Chelsey Nelson Chad Clower. Completed in 1913, the dorms were the first example of Maryland Style Colonial Architecture in southern Minnesota.

Chelsey Nelson

Chad Clower

Completed in 1913, the dorms were the first example of Maryland Style Colonial Architecture in southern Minnesota.

There are two varieties of Colonial Architecture.

Georgian

Colonial

Colonial Architecture is an off-shot of the Cape Cod style of architecture.

“Real” Colonial style can only be found in the 13 colonies.

Georgian style was transported directly from England.

It only had slight differences from the English Style.

Colonial Style is completely distinct from the Georgian and English style.

It evolved only in America.

It is less complex than the Georgian Style and is thought to be less “glamorous”.

There are four forms.

The first is found primarily in New England.

The second is mainly in New York with some examples found in Long Island and Northern New Jersey.

The third originated in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey.

The last is in rare existence found only in Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Rectangular

Symmetrical

Protruding Entry with Columns

Gabled Roof

Chimney at Each End

Sometimes Seen Only at One End

Double-Hung Windows

Shutters

Small Equally Sized Window Panes

Clapboard Siding

Central door way

Two windows on either side

Five windows across second floor

Post and Beam Construction

Frame of Vertical Posts Every Six Feet

Horizontal Mortared to Ends to Form Rooms

Dirt Floors

Wood Floors

White Limestone Walls

Small Windows

Conserve Heat

Central or Offset Chimney

Steep Thatch Roof

Lowered with Use of Shingles

The first Colonial houses were merely one room deep and two stories.

Occasionally single story “hall parlors.”

Added space in 1700’s to make 1 ½ room deep Saltbox home.

Had unique sloping rear roof line.

Late 1700’s evolved to four-over-four houses.

Central hall with stairs

Living Room 2 rooms deep

Dining Room opposite living room

Kitchen behind Dining room

Bedrooms Upstairs

Bathrooms Upstairs

Maryland houses used brick construction

More protection from the elements

Produced architecture second only to Virginia

Wealth from tobacco fields

Few examples left in Maryland

Chose more elegant style as wealth increased

Grand Central Chimney

Brick Construction

Eave Pattern

Perched Windows

Original Peaked Roof

Peaked Roof Brick Construction

Three Window Pattern

Perched Windows

Brick Construction

Intricate Columns

Peaked Roof

Eave Pattern