Many houses in the area around Rolling Prairie are of this style. Houses in this style are very common across the Midwest, built during a period of rapid growth. The most easily recognizable feature is the use of decorative brackets under the projecting eaves. Roofs are low and were not meant to be seen. The buildings are usually two story and were meant to give a vertical feeling to the viewer.
Windows are usually round arched but can also be flat or segmentally arched.
Most of the ltalianate buildings found here are of reddish brick with the porch, eaves and brackets painted white. Buildings in this style should be very vertical in feeling with steep roofs, tall, narrow or pointed windows and vertical siding. Apparently the Gothic style was not very popular in LaPorte County because few buildings in this style can be found, though often various Gothic elements are included in houses of other styles. A catchall name for buildings which show elements of many styles, or have no particular style. This style is used exclusively for commercial buildings.