The Norfolk Colonial Revival is based on the Colonial Revival styles prevalent througout the country in the late -nineteenth and early-twentieth-centures. During this era, elements from Classical and Colonial houses were combined and modified to produce a new vocabulary that became popular in the latter part of the nineteenth century. This mixing of influences produced a wide variety of expression and form in the Colonial Revival house.
   Norfolk’s Colonial Revival houses tend to have tall, narrow windows, elaborate entrances and cornice treatments, and deep front porches that run the entire face of the front facade. The relaxed rules of composition, frequent use of paired windows, and the occasional gambrel roof form, give these houses a comfortable quality which places them in stark contrast to the regulated order of more Classical styles.
   In this section of the pattern book you will find the following detailed information about the Norfolk Colonial style house: