These houses often had slate roofs which might be ornamented with multi color slates arranged in patterns.
Mansard roof on dutch colonial home.
For instance some dutch colonial homes are seen with a single long dormer containing anywhere from two to three windows sometimes more.
The roof might be straight sided convex or concave and broken by dormers.
Dutch colonial houses we see today are actually revivals concurrent with colonial revival in general.
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Conversely classically inspired georgian and adam details often appear on dutch colonial revival houses.
The mansard roof has a double pitch at top almost flat then descending in a steep almost vertical pitch.
The oldest known gambrel roof in america was on the second harvard hall at harvard university built in 1677.
It was the dutch colonists from the netherlands who brought the gambrel roof to america.
The origin of the gambrel roof form in north america is unknown.
In dutch the term two sided mansard roof is used for gambrel roofs.
Origins of the gambrel in north america.
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Due to this the gambrel roof has been shared and mixed across several styles including shingle and georgian.
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Other aspects of the dutch colonial home on the other hand can vary.
A mansard roof is the same on all sides while a gambrel roof is not.