Architectural Styles - Prairie

prairieInformation:

  • Location: Hunter Street West
  • Architect: Unknown
  • Status: House
  • Build Date: 1915

Style:

  • c.1910-1930
  • Flat, low, horizontal appearance
  • Long, low pitched hipped roof with wide eaves
  • Rows of casement windows are common
  • Leaden or stained glass, geometric shapes, casement style
  • Massive square porch supports
  • Rare for Peterborough area
  • Style developed and popularized by American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright