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1625 - mid-1800s: Dutch Colonial

Picture Dictionary of American Colonial House Styles: Dutch Colonial

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Settling along the Hudson River in the land that became New York State, Dutch colonists built brick and stone homes like those found in the Netherlands.
The John Teller House is a Dutch Colonial home in Schenectady, NY

The John Teller House is a Dutch Colonial home in the Stockade neighborhood of Schenectady, NY. The home was built in about 1740.

Photo © Jackie Craven

Dutch Colonial homes have many of these features:

  • Located in New York State
  • Stone or brick construction
  • Dutch doors (upper and lower halves can be opened independently)
  • Matching chimneys on each side
  • Wide, slightly flared eaves, OR
  • Gambrel roof, OR
  • Gambrel roof with flared eaves
Built in 1740, the Dutch Colonial Home shown here has a gambrel roof and a salt-box shaped lean-to addition.

Modern-day Dutch Colonial Revival houses borrow the gambrel roof found on historic Dutch Colonial houses. See a 20th century Dutch Colonial Revival house >

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