Dutch Colonial Revival Architecture

Dutch Colonial Revival is a domestic architectural style, most popular in the early twentieth century, chiefly identified by its gambrel roof with curved, flaring eaves that extend over the long sides of the house in a form recalling a barn. It also typically features double hung sash windows, a central double Dutch door, and, particularly in Hudson Valley examples, stone or brick construction. The term Dutch Colonial appeared in American usage between about 1920 and 1925 to describe this revival style, which drew loosely on the building traditions of the original Dutch colonial period from roughly 1705 to 1775 without reproducing them directly, and it remained most popular in the American Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Delaware and western Connecticut, through the 1930s.