FRENCH ECLETIC STYLE OVERVIEW
typically no identical windows, and an entrance tower or turret
with a conical roof.

French Provincial homes appear more formal and symmetrical
than French Normandy. French Provincial style also uses French
casement windows, prominent side chimneys, brick or stone
façades, wooden shutters, and steep, hipped roofs. The major
stylistic differences are segmental arches, through-the-cornice
windows, stucco or whitewashed brick façade, and decorative
metal accents.

French Normandy features many similar characteristics as Gothic
architecture: casement windows, masonry chimney, brick or
stone façades, asymmetrical form, and steep, hipped roofs.

The differences are the flare at the edge roof, wooden shutters,
Steep, Symetrical Pyramid or Hipped
Roof Side or Center Chimney
Segmental Arches Over Windows or
Doors Slate Roofing Material
Through-the-Cornice Windows or
Dormers Brick, Stone, Stucco or Whitewashed
Brick Façade
Stone Quoins at Corners, Windows and
Doors (not shown)
French Casement, Casement, or Double-
Hung Windows
Wood Shutters
Balustrade (row of supports and a
handrail, usually on a porch)
Decorative Copper or Metal Accent
Symetrical, Formal Façade
Side Wings (not shown)
• Low, Horizontal Form
• Living Spaces and Main Bedrooms on
Ground Floor
• Early Example of Blends Interior and
Exterior Spaces
• Bungalows (1 or 1.5 stories)
• 2-Story Subtype
• Brick or Stone Façades with Stale
or Tile Roofs are Common on Mt.

Lebanon Arts & Crafts.

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French Eclectic style can be more difficult to identify because the
style compasses a wide variety of French styles. French Eclectic
homes typically have French casement windows, but can use
double-hung or casement windows. Also, the exterior materials
vary widely: brick, stone, stucco, or whitewashed brick façades.

Most French homes have hipped or pyramid roofs. A pyramid roof
comes to a point, instead of a ridge like hipped roofs. The roofs
sometimes feature a flare at the edge. Two French styles found in
Mt. Lebanon are French Normandy and French Provincial.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES



Architec tural St yles
11 French Casement Window
Towered entrance
White stucco façade and mansard roof
French casement window and
segamental arch dormer
Whitewashed brick façade and steep-pitched hipped roof
French ecletic towered shingled cross gabled roof, hipped front gable, turret, no
identical windows, brick and stone chimney
Through-the-cornice window
Formal entry and decorative metal accents
French Provincial with stone façade and hipped roof
Quoins, large decorative stones
accenting the corners of a building, can
be regular or irregular in shape.