The Colonial Revival style, introduce around 1876, was derived from houses built in the eastern United States a century earlier. The style has been popular ever since. Between the World Wars, it was the most popular historic revival house style in the United States.

Colonial Revival houses, like their models, are usually two stories, with a ridge pole parallel to the street, a symmetrical front facade, an accented doorway with evenly spaced windows on either side of it.

Architectural detail which distinguish Colonial Revival buildings from earlier colonial buildings are:

• elaborate front doors, often with decorative crown pediments and overhead fanlights and sidelights, but with machine-made woodwork that had less depth and relief than earlier handmade versions.
• Window openings, while symmetrically located on either side of the front entrance, were usually hung in adjacent pairs or in triple combinations rather than as single windows.
• Side porches or sunrooms were common additions to these homes, introducing modern comforts.
• Also distinctive in this style are multiple columned porches and doors with fanlights and sidelights.