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Styles · 15 buildings with a page · 78 more in the state inventory, not yet researched

Colonial Revival

The old town's own styles revived: Georgian and Federal forms at a larger scale.

Usual dates
1880–1955
In Newburyport
c. 1900–1970
Built 1830–1860
1
Built 1860–1900
3
Built 1900–1945
11
286 High Street, Newburyport
An example286 High StreetFirst Church of Christ, Scientist1941 · Photo: Biff Bouse

How to recognize it

  1. 01A symmetrical front with a centered door, often under a portico or a fanlight and sidelights
  2. 02A side-gabled or gambrel roof with dormers, or a hip roof
  3. 03Multi-paned sash, 6-over-6 or 8-over-8, or 6-over-1
  4. 04Classical details, columns, pilasters, dentil cornices, larger and broader than on the originals
  5. 05A Palladian window or a pair of bay windows flanking the door
  6. 06Georgian Revival: the brick, hip-roofed, quoined version

About the style

Colonial Revival is the return to the Georgian and Federal houses that Newburyport was already full of, and here the revival and the original sit side by side. The new houses were larger, their details bigger and freer: a fanlight over the door, a Palladian window, a columned porch, a gambrel roof with dormers, and everything a little exaggerated. Windows are 6-over-6 or 8-over-8 in the old manner, or a big single pane below a small-paned upper sash.

The style also drove restorations, and some "Colonial" details on old houses date from this period.

Colonial Revival in Newburyport

110-112 High Street, Newburyportc. 1855110-112 High StreetPope-Mosely House361 High Street, Newburyportc. 1896361 High StreetHome for Aged MenGeorgian Revival70 High Street, Newburyportc. 190070 High StreetQueen Anne/Colonial Revival12 Summit Place, Newburyportc. 190012 Summit Place2 Toppans Lane, Newburyport19022 Toppans LaneEdwin Dodge HouseColonial Revival/Craftsman25 Highland Avenue, Newburyport190425 Highland AvenueAnna Jaques HospitalGeorgian Revival296 High Street, Newburyportc. 1918296 High StreetFrederick Smith House166 High Street, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 1922166 High StreetSt. Paul's Episcopal Church61 Pleasant Street, Newburyport192761 Pleasant StreetNewburyport Main Branch Post Office63–69 State Street, Newburyportc. 192863–69 State Street38 Ashland Street, Newburyportc. 193038 Ashland Street298 High Street, Newburyportc. 1930298 High Street12 Toppans Lane, Newburyportc. 193012 Toppans LaneArthur P. Brown House241 High Street, Newburyportc. 1937241 High Street286 High Street, Newburyport1941286 High StreetFirst Church of Christ, Scientist
Also in the state inventory 78 buildings not yet researched

1–11 Pleasant Street

1–3 Harris Street

½ Center Street

½ Union Street

10–12 Howard Street

14–16 Marlboro Street

18–22 Unicorn Street

223–225 Water Street

25–27 Water Street

27–29 Woodland Street

271–273 High Street

340–344 High Street

354–356 Merrimac Street

36–40 Madison Street

42–44 Olive Street

43–49 State Street

51–55 ½ State Street

58–60 Prospect Street

8–10 Essex Street

Ashland Street

Barton Street

Broad Street

Buck Street

Butler Street

Carleton Dr

Chestnut Street

Green Street

Harris Street

High Street

Howard Street

Johnson Street

Madison Street

Magnolia Street

Marlboro Street

Merrimac Street

Olive Street

Payson Street

Pine Street

School Street

State Street

Titcomb Street

Toppan's Lane

Unicorn Street

Union Street

Water Street

Will's Lane

Woodland Street

Styles are as recorded on each building's page; a building whose page names two styles is listed under the one that fits its date, or under Victorian Eclectic when both are Victorian, with its own wording under its address. Buildings not yet researched show the state inventory's dates and styles. Hollow dots are lost buildings. Locations: MassGIS / Massachusetts Historical Commission.