City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Gateway Corridor StandardsBuilding design and construction:
Bungalow Classical Revival Colonial Revival Frame Vernacular Gothic Revival Italianate Mediterranean Revival Queen Anne Shingle architectural styles
Other historical styles may be permitted upon application to the CityCommission where the applicant demonstrates, and the CityCommission or its designee determines, that the utilization of suchstyle contributes positively to the historic character of the City and isconsistent with the intent of this article.
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
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Frame Vernacular No set time period
210 Connecticut Avenue
Frame VernacularNo set time period
Ann Stevens House, 201 E. Kicklighter Rd
290 Barbe Street
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Frame Vernacular
Construction: Typically frame, with clapboard or board and batten exterior.Plan: Massed plan, symmetrical, asymmetrical with ell.Height: One to two-and-a-half stories.Roof: Side-gable, front-gable, hipped, pyramidal.Regional variants / varieties: Most common to Florida is the “Florida Vernacular” or “cracker cottage” (1840 – 1920):
Commonly features standing seam metal roof. Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound. Crawl spaces / raised first floor for ventilation. Fenestration that takes advantage of cross breezes, commonly double-hung. Can include two-story “plantation” variant with double-height front porch – overlaps into
Bahamian / Conch style variations.
No set time period
Wraparound porch to provide shade.
Simple, unadorned styling.
Cross-gable style to take advantage of cross breezes.
Double-height front porch.
Elevated first floor.
Standing seam metal roof.
192 North Euclid Avenue 294 N. Lakeview Drive
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Frame VernacularTwenty-four of the forty-four vernacular buildings in the district are residences. The remainder are small outbuildings. A good example of late nineteenth century vernacular construction is the residence at 225 West Garden Street. The building has a front-facing gable roof surfaced with metal 3-V crimp panels. Windows are 2/2-light double-hung sash. A tiered porch integrated under the primary roof displays turned wood posts, brackets, and balustrades on the second story and square wood columns with balustrades on the first floor. The lower porch shelters a paneled wood entrance door with a large transom. The gable end features patterned wood shingles and a hopper window set in a decorative surround. Clapboard serves as the exterior wall fabric. Another excellent example of vernacular construction is the residence at 294 N. Lakeview Avenue, built c. 1885. The simple frame building has a two-story porch across the facade, a metal gable roof, and 2/2 light, double hung windows. Historic photographs reveal that the roof originally featured a central gable.
From NPS Form 10-900-a, QMS Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Sheet dated 8/13/1993
Frame VernacularNo set time period
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Frame VernacularNo set time period
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Select: Metal Shingle
Roof Materials
Select: Side-gable Front-gable Hipped Pyramidal
Roof Design
Select: Clapboard Board and
Batten
Exterior Materials
Select: One Story Two Stories Two and a half
stories
Height
Massed plan, symmetrical
Asymmetrical with ell
Crawl spaces / Elevated first floor for ventilation
Plan
Generally, double-hung sash windows made of wood Windows are spaced evenly along all facades Windows can be single-pane, or 2- or 4-pane
Windows
Doors contain recessed wood panels
Doors
Columns are typically narrow and made of wood; usually spaced evenly across the facade, with few details
Columns
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Wood style doors Reflect the
character of historic swinging doors
Side Entry Garage
Detached garage located to the rear
Breezeway to home
Detached Garage
Fixtures were crafted in pewter, brass and silver to look elegant. Sometimes typified by "S" curved arms and a central hanging oversized ball shape.
Lighting
Colors range in the pastel family from light whites, yellows and grays to light pastel colors.
Paint
Sparse, limited to ornamental woodwork
Trim
Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound two-story “plantation” variant with double-height front porch
Front Porch
Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound.
Sides
Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound.
Rear
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Roof Materials
Roof Design
Metal Shingle
Side-gable
Frame VernacularNo set time period
Pyramidal
Hipped
Front-gable
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Exterior Materials
Frame VernacularNo set time period
Clapboard
Board and Batten
Height One Story
Two and a half stories
Two Stories
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Plan
Massed plan, symmetrical Asymmetrical with ell Crawl spaces / Elevated first floor for ventilation
Sloped or battered foundation
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Windows
Columns
Frame VernacularNo set time period
Generally, double-hung sash windows made of wood Windows are spaced evenly along all facades Windows can be single-pane, or 2-or 4-pane
Columns are typically narrow and made of wood; usually spaced evenly across the facade, with few details
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Doors
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Side Entry Garage
Detached Garage
Detached garage located to the rear
Breezeway to home
Wood style doors Reflect the character of historic swinging
doors Preferably located to the rear of the
structure
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Lighting
Paint
Frame VernacularNo set time period
Colors range in the pastel family from light whites, yellows and grays to light pastel colors.
Fixtures were crafted in pewter, brass and silver to look elegant. Sometimes typified by "S" curved arms and a central hanging oversized ball shape
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Trim
Front Porch
Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound Two-story “plantation” variant with double-height front porch
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide
Sides
Rear
Windows, Trim and Details consistent on all sides of the structure
Wide, covered porches, frequently wraparound.
Frame VernacularNo set time period
City of Lake HelenHistoric Home Style Guide