Italianate Style

North Bloomfield, Ohio

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This house was built in the 1870s. The front porch posts were recreated, as the original were destroyed by rot and woodpeckers. The house suffered from leaks due to its internal box gutters. Now, the roof extends out over where it used to drop in. A modern gutter has been placed on the outside edge.

By the mid to late 1800s, the use of full size windows became popular.

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This Canfield house is of the Italianate style. It most likely would have had a cornice which was covered over later. Long windows were common of this style.

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This Italianate style house is located in Canfield. Not much of the original character of the house remains. The house sits on two roads, therefore has two fronts.

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When removing the top dormer windows, one is left with an Italianate style house. It is speculated that the size of the windows has remained the same, and that there might have been a third window on the second floor over the door. This house is located in Canfield.

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This Italianate and Gothic house, located in Warren, was completely gutted on the inside (there was the belief that there was asbestos), and then redone. If you look closely on the second floor, there is a seam on the wall, which indicates a box had been added to the house (the box is a bathroom).

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While this house appears to be Queen Anne style, it is Italianate, indicated by the low-pitched roof. The decorative front was added later.