the original colors of the actual building. Architectural
conservators can use a variety of techniques to sample, analyze and identify the composition and colors of paint
on a historic structure. The most commonly used technique is microscopic analysis of the paint layers. A sample
of the paint layers including the substrate is prepared and studied under a microscope. This allows the conservator
to view in cross section numerous layers of primer, paint and dirt (on layers that were exposed to the elements for
some time) and to determine a chronology of paint colors.
The light trim color highlights the traditional tracery.
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CHOOSING COLORS FOR YOUR HOUSE
Sources for Paint Information
And Historic Color Schemes
Bock, Gordon. “Colorful Issues in Choosing Exterior
Paint,” article available at
www.oldhousejournal.com/magazine/2001/
march_april/exterior_paint/default.shtml
John Crosby Freeman “The Color Doctor”
Provides free historic color schemes to
homeowners courtesy of Valspar paint.
Mail photograph of home with color likes
and dislikes to John Crosby Freeman, 1601
Sheridan Lane, Norristown, PA 19403-3336
Moss, Roger. Century of Color: Exterior Decoration
for American Buildings, 1820-1920. Watkins Glen,
NY: The American Life Foundation, 1981.
Includes many historic color plates of Four
Squares, Colonial Revival, and Queen Anne
style houses and an architectural glossary.
Moss, Roger W. (Editor). Paint in America: The
Colors of Historic Buildings. Washington, D.C.: The
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.
A more technical guide that includes chapters
Pale walls, white trim and dark shutters complement this
on paint analysis techniques, paint technology,
Dutch Colonial Revival house.
and painting techniques.
Moss, Roger W. and Winkler, Gail Caskey, Victorian Exterior Decoration. How to Paint Your Nineteenth Century
American House Historically. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1992.
A clearly written guide to paint treatments and shifts in fashion through the early 20th century, including
advice on how to achieve historic colors with currently available products.
“Preservation Brief 28: Painting Historic Interiors,” available at www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/briefs/brief28.htm
Although this article is about interior paints, it includes useful sections on paint investigation, paint
formulations, and surface preparation.
Robert Schweitzer
www.arts-crafts.com/market/robs/index.html
Robert Schweitzer is a historic color consultant who can provide exterior paint schemes via mail.
Rossiter, E.K. and F. A. Wright. Authentic Color Schemes for Victorian Houses: Comstock’s Modern House
Painting 1883. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. 2001.
An unabridged reproduction of an 1883 painting guide with many color plates showing authentic color
schemes for Queen Anne houses
Welsh Color and Conservation
www.welshcolor.com/index.html
Frank Welsh is a conservator who will analyze samples via mail for those wishing to determine the
original colors of their own homes.
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APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
BALUSTER: BALUSTRADE:
A spindle or post supporting the rail of a balustrade.
A railing with a top rail and spindles or posts installed above the cornice on the outside of a building or
on a porch.
BAY:
The regular external division of a building marked by windows or other vertical elements (as in a three
bay facade). Also an external projecting feature (a bay window).
BELT COURSE:
A raised horizontal band across the facade which typically aligns with the floor heights.
BRACKET:
A small curved or saw-cut wooden projecting element which supports a horizontal member such as a
cornice, window, or door hood.
CAPITAL:
The top element of a column or pilaster.
CLASSICAL:
Pertaining to the architecture of Greece and Rome, and to the styles inspired by this architecture
(Georgian, Federal, Neoclassical).
COLUMN:
A vertical pillar or shaft, usually supporting a member above.
CONDUCTOR HEAD: A decorative box at the top of a leader (downspout) that serves as a funnel for rainwater.
CORNERBOARD:
A narrow or wide wooden vertical board at the comers of a frame building.
CORNICE:
A projecting molding at the top of a building or a wall.
CRESTING:
A line of ornament finishing the roof; often a small cast iron railing with decorative points.
CROSS GABLE:
A gable that is set parallel to the main ridge of the roof.
CUPOLA:
A small roof tower, usually rising from the top-most center of the roof ridge. Cupolas often have
windows and can have a variety of roof types: gable, flat, hexagonal, etc.
DENTIL(S):
Small square blocks running along the underside of a projecting cornice.
DORMER:
A small window with its own roof projecting from a sloping roof.
EAVES:
The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
ENTABLATURE:
In classical architecture, an articulated beam that rests on columns.
FACADE:
The front face or elevation of a building.
FANLIGHT:
A semicircular window over a door.
FINIAL:
Projecting ornamental element at the top of a gable, spire, or pointed roof.
FRIEZE:
The middle part of the deep flat boards under a classical cornice.
GABLE ROOF:
A roof with a central ridgepole and one slope at each side; the triangular section of wall under the roof
edge.
GAMBREL ROOF: A roof with a central ridgepole and two sloping roof sections.
HALF-TIMBERING: Wall treatment in which plaster or stucco infill the spaces between wood framing wood members.
HIP ROOF:
A roof with uniform slopes on all four sides of a building.
LATTICE:
Open work produced by interlacing of laths or other thin strips of wood used as screening, especially o
n the base of a porch.
LIGHT:
A pane of glass.
LOGGIA:
A covered porch enclosed with a line of open arches or columns.
MODILLION:
An ornamental horizontal block or bracket placed under the overhang of the cornice.
MULLION:
A vertical divider in a window.
MUNTIN:
The wooden dividing strips between the panes or “lights” in a multi-paned window.
ORIEL:
A bay window in an upper story.
PALLADIAN:
A large window, divided into thirds by columns or pilasters. Typically the center window has an
arched top and is wider than the side windows.
PARAPET:
A low wall, or any part of the wall above a roofline.
PEDIMENT:
The triangular gable end of the roof, also, any similar crowning element used over the doors or
windows, usually triangular but may be curved.
PILASTER:
A shallow pillar attached to a wall, resembling a classical column; also used commonly on doors and
windows.
PORTICO:
An entrance porch.
QUOINS:
The corner stones of a masonry wall emphasized by the size, color, or cut; in a frame house, wooden
boards at the corners cut and sized to resemble corner stones.
