*The official (but don’t look for it in the enabling regulations for the National Historic Preservation Act, because it isn’t there) definition of “historic” when it comes to a resource (a building, site, structure, object) is 50 years old. There are many, many more books I could suggest adding to your bookshelf, but without going down the rabbit hole of local and regional interest works, the Field Guide is a good companion to have at hand no matter where your travels take you. The porch has been opened up to serve as a pergola of sorts,but it is unmistakably the same dwelling – and while its not the only Kentucky example in the book, it made me grin to think that this particular example was being used to illustrate subtle details of a Revival style in America. The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding Americas Domestic Architecture. Some changes, quite naturally, have occurred over time, but it is most certainly the same house.Ī house I had walked by the previous evening in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky! The caption for this 1920s era house reads: “Note how a small rounded English entry porch is used in conjunction with a broad American sitting porch on the right.”
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