Arts and Crafts House Styles
The Arts & Crafts movement, which began in England in the late 19th century,
espoused a simple decorative expression of structural elements and the use of natural materials, which builders found suitable for both estate and cottage homes.
Known as the Craftsman style in the United States, it enjoyed widespread use
throughout the country in the early twentieth century. Many local builders became
familiar with it through the publication of pattern books, plan books and mail
order catalogs. Louisiana is home to many small Craftsman-style cottages which
were created by adapting the elements of the style to local building traditions and
applying them to local building types such as shotgun houses and cottages.
The Louisiana Arts & Crafts style is characterized by broad, open
porches, roofs with deep overhangs and exposed rafter tails, asymmetric
compositions, grouped windows with a variety of upper muntin patterns,
expressive trim and ornamental brackets. One trait that is unique to Arts
& Crafts houses in this region is the use of a more vertical column in addition
to the shorter and wider columns used in other regions.
Elements
- Deep one- and two-story porches
- Large overhangs with deep eaves
- First floors raised above the ground
- Deep roof overhangs with ornamental rafter tails and brackets
- Use of dormers and complex roof forms
- Wide variety of window pane patterns
- Rich colors with contrasting trim
 | | Arts and Crafts House Styles. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
 | | Arts and Crafts Architectural Massings. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
 | | Arts and Crafts Porches. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
|  | | Arts and Crafts Windows. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
 | | Arts and Crafts Roofs and Eaves. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
 | | Arts and Crafts Porches. From the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book. |
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| Posted on: 5/18/2007 9:29:30 AM |
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