Foursquare House With Attic

The exterior of a foursquare is cube shaped with two full floors plus an attic i e.

Foursquare house with attic.

Best of all the high pitched roof of the house offers some great ceiling height in this room. The homes are usually two stories. But it was in pretty shabby shape. The layout of tis space is very simple but spacious.

Finished walk up attic. Hipped roof exceptions exist but most foursquares have a hipped or steep pyramidal roof. Boxy shape it s nearly a cube practicality usually dictated a slightly greater depth than width with two full storeys and an attic that was often made livable by large dormers. However some were built with partial porches and some have porches that wrap around to the side.

From my amateur perspective it makes sense to raise the roof a bit and renovate the attic into usable space. There is a large attic that when finished the home could be considered a 2 story. This foursquare house plan transformed that second floor closet from model 102 and turned it into an indoor bathroom. The foursquare is typically a two and a half story house on a full basement with a monitor dormer a dormer with a roof line that mirrors the primary roof in the attic.

Low pitched hipped roof the roof slopes in on all four sides of the house resembling a pyramid and has a low slope i e. Built in 1915 the symmetrical house had the classic configuration of four rooms downstairs and four up plus a dormered attic under a hipped roof and an ample front porch. A steep sloped hipped roof creates the large attic. Generally foursquare houses have a front porch spanning the full width of the front of the house.

Most foursquares have pyramidal hip roofs which come to a peak in the center. A hallmark feature of the american foursquare is plain design. The chelsea floor plan has a large front hall room quaintly described as a music room or reception hall the stairs in this room jut out on the second floor allowing space for a side entry door under an oriel window. This part of the house is currently used for storage but it s conditioned and comfortable and we can t wait for it to one day be an amazing bedroom.

With the american foursquare s style of a large but low attic i thought that i would find a more examples of third floor or dormer type renovations. Oct 6 2015 5 posts published by newjersey oldhouse during december 2013.