INTRODUCTION TO PERIOD STYLES: During the late 1800s, European-trained architects designed highstyle period houses for the wealthy. Each period style identifies specifically with an architecture of an earlier period and place: either early American or European precedents. Several popular period styles are included on these web sites, though other, less common period styles also appeared. During this time (mostly between 1900 and 1929), accuracy of styles became important once again, unlike Queen Anne style, which borrowed from a variety of sources. Most Important, period styles look to the past for inspiration. The trend toward period architecture gained momentum from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the Columbian Exposition, where historical interpretations of European styles were encouraged. Simultaneous to the rise of period-style architecture, the modern era saw its beginnings with architects who were instead looking to the future, not the past, with more progressive, modernist styles. Thus defines the eclectic movement of the early 20th century, which consisted of a simultaneous and perhaps competing interest in both modern and historic architectural traditions.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND FEATURES: Tudor revival became especially popular with 1920s suburban homes, loosely based on late medieval prototypes. Many are identified with false (ornamental) half-timbering, a medieval English building tradition, often with stucco or masonry veneered walls, steeply pitched roof, cross-gabled plans. A varient of this is sometimes referred to as the Picturesque Cottage or English Cottage, which typically includes a picturesque (asymmetrical) floor plan but without the half timbering. A whimsical variant of the Tudor Revival is the playful Storybook Style, also known as the Cotswold Cottage or Hansel and Gretel Cottage.

PHOTO LOCATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS (based on info available)

1. State College, PA. Exhibits half-timbered facade, common to Tudor Revival style.
2. Hemet, CA. Santa Fe Railway depot, with Tudor facade.
3. State College, PA.
4. State College, PA.
5. Las Vegas, NM.
6. Bellefonte, PA.
7. Flagstaff, AZ. Santa Fe Railway depot, c.1926.
8. State College, PA.
9. Urbana, IL. Fraternity house just off the University of Illinois campus.
10. Ashville, NC. A combination of craftsman bungalow and Tudor revival.
11. Ashville, NC. Good example of Tudor without the half-timbering.
12. Branford, CT.
13-17. St. Louis, MO.
18-22. Savannah, GA. Ardsley Park neighborhood.
23-25. Long Beach, CA.
26. Los Angeles, CA. Tudor entryway.
27. Pasadena, CA. Entryway to small manufacturing building, probably 1920s. Old U.S. Route 66.
28-29. Venice Beach, CA. Whimsical examples of Storybook Style.
30. Beverly Hills, CA. Storybook Style.