Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...

A well-designed home can retain its classic features even as modern life forces updates. Take a look at a renovated, 114-year-old Colonial Revival mansion in Northeast Portland, which is for sale at ...

Colonial Revival architecture is like a classic Oxford shirt — it never goes out of style! Although the movement began soon after the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the style never took ...

Interestingly, Dutch Colonial Revival style didn’t get its name directly from Holland or even Colonial architecture. Instead, it refers to the 17th-century Dutch colonists who settled in coastal New ...

The next time you drive down Richmond’s Blanton Avenue near the city reservoir, look for the house that sits on a large lot near the tennis courts. You can’t miss it. Because it’s on the edge of ...

The historic Bowman-Cotton House, billed as “one of Point Loma’s most iconic waterfront homes,” was constructed in 1929 under the supervision of master architect Richard Requa. Requa, who studied ...

A Colonial Revival house designed by respected architect Roscoe Hemenway in Portland’s Southwest Hills is for sale at $1.6 million. The three-level home, built in 1931 at 2505 S.W. Hillcrest Drive, ...