SASH:
The frame in which the glass is set. May be moveable or fixed; may slide vertically (double-hung
window) or be pivoted (casement window).
SILL:
The lower horizontal member of a door frame, the window frame or wall.
SOFFIT:
The exposed underside of any overhead component of a building, such as the undersurface of an arch,
cornice, eave, beam or stairway.
STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF: A roofing system in which sheets of metal - typically copper or coated iron - are folded
together to form ribs perpendicular to the roof ridge.
STRAP HINGES:
Long hinges, often decorative, applied across the face of the door.
TRANSOM: A small window over a door or another window; may be rectangular, fan-shaped, or elliptical.
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APPENDIX B - SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sources for Masonry Information
“Preservation Brief 01: Assessing Cleaning and Water-Repellent Treatments for
Historic Masonry Buildings.”
Available at www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/briefs/brief01.htm
“Preservation Brief 02: Repointing Mortar Joints in Historic Masonry Buildings.”
“Brick by Brick,” Old House Journal, May/June 1994.
Includes a glossary of brick types and masonry materials to aid in matching.
“Mastering Brick Maintenance,” Old House Journal, May/June 1994.
Good guide to maintaining brick exteriors.
“Preservation Brief 22: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Stucco.”
London, Mark. Masonry: How to Care for Old and Historic Brick and Stone.
Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1988.
Thorough; covers everything from cleaning to repointing to replacement.
Sources for Roofing Information
“From Asbestos to Zinc: Roofing for Historic Buildings.”
Available at www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/roofingexhibit/introduction.htm
This website is the electronic version of an exhibit prepared for roofing professionals attending the 1999
Roofing Conference and Exposition for Historic Buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It includes
information on different types of historic roofing and gutters and modern variations.
Jenkins, Joseph. The Slate Roof Bible. Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1997.
Massey, James C. “Slate Roof Stand-Ins: A Buyer’s Guide to Man-Made Substitutes for Natural Stone.”
Article available at www.oldhousejournal.com/magazine/2002/july/slate.shtml
“Preservation Brief 04: Roofing for Historic Buildings.”
“Preservation Brief 19: The Repair and Replacement of Historic Wooden Shingle Roofs.”
“Preservation Brief 29: The Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs.”
“Preservation Brief 30: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Clay Tile Roofs.”
Slate Roof Quarterly.
A publication for contractors, architects and interested owners of slate roofs. Good resource for finding
materials and contractors. Current issue and back issues available at www.slateroofquarterly.com.
Stearns, Brian, Alan Stearns, and John Meyer. The Slate Book. 1998.
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General Restoration Information
Organizations and Websites
The following websites offer up-to-date information on restoration and maintenance issues for owners of historic
houses:
National Park Service/Department of the Interior
NPS offers restoration standards, design guidelines and useful technical information including the entire
Preservation Briefs and Tech Notes Series.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
www2.cr.nps.gov/rehabyes-no/rehabstandards.htm
The Rehab Yes/No Learning Program
www2.cr.nps.gov/rehabyes-no/index.htm
Preservation Briefs
www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/briefs/presbhom.htm
The following Preservation Briefs may be especially useful to New Rochelle
homeowners. Additional Preservation Briefs are listed in other sections.
01: Assessing Cleaning and Water-Repellent Treatments for Historic Masonry Buildings
03: Conserving Energy in Historic Buildings
06: Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning to Historic Buildings
08: Aluminum and Vinyl Siding on Historic Buildings: The Appropriateness of Substitute
Materials for Resurfacing Historic Wood Frame Buildings
09: The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows
10: Exterior Paint Problems on Historic Woodwork
13: The Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Historic Steel Windows
14: New Exterior Additions to Historic Buildings: Preservation Concerns
15: Preservation of Historic Concrete: Problems and General Approaches
16: The Use of Substitute Materials on Historic Building Exteriors
17: Architectural Character - Identifying the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an
Aid to Preserving Their Character
31: Mothballing Historic Buildings
32: Making Historic Properties Accessible
33: The Preservation and Repair of Historic Stained and Leaded Glass
35: Understanding Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation
37: Appropriate Methods of Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing
39: Holding the Line: Controlling Unwanted Moisture in Historic Buildings
A richly modeled
Tech Notes are similar to Preservation Briefs and provide guidelines on windows and
Tudor chimney
wood. They are available at:
www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/technotes/tnhome.htm
Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums
A consortium of historic sites, archives, and other cultural institutions, LHC can direct individuals to
helpful organizations and professional practitioners.
Email: lowerhudson@msn.com Phone: 914-592-6726
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Home page for the national U.S. organization and its programs. The site was established in the spring of
1995. www.nthp.org
New York Landmarks Conservancy
The Conservancy provides technical assistance, contractor referrals, and publications such as “The
Restoration Directory” to the owners of historic buildings. www.nylandmarks.org
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
The “Technical Preservation Guidelines” section of this website offers a wealth of information for owners
of historic houses. www.nysparks.state.ny.us/field/techpres
The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
SPNEA offers information on subjects such as historic paint colors. www.spnea.org/services/faq.asp
Westchester Historical Society
The first stop when researching your historic house. www.westchesterhistory.com
Periodicals
The following periodicals offer useful articles on history and maintenance and advertisements for
restoration products and suppliers:
Old House Journal Magazine
Full of useful articles for owners of historic houses. Published 6 times a year. Many articles also
available online at www.oldhousejournal.com/index.shtml
Traditional Building
An excellent resource for locating manufacturers and tradesmen.
www.traditionalbuilding.com/
Books
Foulks, William G. Historic Building Facades. The Manual for
Maintenance and Rehabilitation. New York: John Wiley and Sons,
In., 1997.
Although this book targets urban buildings, homeowners
will find the chapters on inspection, mortar, stone, and brick
helpful. More technical than the other sources.
Poore, Patricia. The Old House Journal Guide to Restoration. New
York: Penguin Books, 1992.
An excellent, thorough and user-friendly guide to caring for
your historic house. Alwyas the first place to look.
