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One of the best ways to learn about the history of a community
is to
study its buildings. Joplin builders used a variety of architectural
styles.
Following is a description of each style with a list of
Joplin examples.
For more information about architectural terms and styles,
visit the
Post Memorial Art Reference Library at 300 Main Street,
Joplin, Mo.
Note: Many of these examples are not identified
on the map. None of the homes are open to the public. Buildings
are listed by their original names.
POSTSCRIPT:
Today's structures are built with radically different techniques.
However, if you look closely, you'll see many of the same
historic design elements recycled and adapted into new forms.
Click
on the images below for a larger view of the historical
site and more information about them.
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Folk
styles
Modest box-like structures built solely to provide shelter,
used readily available materials, not effort to include
decorative details.
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Victorian
Styles - QUEEN
ANNE
Steeply-pitched
roof of irregular shape, usually with dominant front-facing
gable, patterened shingles, asymmetrical facade, full-width
porch, excessive ornamentation, often with turret.
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Victorian
Styles - ITALIANATE
Two-three
stories, low-pitched roof, wide eave overhangs, decorative
brackets,
tall narrow windows, arched windows, cupola/tower, hipped
roof.
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Victorian
Styles -
GOTHIC
REVIVAL
Steeply-pitched
roof, cross gables with decorated verge boards, front-facing
steep gables, pointed arched windows, 1-story porch.
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Victorian
Styles -
ROMANESQUE
REVIVAL
Round-topped arches over windows, entrances
or porch supports, masonry walls, squared stonework, towers
with conical roofs, asymmetrical facade.
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Neoclassic
Style
Facade dominated
by full-height porch with roof supported by classical
columns, symmetrical facade, central door.
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Greek
Revival Style
Low-pitched
gabled or hipped roof, wide band of trim at cornice, porch
supported by prominent columns, door surrounded by narrow
sidelights, transom lights above door, symmetrical facade.
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Dutch
Colonial Style
One or one
and a half story, side gabled or side-gambreled, little
eave overhang, some with flared roofs or stepped gables.
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Colonial
Revival Style
Accentuated
front door with decorative pediment supported by pilasters,
slender columns, fanlights and sidelights, symmetrical
facade, double-hung windows with multiple panes.
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Exotic
Styles
- EGYPTIAN
Flared-top columns, lotus motifs, serpents, Sun god.
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Exotic
Styles - ORIENTAL
Turkish onion dome, minarets
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Arts
& Crafts Movement Styles
BUNGALOW
Low-pitched hipped roof, wide eave overhang, exposed roof
rafters, decorative false beams, porches, tapered square
columns.
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Arts
& Crafts Movement Styles
- PRAIRIE
(common variation: AMERICAN FOURSQUARE)
Low-pitched hipped roof, widely overhanging eaves, two-stories,
horizontal lines, massive square supports.
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Beaux
Arts Style
Wall surfaces
with decorative garlands, florals, and shields; symmetrical
facade with quoins, pilasters, masonry walls, light-colored,
rusticated first-floor masonry.
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Chicago
Style
High rise
building, skeleton of reinforced concrete, non-load bearing
outer
walls, large expanses of glass.
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Spanish
Eclectic Styles
(includes
Mission & Mediterranean)
Mission-shaped dormer or roof parapet, red tile roof, open
porches, large pier supports, arched openings, stucco walls,
low-pitched roof, little or no eave overhang, asymmetrical
facade.
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Tudor
Revival Style
Steeply-pitched
roof, side and front gables, decorative half-timbering,
tall
narrow windows in multiple groupings, multiple panes, decorative
chimney pots.
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Art Deco Style
(International
Style)
Smooth wall surface, flat roof, horizontal grooves or lines,
zigzags, chevrons
and other stylized and geometric motifs.
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Ranch
Style
Post-war,
simplified form, 1-story, low-pitched roof, broad facades,
decorative shutters, attached garage or carport, lack of
decorative detailing, contrasting wall materials, picture
windows.
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