Williamsburg

The term "Williamsburg" is actually a sub style within the Colonial Revival Period. The style is actually a  faithfully and carefully rendered revival of exterior reproductions of British, New England and Virginia originals from the Colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s. The style fueled by the complete restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in the late 1920s by the John Rockefeller Foundation. Home to 88 original Colonial-period structures, buildings such as the Brush-Everard house and its furnishings became the inspiration and prototype for hundreds of reproductions throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Local lumber companies such as Tum-A-Lum Lumber and CopeLand Lumber had a free plan service that offered many homes in Colonial designs, including a Cape Cod and Williamsburg designs. 

The Williamsburg style is very similar to a Cape Cod in design. The main difference is that dormers are added to the roof. These dormers hark back to the early 17th century when the house style was developed. In Deschutes County commercial, as well as residential examples of the style can be found. 


Common characteristics are:

  • steeply pitched side gable roof
  • large chimney
  • symmetrical facade
  • multi-pane windows
  • horizontal lap siding
  • gable dormers

 

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Examples
1. Victor Plath House, 514 NW State Street, Bend (shown) Built 1925.
2. Antone Fossen House, 538 NW State Street, Bend.  Built 1938.
3. Elmer Ward House, 520 NW Riverside Blvd., Bend.  Built 1938.
4. Pine Tavern, 967 NW Brooks Street, Bend.  Built 1936.
5. O.C. Hart Duplex, 232-234 N. Canyon Drive, Redmond.  Built 1942.
6. Bill Irvine House, 562 NW Riverside Blvd., Bend.  Built 1926.