With the american foursquare s style of a large but low attic i thought that i would find a more examples of third floor or dormer type renovations.
Foursquare house with attic.
Best of all the high pitched roof of the house offers some great ceiling height in this room.
Finished walk up attic.
The layout of tis space is very simple but spacious.
The form the homes are usually two stories.
Cube shape it s called a foursquare so the fact that the shape is a cube aka four walls that make a square makes sense right.
This part of the house is currently used for storage but it s conditioned and comfortable and we can t wait for it to one day be an amazing bedroom.
Houses like this might be called free classic.
From my amateur perspective it makes sense to raise the roof a bit and renovate the attic into usable space.
Note the palladian style window and oval cameo after 1915 most examples could be termed colonial revival.
There is a large attic that when finished the home could be considered a 2 story.
American foursquare home additions third floor.
Built ins such as bookcases and window seats were popular enhancements.
The american foursquare house is a type of residential architecture or style that generally has the following features.
The basic form of the structure of the house classifies it as an american foursquare.
Those building planbook or kit houses could order room dividing colonnades and kitchen cabinets.
But it was in pretty shabby shape.
Duh the exterior of a foursquare is cube shaped with two full floors plus an attic i.