Top 6 Architectural Styles in Ontario
Edwardian
6 York Street, Orangeville, Ontario
- simple, balanced facades
- simple roof lines
- dormer windows
- large front porches
- smooth brick surfaces
- voussoirs and keystones are used sparingly and are understated
- finials and cresting are absent
- cornice brackets and braces are block-like
- openings have flat arches or plain stone lintels
Georgian
481 Ridout Street, London, Ontario
- balanced facades around a central door
- medium-pitched gable roofs
- small-paned windows.
Gothic
63-65 Sydenham Street, Dundas, Ontario
- decorative buildings with sharply-pitched gables
- highly detailed verge boards
- pointed-arch window openings
- dichromatic brickwork
Italianate
- two story rectangular buildings
- hip roof
- a projecting frontispiece
- generous eaves with ornate cornice brackets
- large sash windows
- quoins
- ornate detailing on the windows
- belvederes
- wraparound verandahs
- cast iron cresting
- elegant window surrounds.
Queen Anne
26 Lansdowne Road North, Galt, Ontario
- irregular outline
- an offset tower
- broad gables
- projecting two-story bays
- verandahs
- multi-sloped roofs
- tall, decorative chimneys
- a mixture of brick and wood is common
Second Empire
Langevin Block, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario
- mansard roof
- projecting central towers
- one or two-story bays
