652 Italianate Home Ideas
Italianate architecture swept across the United States in the mid-19th century, in a period where the English Picturesque movement found expression across the Atlantic. Inspired by rural Italian houses, architects in the US modelled their projects based on the enchanting farmhouses that had signature features such as square towers and rambling profiles.
The Italianate style is also called the Tuscan style, and is characterized by cupolas, arch windows, bracketed cornice details and frieze details. Italianate homes in the US can sometimes have a mix of Italianate and Italian Renaissance features, the latter being a classically inspired style and therefore looking more symmetrical and formal.