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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 10 <br />CRAFTSMAN <br />Taken from the name of Gustave Stickley’s magazine, The <br />Craftsman, these residences were inspired by the ideals <br />of the English Arts & Crafts movement, oriental wood <br />architecture, and the works of Greene & Greene in <br />California. Craftsman elements could be applied to a <br />variety of building forms, including Gabled Fronts, <br />Bungalows and American Foursquares. These elements <br />include triangular knee-braces, exposed rafter tails, overhanging eaves and porches with <br />tapered, square or paired piers. Residences are built with a variety of materials – wood, <br />brick, stone and stucco. <br />Revival Styles <br />COLONIAL <br />Inspired by the American Centennial (1876), Colonial <br />revivalism looked to the pre-Revolutionary period for <br />architectural inspiration. The loose interpretation of colo- <br />nial buildings and residences became popular in the <br />1880s and has remained so to the present day. Georgian, <br />Cape Cod and Dutch Colonial buildings were popular <br />models for revivals in this area. <br />CLASSICAL <br />The White City, Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, <br />reawakened a widespread interest in classical architec- <br />ture. Classical revival motifs were applied to common <br />house forms of the period (1890s-1920s) – Foursquares, <br />free classic Queen Annes and gambrel-roofed residences. <br />Elements include Palladian and oval windows; Ionic or <br />Corinthian columns, sometimes fluted; and entablatures <br />with dentils. Classical revivalism differs slightly from the Neo-Classical residential style, <br />which uses two-story porticos with balustrades and more massive columns.