If you asked someone to picture a "traditional American house," there's a pretty good chance they're picturing some version of Colonial Revival.
And Rome is full of them.
Unlike Tudor Revival—with its steep roofs, arches and storybook details—Colonial Revival is usually about order, symmetry and proportion. The style looks backward to America's Georgian, Federal and other colonial-era architecture, but it isn't actually Colonial. Most of the houses we call Colonial were built generations—or even centuries—later.
Once you know what to look for, they're surprisingly easy to spot.
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