• Lewis-Gale prepares to break ground
• Four Square is sittin' pretty
• SW Virginia's first traditional neighborhood is born
• Central business district is taking shape

The Colonial style (1700 - 1780) was based on a simple European medieval architecture consisting of a side-gabled rectangle and a central entry on the long side.

Essential Elements

• Simple, straightforward volumes with side wings and porches added to make expressive and balanced compositions
• An orderly, symmetrical relationship between doors, windows and building mass
• Simplified versions of Classical details and columns, ocassionally with Classical orders
  (Tuscan and Ionic) used at the entry
• Multi-pane windows
• Useful porch areas, often on the sides or rear
• Gable roof for main body (hip roof only in extremely rare and elegant circumstances)

Front	Rear	Left	Right
Graylin Manor • Click here for the first Floor Plan (PDF) • Click here for the Second Floor Plan (PDF)