Schweitzer, Robert A., and Michael W.R. Davis. America’s Favorite
Homes: Mail-Order Catalogues as a Guide to Popular Early 20thCentury Houses. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990.
A good primary source for authentic period details.
Doorways and details add up to a strong
Historic District character.
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APPENDIX C - SOURCES FOR LANDSCAPE INFORMATION
Sources for Landscape Information
Historic Rationale
Downing, Andrew Jackson, Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture. New York: Dover Publications, 1991.
Downing’s theories continued to influence landscape design through the early 20th century.
Favretti, Rudy J., For Every House A Garden: A Guide for Reproducing Period Gardens. Chester, Connecticut:
Pequot Press, 1977.
Thumbnail descriptions of period-appropriate gardens.
Griswold, Mac, and Eleanor Weller. The Golden Age of American Gardens. Proud Owners, Private Estates,
1890-1940. New York: Harry N. Abrams with The Garden Club of America, 1991.
A beautiful tour through estates dating to the period of significance for Rochelle Park/Rochelle Heights.
Leighton, Ann, American Gardens of the Nineteenth Century “For Comfort and Affluence.” Amherst: University
of Massachusetts Press, 1987.
Leighton has culled contemporary garden writers and plant catalogs to provide a bountiful overview of
19th century gardening.
Scott, Frank, Victorian Gardens: The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds. New York: D. Appleton and Co.,
1879 (reprint) Watkins Glen: American Life Foundation.
Scott’s work is useful for detailed instruction on landscape construction and plants and gives guidance on
planning village improvements.
Sternberg, Guy. “Living History.” Old House Journal, November/December 2002, p. 31 - 35
Article discusses the importance of historic and mature trees in landscapes.
Plant Selection
Dirr, Michael A. Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs.
Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1997.
Dirr is an unchallenged authority on woody
plants. Good descriptions and pictures.
Dirr, Michael A. Manual of Woody Landscape
Plants. Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishing
Company, 1998.
Detailed descriptions of woody plants,
including information on origins and date of
introduction into cultivation.
Wyman, Donald. Shrubs and Vines for American
Gardens. New York: McMillan Publishing
Company, Inc., 1969. or Hungry Minds, Inc., 1996.
Good descriptions of shrubs, with extensive
information on origins, dates of introduction
and hybridization.
Current Horticultural Information
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester
County: 914-285-4620
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Look for
botanical
Abelia
Calycanthus
Pieris
Thuja
Azalea
Berberis
Myrica
Callicarpa
Kolkwitzia
Vaccinium
Buxus
Rhamnus
Juniperus
Prunus
Aronia
Symphoricarpos
Chamaecyparis
Deutzia
Cornus
Euonymus
Pyracanthus
Forsythia
Fothergilla
Ilex
Lonicera
Hydrangea
Ilex
Rhodotypos
Juniperus
To find common name Abelia
Allspice
Andromeda
Arborvitae
Azalea
Barberry
Bayberry
Beautyberry
Beautybush
Blueberry
Box
Buckthorn
Cedar
Cherry laurel
Chokeberry
Coralberry
Cypress
Deutzia
Dogwood
Euonymus
Firethorn
Forsythia
Fothergilla
Holly
Honeysuckle
Hydrangea
Inkberry
Jetbead
Juniper
Look for
botanical
Kerria
Leucothoe
Syringa
Philadelphus
Kalmia
Pinus
Cephalotaxus
Ligustrum
Salix
Chaenomeles
Rhododendron
Rosa
Hypericum
Cotinus
Symphoricarpos
Lindera
Spirea
Stephanandra
Rhus
Clethra
Viburnum
Pinus
Ilex
Hamamelis
Taxus
To find common name Kerria
Leucothoe
Lilac
Mock Orange
Mountain Lauret
Mugo pine
Plum-yew
Privet
Pussy willow
Quince
Rhododendron
Rose
Saint Johnswort
Smokebush
Snowberry
Spicebush
Spirea
Stephanandra
Sumac
Summersweet
Viburnum
White pine
Winterberry
Witch-hazel
Yew
The following is a list of common plant names and the first part of their botanical equivalents.
To find the plant in the alphabetical chart on pp. 30-35, look for the botanical first word shown in the right-hand column.
APPENDIX D - PLANT NAMES AND PLANT LIST
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unpopular with deer
unpopular with deer
may be popular with deer
7’
4’
20’
9’
30’
3’
6’
Japan 1875
Japan 1860
introduced in colonial
times
Japan 1845
southern native
Japan 1830
Japan 1874
China before 1800
Japanese Barberry
Littleleaf Box
Common Box
Japanese Beautyberry
Carolina Allspice
Japanese Plum-yew
Japanese Quince
Flowering Quince
B. thunbergii
Buxus microphylla
B. sempervirens
Callicarpa japonica
Calycanthus floridus
Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Chaenomeles japonica
C. speciosa varieties:
‘Nana’ (1862), ‘Nana Pyramidalis’ (1905), ‘Tetragona’ (c.
1874)
Chamaecyparis obtusa varieties:
Japan 1861
unpopular with deer
6’
Korea 1905
Korean Barberry
B. koreana
Hinoki False Cypress
unpopular with deer
6’
China 1900
Wintergreen Barberry
Berberis julianae
‘Candida’, ‘Nivalis’, ‘Marmorata’, ‘Gaujardii’, ‘Knap Hill
Scarlet’, ‘Simonii’, ‘Cardinalis’
unpopular with deer
varies
Asia, Europe 18th c. on,
native
Azalea
Azalea species, varieties,
hybrids
varies
4 1/2’
unpopular with deer
1 1/2
- 3’
eastern native
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
popular with deer
5‘
c. 1880
Glossy Abelia
Abelia x grandiflora
deer factor
size
origin and date in U.S.
cultivation
common name
botanical name
SHRUBS FOR THE PERIOD
1885 - c. 1920
APPENDIX D - PLANT LIST
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Many dwarf varieties. Some
from era noted.
Many varieties. Some from
era noted.
For lower plant, look for
‘Prostrata’ form.
Look for forms suitable for use
in New Rochelle climate.
Many varieties and cultivars
dating from the 20th century.
Many contemporary and vintage forms.
remarks
Summersweet
Siberian Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Smokebush
Slender Deutzia
Winged Euonymus
Euonymus
Forsythia
Clethra alnifolia
Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’
C. sericea
Cotinus coggygria
Deutzia gracilis
Euonymus alatus
Euonymus--other species
Forsythia x intermedia varieties:
Dwarf Fothergilla
Vernal Witch-hazel
Common Witch-hazel
House Hydrangea
Peegee Hydrangea
Oak-leaved Hydrangea
Golden St. Johnswort
Henry St. Johnswort
Japanese Holly
Inkberry
Winterberry
Fothergilla gardenii
Hamamelis vernalis
H. virginiana
Hydrangea macrophylla
H. paniculata ‘Grandiflora’
H. quercifolia
Hypericum frondosum
H. patulum henryi
Ilex crenata
I. glabra
I. verticilata
Siebold Forsythia
Forsythia suspensa sieboldii
‘Densiflora’ (1899), ‘Primulina’
(1910), ‘Spectabilis’ (1906)
Sawara False Cypress
C. pisifera
eastern native
eastern native
Japan 1864
China 1898
southern native
southern native
Japan 1862
Japan 1790
E. and central US
central US native
southern native
Japan 1833
Asia
NE Asia 1860
Japan c. 1840
Europe/China 1656
eastern native
Siberia/Manchuria 1741
eastern native
Japan 1861
9’
9’
varies
3’
3’
6’
25’
12’
15’
10’
3’
3 - 9’
9’
varies
9’
3’
15’
7’
9’
9’
varies
popular with deer
usually unpopular
usually unpopular
very popular with deer
usually unpopular
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Several contemporary compact forms.
Many varieties.
Favorite 19th century plant.
Many contemporary varieties.
Leave room for natural form.
Forsythia should never be
sheared.
Evergreen species.
Look for more recent ‘Compactus’.
Look for more recent ‘Nikko’.
The showiest forms post date
era.
Dwarf plants may post date
era.
Many varieties.
varies
Asia
Chinese Juniper
Juniperus chinensis varieties:
often popular with deer
usually unpopular
unpopular with deer
unpopular with deer
unpopular with deer
usually unpopular
usually unpopular
usually unpopular
usually unpopular
to 30’
4 - 6’
10’
6’
4’
12’
15’
9’
4 - 5’
eastern native
China 1834
China 1901
southern native
Japan 1915
eastern native
China 1860
Japan 1860
Mountain Laurel
Kerria
Beauty-bush
Drooping Leucothoe
Keisk’s Leucothoe
Sweet Bells
Amur Privet
Border Privet
Kalmia latifolia
Kerria japonica
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Leucothoe fontanesiana
L.keiskei
L. racemosa
Ligustrum amurense
L. obtusifolium
15’
6’
15’
6’
9’
eastern native
China 1845
Korea/Manchuria 1860
Japan 1875
Russia 1752
Spicebush
Winter Honeysuckle
Amur Honeysuckle
Morrow Honeysuckle
Tatarian Honeysuckle
Lindera benzoin
Lonicera fragrantissima
L. maackii
L. morrowii
L. tatarica
15’
Europe colonial times
Common Privet
L. vulgare varieties
Regel Privet
popular with deer
2 - 15’
native
Eastern Red-cedar
J. virginiana varieties
var. regelianum
6’
China 1914
Meyer’s Juniper
J. squamata ‘Meyeri’
Several varieties.
page 34
Several contemporary and
often more compact varieties
of these leucothoe.
Several varieties.
10’
Europe/Siberia colonial
Savin Juniper
Juniperus sabina
‘Pfitzeriana’, from Germany,
c. 1901. sargentii 1892
remarks
deer factor
size
cultivation
common name
botanical name
APPENDIX D - PLANT LIST (continued)
Mugo Pine
Eastern White Pine varieties
Pinus mugo mugo
P. strobus varieties:
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Japan, China 1866
Jetbead
Rhodotypos scandens
eastern native
China, Manchuria, Korea,
Japan, late 19th c., early
20th. native
Europe/Asia colonial
Italy/Asia 1629
German variety
S. Europe 1576
native
S. Europe 1779
Japan 1870
native
hybrids
Europe/Us hybrids
northeastern native
Rhododendron species & variet- Rhododendron
ies
Fernleaf Buckthorn
Alder Buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula
R. frangula ‘Asplenifolia’
Scarlet Firethorn
Otto Luyken Cherry
Laurel
Pyracantha coccinea
P. laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’
Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel
Japanese Andromeda
P. japonica
‘Brevifolia’ (1855), ‘Nana’
(1855), ‘Umbraculifera’ (1855)
Mountain Andromeda
Pieris floribunda
‘Albatre’ (1914), ‘Argentine’ (1914), ‘Bouquet Blanc’
(1894), ‘Glacier’ (1914), ‘Virginal’ (1907)
P. x virginalis varieties:
Virginalis Mock-orange
Lemoine Mock-orange
Philadelphus x lemoinei varieties:
‘Avalanche’ (1896), ‘Boule
d’Argent’ (1894), ‘Erectus’
(1894), ‘Fleur de Neige’
(1916), ‘Girandole’ (1916),
‘Mont Blanc’ (1896)
Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
3’
6’
varies
15’
18’
6’
3 - 4’
x 7’
18’
varies
varies
9’
6’
varies
varies
9’
usually unpopular
usually unpopular
unpopular with deer
unpopular with deer
page 35
Many native and exotic
species and many crosses
between species, historic and
recent.
More recent variety.
Contemporary variety hardy in
New Rochelle.
Hard to locate; more recent
hybrids may be available.
Many contemporary and vintage varieties.
