Federal c. 1780 - c. 1830
From The Salem Handbook, Historic Salem Incorporated, 1977
- Usually a central hall plan, five-bay facade arrangement with central front door. Symmetry of Georgian style retained.
- Often semi-elliptical or semi-circular fanlight with flanking sidelights. Frequently decorated by pilasters and/or columns with a flat entablature. Semi-circular or rectangular porticos were common. Usually a six-panel door.
- Narrow proportions with simple casing and slender mullions. ( often stone lintels over windows in brick examples)
- Gable or shallow hip roof often hidden by balustrade. Tall, slender chimneys appeared at ends of building. 1770.
- Executed in wood or brick. Sometimes flatboards on the front facade with brick on the sides and read.
- Simplicity and lightness of detail. Much more refined than the heavier Georgian style.