Beautiful Brick
Hello, about your brick home of the 1800's. I believe that I read your home is in Amherst, MA. The local historical society should be able to show you photos that were taken in the town around the time that this home was built. Windows were most likely what was called six over six. Six small panes of glass in each frame. It is a beauty, and if things don't work out for you with the historical society, give WGBH a phone call or email and talk to the group of individuals at This Old House. Who knows, we may see it being worked on in a future series of shows!
From Barbara :
The house looks like what I've heard called 'Federal style'. Given the period in which such houses were popular, an appropriate 'garden' would have heirloom flowers and could have sort of a wilder, less formal look. Spices, such as fennel, creeping thyme, blue flax, lovage, etc intermingled with 'older' plants would be appropriate. A number of seed and bulb companies offer older varieties of plants. Some are definitely as lovely as the new hybrids. There are roses which are older varieties, with large, attractive red hips in the fall; different daffodils date from the 1800's and before, as do tulips. Gravel or brick walkways could both be used; with the brick walkways, you'd have a more formal look, though.
From Lana J. Hunt:
I believe that this house was made in the classical Georgian style. You can see that ornamentation is minimal and that the house supports chimneys on both sides of the roof. Classical Georgian and Greek Revival were popular in the 1800 time frame. Many plantations were of the Classical Georgian style.
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