Vanhoutte Spirea
S. x vanhouttei
Persian Lilac
Common Lilac
S. x persica
S. vulgaris
Taxus species, varieties, hybrids Yew
Meyer’s Lilac
Lilac
Syringa species, varieties,
hybrids
S.meyeri
Coralberry
S. orbiculatus
Cutleaf Lilac
Chenault Coralberry
S. x chenaultii
S. laciniata
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus
S. incisa ‘Crispa’
Cutleaf Stephanandra
Thunberg Spirea
S. thunbergii
Stephanandra incisa
Bridalwreath Spirea
Spirea
Spirea species, varieties,
hybrids
S. prunifolia
Pussy Willow
Salix caprea
Anthony Waterer Spirea
Rose
Rosa species and varieties
S. x bumalda ‘Anthony
Waterer’
common name
botanical name
APPENDIX D - PLANT LIST (continued)
Asia/Europe 18 - 19th c
Europe 1563
hybrid c. 1753
China 1908
Turkestan, China 1614
Europe, Near and Far
East, 18 - 20th c.
native
hybrid pre-1912
native
Japan/Korea 1872
Asian hybrid pre-1866
Japan/China 1863
Japan/China 1843
Japanese hybrid pre.
1890
Europe, Asia 19th c.
Europe, Asia early colonial
Europe, Near and Far
East, widespread N.
American native
cultivation
varies
20’
6’
6’
6’
varies
3 - 6’
3’
6’
1 1/2
- 3’
7’
6’
5’
9’
2’ plus
varies
15 - 20’
varies
size
usually unpopular
deer factor
page 36
Many contemporary and vintage forms. A sampling noted.
More recent, compact variety.
Many contemporary and vintage forms. A small sampling
noted.
Many native and exotic
species and many crosses
between species, historic and
recent.
remarks
varies
5’
6’
30’
12’
9’
9’
12’
12’
Japan, China, Korea,
Europe 18 - 20th c.,
northeastern native
Korea 1902
norheastern native
eastern native
Europe, Africa, Asia,
colonial
China/Japan 1814
China 1900
China 1907
northeastern native
Viburnum
Korean Spice Viburnum
Witherod
Nannyberry
European Cranberrybush
Japanese Snowball
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Tea Viburnum
American Cranberrybush
Viburnum species, varieties,
hybrids
V. carlesii
V.cassinoides
V. lentago
V. opulus
V. plicatum
V. rhytidophyllum
V setigerum
V. trilobum
6 - 12’
eastern native
Highbush Blueberry
varies
China/Korea pre-1737,
native
Vaccinium corymbosum
Thuja species, varieties, hybrids Arborvitae
usually unpopular
page 37
Many showy contemporary
varieties and cultivars.
Many contemporary and vintage forms. A sampling noted.
Specie is ornamental in
naturalistic plantings. Varieties
bear larger fruit.
APPENDIX E - MANUFACTURERS’ CATALOGS, SALVAGE AND
RESTORATION SPECIALISTS - DIRECTORY
Following is a directory of providers of restoration products and services for the exteriors of historic houses. Catalogs for most of the products are available in the New Rochelle Public Library. Some companies offer one-of-akind items and thus no catalog is available. If homeowners need additional sources they can consult the following
directories of service and product suppliers:
Old House Journal website
www.oldhousejournal.com/restoration_directory/rd_home.shtml
Includes over 2000 companies that offer restoration products and services.
Preservation Sourcebook
Available at www.preservationweb.com/index.html
Guide to preservation service professionals and product manufacturers and suppliers. Regional editions.
Traditional Building website
Available at www.traditional-building.com/8.htm
Online database includes hundreds of manufacturers and suppliers.
Categories
The following categories are used in the directory:
architectural salvage
brick
chimney pots
chimney pots - terra cotta
columns - composite
columns - wood
cupolas
doors - wood
downspouts (see “roofing accessories”)
fencing - ornamental
forged iron work
garage doors
gazebos
gutters (see “roofing accessories”)
hardware - antique and salvaged
hardware - door
hardware - forged iron
hardware - screen doors
hardware - shutters
lighting fixtures
lightning protection systems
lumber
masonry restoration
millwork (see also “Victorian gingerbread,” “porch posts,”
“porch railings,” “columns”)
millwork - custom
paint
pilasters - wood
porch balusters
porch ceilings
porch posts - wood
porch railings
restoration carpentry
roofing - asbestos shingles - salvaged
roofing - asphalt shingles
roofing - asphalt shingles - slate look
roofing - asphalt shingles - wood look
roofing - clay tiles
page 38
roofing - clay tiles - salvaged
roofing - composition tiles
roofing - concrete tiles
roofing - concrete tiles - salvaged
roofing - copper shingles
roofing - metal
roofing - metal - shingles
roofing - restoration services
roofing - slate
roofing - slate - imitation
roofing - slate - removal
roofing - slate - salvaged
roofing - wood - cedar shakes
roofing - wood - cedar shingles
roofing - wood - shingles
roofing accessories - conductor heads
roofing accessories - finials
roofing accessories - gutters
roofing accessories - leaders (downspouts)
roofing accessories - metal
roofing accessories - snow guards
roofing accessories - vents, louvers
screen doors - wood
screen sash - metal
screen sash - wood
shutters
shutter hardware (see “hardware - shutters”)
siding - wood
storm sash - interior
storm sash - wood
storm windows - aluminum
stucco
Victorian gingerbread
weathervanes
windows - steel
windows - steel - restoration services
windows - wood
N/A
www.architecturalantiques
.com
T: (215) 922-3669
715 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA
19123
Architectural Antiques
Exchange
N/A
($3.00
charge)
Victorian gingerbread
millwork
www.anthonywoodinc.com
T: (409) 935-5527
T: (800) 969-2181
F: (409) 935-5009
RT 7 Box 190B77
Galveston, TX 77554
Anthony Wood Products, Inc
page 39
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
screen sash - metal
storm windows - aluminum
www.invisiblestorms.com
T: (800) 445-5411
11111 Canal Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
Colonial Revival
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
forged iron work
hardware - shutter
hardware - forged iron
www.acornmfg.com
T: (800) 835-0121
Allied Window, Inc.
