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OR ®K 5910 PG 1464 <br /> 17 of 25 <br /> be historically correct. Colonial Revival houses from about 1915 to 1935 strove to be more true to <br /> colonial prototypes,while later examples were simpler in design. <br /> Some of the identifying features of the style are symmetrical (or balanced asymmetrical) massing <br /> and facades, and the use of traditional building materials such as brick and weatherboard. Although <br /> the buildings are often rectangular in form, the central portion of a facade may project slightly and <br /> may be marked by a pediment. Roofs are commonly hipped, double-pitched, or gambrel and have <br /> classical cornice detailing at the eaves. Front doors are usually accented, sometimes with <br /> pedimented entry porches supported by columns and/or by door surrounds containing fanlights and <br /> sidelights. Windows are commonly double-hung sashes of multi-paned glass and are found singly <br /> and in pairs. A few buildings in the historic district exhibit the Colonial Revival style and are <br /> usually characterized by symmetrical massing, weatherboard siding, side-gabled roofs, and <br /> decorative shutters. <br /> Mission <br /> The Mission style originated in California and is based on the designs of their early Spanish <br /> missions. Popular during the 1890-1920 period, the most distinctive features of the style are tiled <br /> roofs, shaped parapets, and arches. Other Mission traits include simple forms, tiled copings, roof <br /> towers, and balconies. Many of these characteristics became a part of the Mediterannean Revival <br /> style. The line between the two styles is somewhat blurred; the main distinctions are the absence of <br /> ornament in Mission and its predating Mediterannean Revival. <br /> Art Deco <br /> The Art Deco style had its beginning at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et <br /> Industriels Modernes of 1925 and reflected such avant-garde art movements as Cubism,Fauvism, <br /> Expressionism, and Futurism. Art Deco is characterized by a linear,hard edge or angular <br /> composition often with a vertical emphasis and highlighted with stylized decoration. The style <br /> reflected the hope of the machine age,after a devastating World War and the Depression. There is <br /> only one example of the Art Deco style in the historic district which makes this building significant. <br /> Details of the Art Deco style include a stepped façade, a strong vertical emphasis, and low-relief <br /> ornamentation with stylized motifs. <br /> Minimal Traditional <br /> The Minimal Traditional style developed as an economical response to the Great Depression and <br /> is loosely based on a simplified version of the Tudor cottage. It usually lacks the steeply pitched <br /> roof and other traditional details associated with the Tudor style but exhibits a dominant front <br /> gable and front-facing chimney. The Minimal Traditional style was the dominant style of <br /> domestic architecture throughout Florida post-war 1940s and early 1950s. <br /> Ranch <br /> The Ranch style was popularized during the 1940s, and became the dominant style of suburban <br /> architecture in the 1950s and 1960s. Following World War II,people migrated from the central <br /> city to the suburbs. The narrow urban lots of the city, which made compact building types <br /> necessary,were replaced by the large,pastoral lots of the suburbs that were ideal for the <br /> sprawling design of the Ranch house. Characteristics include the main body of the house <br /> situated parallel to the street, a long one-story block with low-pitched roofs, and an integral <br /> garage. <br /> Other <br /> Other styles that are featured in Zephyrhills include Tudor Revival,Mission,Folk Victorian, <br /> Gothic Revival,Art Moderne,Art Deco, Queen Anne, American Foursquare, International, and a <br /> Quonset structure. Only one or two examples of each type exist. There are also several <br /> structures that exhibit no style and these include a canal, a bridge and the cemetery. <br /> CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM <br /> 11 <br />