Loyalist
(1800-1850)

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Some major characteristics of Loyalist architecture:

(excerpted  from the Village of Maple Heritage Conservation District Plan 2007, prepared by Phillip H. Carter Architect and Planner in Association with Paul Oberst Architect).

 

• Kitchen Tail often added later, sometimes with a side porch.

• Fieldstone foundations

• Brick chimneys, sometimes central

• 4” wood clapboard siding with wood corner boards; Brick or stone in some areas.

• Wood fascia and eaves.

• Symmetrical façade; central door with transom and/or sidelights.

• Wood windows, double hung, 6 over 6 or greater.

• Optional wood shutters.

 

To learn more:

 

http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/loyalist.htm

 

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-history-1759-1867