American culture, especially in the Boston area, which became a center of the Colonial Revival movement. This influence showed itself in the study of surviving 18 th -century houses and the incorporation of aspects of that architecture in the residences of the area. While the earliest examples of the Colonial Revival style used Georgian details eclectically, in the manner of the Queen Anne style, by 1900, the Colonial Revival style was characterized by greater symmetry and order and a closer mimicking of actual 18 th -century houses. Hallmarks of the style are the use of the classical orders in porches, entrances, windows and cornices. Roof balustrades, pedimented dormers, Palladian or oval windows, denticulated cornices, pilasters with Ionic or Corinthian capitals, and expansive porches with fluted or plain columns in pairs or clusters, are typical of the Colonial Revival house.
Entrances frequently feature leaded fanlights and sidelights.
Because the Colonial Revival house often had a larger footprint than its 18 th -century prototype, the more capacious hip roof form was commonly used. The Colonial Revival style marked a return to lighter paint colors. Trim is always off-white or cream. The major distinction in the Colonial Revival paint scheme is in the sash color, which is the same as the trim color. This is true particularly in later examples which show little of the Queen Anne asymmetry.