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Y
roofing - metal
www.accelroofing.com
T: (877) 286-3320
Accel Roofing Products 6612 Nodrift Road
Allentown, PA
Mansfield, MA 02048
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
N/A
columns - wood
pilasters - wood
www.schwerdcolumns.com
T: (412) 766-6322
F: (412) 766-2262
A.F. Schwerd Manufac- 3215 McClure Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
turing Co., Inc.
Acorn Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
windows - steel
www.aswindowassociates
.com
T: (718) 275-7900
F: (718) 997-7683
88-19 76th Avenue
Glendale, NY 11385
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
N/A
roofing - wood- cedar
shakes
roofing - wood - cedar
shingles
A & S Window Associates
N/A
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
Product(s)
T: (800) 276-4122
F: (360) 276-4290
Website
Phone No./Fax
P.O. Box 208
Moclips, WA 98562
Address
208 Shake & Shingle
Company Name
APPENDIX E - MANUFACTURERS DIRECTORY* (continued)
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Queen Anne
Y
Y
lightning protection
systems
www.alrci.com
www.atas.com/castletop/
T: (845) 373-8309
T: (800) 468-1441
P.O. Box 529
6020 Route 22
Millerton, NY 12546
Associated Lightning
Rod Co.
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Y
roofing - metal
www.berridge.com
T: (800) 231-8127
page 40
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
roofing accessories gutters
roofing accessories
- leaders
roofing accessories
- conductor heads
roofing accessories
- snow guards
roofing accessories
- metal
www.bergerbros.com
www.snowbrakes.com
T: (215) 355-1200
T: (800) 523-8852
F: (215) 355-7738
805 Pennsylvania
Boulevard
Feasterville, PA 19053
Berger Bros Co.
Berridge Manufacturing 1720 Maury St.
Houston, TX 77026
Company
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
N/A
brick
www.bensonstone.com/
architects/redland_cushwa/
T: (815) 227-2000
F: (815) 227-2002
1100 Eleventh St.
Rockford, IL 61104
Benson Stone Co.
ATAS International, Inc. Allentown, PA
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
N/A
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
Product(s)
www.architiques.net
Website
T: (607) 432-9890
F: (607) 432-4119
Phone No./Fax
136 The Circle
Oneonta, NY
Address
Archittiques
Company Name
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
N/A
Y
Y
hardware - door
roofing accessories
- conductor heads
roofing accessories
- leaders
roofing accessories
- metal
roofing accessories
- snow guards
www.cirecast.com
www.classicgutters.com
T: (914) 419-1208
T: (415) 822-3030
F: (415) 822-3004
T: (269) 382-2700
F: (269) 343-3141
Hastings-on-Hudson,
NY
1790 Yosemite Ave.
San Francisco, CA
94124
Charles Branch
Cirecast, Inc.
page 41
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Y
columns - wood
columns - composite
T: (800)COLUMNS www.columns.com
F: (910) 763-3191
277 North Front Street
Historic Wilmington,
NC 28401
Chadsworth’s
1.800.Columns
Classic Gutter Systems P.O. Box 2319
Kalamazoo, MI 49003
LLC
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
- slate look
- wood look
www.certainteed.com
T: (800) 782-8777
750 E. Swedesford
Road
P.O. Box 860
Valley Forge, PA
19482
CertainTeed
N/A
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Y
roofing - slate
www.camaraslate.com
T: (802) 265-3200
F: (802) 265-2211
Route 22A
Fairhaven, VT 05743
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
doors - wood
windows - wood
www.bonnevillewd.com
T: (914) 747-1184
Distributor:
Industrial Window
Corp.
50 Lafayette Place
Thornwood, NY 10594
Camara Slate
Products, Inc.
Bonneville Windows
and Doors
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
N/A
Y
Y
Y
brick
(can match historic brick)
screen doors - wood
roofing accessories
- conductor heads
roofing accessories
- vents, louvers
screen doors - wood
millwork
porch balusters
www.coppawoodworking
.com
www.coppercraft.com
www.cumberlandwoodcraf
t.com
T: (800) 486-2723
T: (817) 490-9622
F: (817) 490-9661
T: (717) 243-0063
T: (800) 367-1884
F: (717) 243-6502
T: (310) 548-5332
F: (310) 548-6740
1231 Paraiso Ave.
San Pedro, CA 90731
4995 Keller Haslet
Road
Keller, TX 76244
Coppa Woodworking,
Inc.
Copper Craft
Cumberland Woodcraft P.O. Drawer 609
Carlisle, PA 17013
Co., Inc.
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
garage doors
www.designerdoors.com
info@designerdoors.com
T: (800) 241-0525
183 East Pomeroy St.
River Falls, WI 54022
Designer Doors
page 42
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
N/A
www.demolitiondepot.com
T: (212) 860-1138
216 East 125th Street
New York, NY 10035
Demolition Depot
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
N
columns - wood
millwork
porch balusters
porch posts - wood
roofing accessories finials
www.customwoodturnings
.com
custwoodt@aol.com
T: (860) 767-3236
F: (860) 767-3238
156 Main Street
Ivoryton, CT 06442
Custom Wood
Turnings, LLC
Please see Redland Brick
www.continentalbrick.net
T: (724) 543-2611
F: (724) 545-9659
200 Oak Avenue
P.O. Box 1013
Kittanning, PA 16201
Continental Clay
Company
Cushwa Brick
Product(s)
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Phone No./Fax
Company Name
Address
Website
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
68 E. Potter Ave.
Granville, NY 12832
Follansbee, WV 26037 T: (304) 527-1260
T: (800) 624-6906
F: (304) 527-1269
1361 Alps Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
55 Park Place
Atlanta, GA 30303
601 7th Street
Lincoln, CA 95648
Evergreen Slate Co.,
Inc.
