Italianate Perfection


19th Century Italianate Perfection In San Francisco, California.
Key Italianate Visual Elements Include:
-Low-pitched or flat roofs; roof is frequently hipped
-Projecting eaves supported by corbels
-Imposing cornice structures
-Pedimented windows and doors
- Arch-headed, pedimented or Serlian windows with pronounced architraves and archivolts
-Tall first floor windows suggesting a piano nobile
-Belvedere or machicolated signorial
-towers
-Cupolas
-Quoins
-Loggias
-Balustrades concealing the roof-scape
-About 15% of Italianate houses in the United States include a tower
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