This style was popular from the 17th to 19th centuries in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and surrounding areas, places with many northern European immigrants. These houses typically had thick, sandstone walls with wood framing insted of completely wood walls. There were arches over the windows and doors on the first floor, unlike both the New England Colonial and the Cape Cod styles. This style of architecture also included massive chimneys.
All of the colonial houses had a simple yet elegant design to them. Of all of them, though, I would most like to live in a German Colonial building because of the brick used to build the house. Nice research and great pictures. Excellent work, Maria!
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