Follansbee Steel
GAF Materials
Corporation
Georgia Pacific
Gladding, McBean
104 Terrace Drive
Mundelein, IL 60060
EcoStar Carlisle
www.gaf.com
www.follansbeeroofing.com
folrfg@lbcorp.com
www.evergreenslate.com
www.premiumroofs.com
www.drumssashanddoor
.com
www.devoepaint.com
T: (800) 776-1133
www.gladdingmcbean.com
T: (800) BUILD-GP www.gpplywood.com
T: (732) 297-0091
T: (518) 642-2530
F: (518) 642-9313
T: (800) 211-7170
P.O. Box 207
T: (570) 788-1145
392 West Butler Street F: (570) 788-3007
Drums, PA 18222
Drum Sash & Door
Co., Inc.
N/A
925 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Devoe Paint
chimney pots - terra
cotta
porch ceilings
- slate look
- wood look
roofing - metal
roofing - slate
windows - wood
doors - wood
paint
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
page 43
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
P.O. Box 201
Rt. 22A
Middle Granville, NY
12849
P.O. Box 580
T: (716) 665-5124
Jamestown, NY 14702 F: (716) 665-3365
320 West 13th St.
New York, NY 10014
940 East Main St.
Manchester, IA 52057
Hilltop Slate, Inc.
Hope’s Steel Windows
& Doors
Housing Works
Hutchinson Lumber &
Building Products
P.O. Box 589
Troy, AL 36081
HB&G
www.glidden.com
Website
T: (800) 927-3620
T: (212) 645-8111
F: (212) 645-8750
T: (518) 642-2270
F: (518) 642-1220
www.hutchinson-inc.com
www.housingworks.org
www.hopeswindows.com
www.hilltopslate.com
T: (800) 264-4HBG www.hbgcolumns.com
F: (334) 566-4629
T: (800) BUILD-GP www.gpplytanium.com
55 Park Place
Atlanta, GA 30303
GP Plytanium
T: (800) GLIDDEN
Phone No./Fax
not available
Address
Glidden
Company Name
windows - steel
roofing - slate
columns - composite
columns - wood
porch balusters
porch ceilings
porch posts - wood
porch railings
porch ceilings
paint
Product(s)
Y
N/A
Y
Y
Y
Y
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
page 44
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
325 Liberty Lane
W. Kingston, RI
not available
254 Ferris Ave.
White Plains, NY
10603
P.O. Box 257
T: (704) 279-6901
17375 Old Beatty Ford F: (704) 209-3360
Road
Gold Hill, NC 28071
50 Columbus St.
Granville, NY 12832
Liberty Cedar
Ludowici Roof Tile
M.L. Condon Co.
New London Brick
Works
North American Slate
Co.
208 Frog Hollow Road, T: (802) 247-8145
Brandon, VT 05733
Just Slate
T: (518) 642-1702
F: (518) 642-3255
T: (914) 946-4111
T: (800) 917-8998
T: (410) 789-6626
T: (800) 88CEDAR
T: (800) 743-6207
15 Herman Drove
Simsbury, CT 06070
Innerglass Window
Systems
T: (914) 997-0394
F: (914) 723-7437
32 Independence
Street
White Plains, NY
10606
Iles Contracting Inc.
www.tatkostone.com
www.newlondonbrick.com
N/A
www.ludowici.com
www.libertycedar.com
justslate@aol.com
www.stormwindows.com
N/A
roofing - slate
brick
lumber
millwork
millwork - custom
(can match historic tiles)
siding - wood
roofing - wood - shingles
roofing - slate
masonry restoration
stucco
N/A
(reprinting
catalogs)
Y
Y
Y
Y
N/A
Y
N/A
page 45
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Spanish Colonial
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Tudor
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
N/A
Y
Y
Y
Y
brick
lighting fixtures
roofing - slate
roofing - slate
roofing - clay tiles salvaged
www.oldegoodthings.com
www.redlandbrick.com
www.rejuvenation.com
N/A
www.claytile.com
T: (800) 366BRICK
T: (888) 401-1900
T: (518) 642-3333
F: (518) 642-1819
T: (800) 446-0220
F: (972) 242-1923
2550 N.W. Nicolai
Portland, OR 97210
P.O. Box 333
County Rte. 23
Middle Granville, NY
12849
1209 Carroll Street
Carrollton, TX 75006
Rising and Nelson
Slate Co., LLC
Roof Tile and Slate
Company
www.oldecenturycolors
.com
T: (219) 234-6728
T: (800) 222-3092
F: (219) 234-1138
T: (212) 989-8401
54445 Rose Road
South Bend, IN 46628
124 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
P.O. Box 160
Williamsport, MD
21795
Olde Century Colors
Olde Good Things
Redland Brick
Rejuvenation
page 46
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Y
paint
Product(s)
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Phone No./Fax
Company Name
Address
Website
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
Drawer 397
South Salem, NY
10590
205 E. 125th St.
New York, NY
2 Weaver Street
Scarsdale, NY 10583
101 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
625 West 130th St.
New York, NY 10027
282 Stepstone Hill
Road Guilford, CT
06437
201-203 German
Street
Erie, PA 16507
Salem Preservation,
Inc.
Schmuck Bros.
Seekircher Steel
Window Repair
Sherwin-Williams
Skyline Windows
Shuttercraft, Inc.
Slate and Copper
Sales Company
1 Royal Gate Blvd.
Woodbridge, Ontario
Canada L4L 8Z7
Royal Building
Products
T: (814) 455-7430
F: (267) 200-0800
T: (203) 245-2608
F: (203) 245-5969
T: (212) 491-3000
see local stores
T: (914) 725-1904
T: (212) 369-6400
T: (203) 431-9444
T: (905) 850-9700
www.slateandcopper.com
www.shuttercraft.com
www.skylinewindows.com
www.sherwin-williams.com
sswrc@aol.com
N/A
N/A
www.royplas.com
roofing accessories
- leaders
roofing accessories
- conductor heads
shutters
windows -steel
paint
windows - steel restoration services
Y
Y
N/A
Y
Y
N/A
N/A
Y
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P.O. Box 352
Uhrichsville, OH
44683
2522 Vermont
Route 30 North
Poultney, VT 05764
P.O. Box 839
Decatur, TX 76234
P.O. Box 329
Louisburg, NC 27549
P.O. Box 177
Mokena, IL 60448
197 Wissahickon Ave.
North Wales, PA
19454
6 Suburban Avenue
Stamford, CT 06901
Superior Clay
Corporation
Taran Brothers Slate
Company
Texas Iron Fence and
Gate Co.
The Tile Man
Tile Roofs, Inc.
Timberlane
Woodcrafters, Inc.
Tischler und Sohn
2-110 Bentley Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2E 6T9
Address
Stairworld, Inc.
Company Name
T: (203) 674-0600
F: (203) 674-0601
T: (800) 250-0600
T: (215) 616-0600
F: (215) 616-0753
T: (888) 708-8453
T: (708) 479-4366
F: (708) 479-7865
T: (919) 853-6923
F: (919) 853-6634
T: (940) 627-2718
F: (940) 627-7184
T: (802) 265-3220
T: (800) 848-6166
T: (740) 922-4122
F: (740) 922-6626
T: (800) 387-7711
F: (613) 723-5149
Phone No./Fax
N/A
www.timberlane.com
www.tileroofs.com
www.thetileman.com
www.texasironfence.com
N/A
www.superiorclay.com
www.stairworld.com
Website
windows - wood
doors - wood
shutters
hardware - shutter
roofing - clay tiles - salvaged
roofing - asbestos shingles - salvaged
roofing - clay tiles new & salvaged
roofing - concrete tiles new & salvaged
roofing - slate
roofing - slate
chimney pots
porch balusters
porch railings
Product(s)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N/A
Y
Y
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
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Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
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Queen Anne
Spanish Colonial
Tudor
Colonial Revival
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Queen Anne
Tudor
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Queen Anne
Y
fan deck
also at
Lowe’s
Stores
Y
N/A
(website
only)
N/A
(website
only)
Y
roofing - asbestos
shingles - salvaged
roofing - clay tiles salvaged
roofing - composition tile
- salvaged
(can match historic)
roofing - slate
roofing - slate - removal
roofing - slate
Hwy 34S
P.O. Box 39
Quinlan, TX 75474
Vintage Woodworks
T: (866) US-SLATE www.vtslate.com
F: (802) 247-4209
P.O. Box 4
Brandon, VT 05733
Vermont Specialty
Slate, Inc.
millwork
porch posts - wood
porch balusters
porch railings
screen doors - wood
shutters
hardware - shutters
www.usedslate.com
T: (802) 265-4506
P.O. Box 71
Fair Haven, VT 05743
Vermont Recycled
Slate
www.vintagewoodworks
.com
www.vhr-roof-tile.com
T: (800) 236-8453
T: (920) 766-0156
F: (920) 766-0776
Little Chute, WI
Vande Hey-Raleigh
Mfg.
T: (903) 356-2158
F: (903) 356-3023
paint
www.valspar.com/val/
resident/int_paints.jsp
T: (800) 845-9061
not available
Valspar
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N/A
www.urbanarchaeology.com architectural salvage
lighting fixtures
T: (212) 431-4646
143 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
Urban Archaeology
Colonial Revival
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Tudor
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Y
Y
Y
N/A
roofing accessories
- conductor heads
roofing accessories
- leaders
screen sash - wood
storm sash - wood
storm sash – interior
storm windows aluminum
windows - wood
roofing - restoration
services
(specializes in slate, tile
and copper roofing work)
www.vulcansupply.com
N/A
www.welshmountainslate
.com
N/A
T: (800) 659-4732
T: (914) 668-7811
T: (866)
WALSHSW
F: (914) 668-7872
T: (800) 865-8784
T: (914) 923-3700
F: (914) 923-3701
P.O. Box 100
Westford, VT 05494
561 East Third Street
Mt. Vernon, NY 10553
249 Bridge Street
Campbellford, Ontario
Canada K0L 1L0
37A Old Albany Post
Road
Ossining, NY 10562
Vulcan Supply Corp.
Walsh Screen &
Window, Inc.
Welsh Mountain Slate
Westal Contracting
Corp.
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Y
www.vulcanmetalworks
.com
T: (800) 240-4089
107 West 26th Street
Suite #2
New York, NY 10001
Vulcan Metal Works
Colonial Revival
Four Square
Queen Anne
Y
gazebos
screen doors - wood
shutters
hardware - shutters
cupolas
weathervanes
Appropriate
for which
Style(s)?
Catalog /
Brochure
Provided?
www.vixenhill.com
Product(s)
T: (800) 423-2766
Website
Phone No./Fax
Main Street
Elverson, PA 19520
Address
Vixen Hill Cedar
Products
Company Name
Patch Road
P.O. Box 223
Westminster, VT
05158
P.O. Box 868
Troy, AL 36081
66 South Main Street
Hammond, NY 13646
27 Hoffman Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Woodstone Company
Worthington
YesterYear’s Vintage
Doors & Millwork
Zaborski Emporium
T: (845) 338-6465
T: (315) 324-5250
T: (800) 787-2001
T: (800) 872-1608
T: (334) 566-4537
F: (334) 566-5390
T: (802) 722-9217
F: (802) 722-9528
T: (607) 547-1900
windows - wood
doors - wood
hardware - antique and
salvaged
www.stanthejunkman.com
www.vintagedoors.com
doors - wood
hardware - screen doors
screen doors - wood
millwork
www.worthingtononline.com columns - wood
columns - composite
porch posts - wood
porch railings
millwork
www.woodstone.com
www.wmjrigby.com
N/A
Y
Y
Y
N/A
Catalogs for most of these manufacturers and providers are available in the New Rochelle Public Library.
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* The companies listed in this directory are included because they provide products or services appropriate for historic residences. The listed companies are not in any way endorsed or approved by the City of New Rochelle or Stephen Tilly, Architect. We suggest homeowners examine products
closely, review recent work, and seek references before contracting for services or purchasing products.
73 Elm Street
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13326
William J. Rigby
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