The Colonial Revival style was popular between the 1880s and the 1930s. The style was notable for symmetrical facades, sometimes balanced by side porches or additions. The style was applied equally well to one or two-storey structures.
Roofs tended to have medium pitches and varied from single gable to hip styles.
Most Colonial Revival houses were constructed of brick or wood clapboard.
The name Colonial Revival refers to the desire to revive the best parts of early styles. Many houses built in the style were Twentieth Century interpretations of what defined the concept of 'colonial.' As a result, entryways were constructed with side columns, pilasters, sidelights, transoms, Palladian windows and many varied combinations of them: whatever the individual builder thought embodied 'colonial.'
The Colonial Revival style is exemplified by the Schellsburg ~ Napier Joint High School along the east side of Market Street at the north edge of Schellsburg Borough.
