The porch is back!
The porch was a standard feature of colonial homes and those built in the South where they provided shade and coolness. During Victorian times, the sleeping porch was a retreat where the occupant hoped to catch a cooling breeze in warm weather.
The Greek Revival porch of the mid 1800's, was designed with a gabled roof sitting on large columns. This porch was mainly architectural not functional.
After World War II the porch lost its allure when families were drawn inside by air conditioning and television.
Remember gathering on the stoop with friends or that small portico with a couple of chairs, where neighbors might stop to share a story with your parents. I recall the grand home on the main street with the wraparound porch complete with rocking chairs and swing, and the screened porch where my aunt served lemonade. It's all in the picture of a time gone by, whose time has come again.
Americans are once again embracing the home and porches are popping up on new homes in developments all around us.
Interested in The Stylistic Evolution of the American Front Porch check out http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_97/projects/cook/style.htm
The porch was a standard feature of colonial homes and those built in the South where they provided shade and coolness. During Victorian times, the sleeping porch was a retreat where the occupant hoped to catch a cooling breeze in warm weather.
The Greek Revival porch of the mid 1800's, was designed with a gabled roof sitting on large columns. This porch was mainly architectural not functional.
After World War II the porch lost its allure when families were drawn inside by air conditioning and television.
Remember gathering on the stoop with friends or that small portico with a couple of chairs, where neighbors might stop to share a story with your parents. I recall the grand home on the main street with the wraparound porch complete with rocking chairs and swing, and the screened porch where my aunt served lemonade. It's all in the picture of a time gone by, whose time has come again.
Americans are once again embracing the home and porches are popping up on new homes in developments all around us.
Interested in The Stylistic Evolution of the American Front Porch check out http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_97/projects/cook/style.htm
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