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66 THE RURAL VOICE
RURAL HERITAGE
ROMANESQUE
and
RICHARDSONIAN
ROMANESQUE
architecture
— part of a series on rural architecture
from the Stratford -Perth Archives.
The Romanesque Revival style,
popular during the latter half of the
1800s, borrows features from Roman
Classical architecture. Romanesque
buildings are massive, overpowering
structures with large doors and windows
emphasized by being set into the walls.
The most important feature of
Romanesque Revival architecture is
round -arched doorways or large, round -
arched picture windows. The round -
headed doorways usually rest on squat,
Roman columns or heavy piers. Piers
are reinforced areas spread across the
wall in intervals to provide support.
Roman columns, simpler than
Greek columns, are also popular adorn-
ments. The decoration on the frieze (the
horizontal band along the top of the
column) usually has a floral motif, but
Inspired by Henry Hobson Richardson:
Perth County Courthouse, Stratford,
1885-1887.
Presbyterian Church, Shakespeare,
Ont., 1903: Built to impress — and last.
other modest details were used. (Greek
friezes are usually adorned with more
intricate patterns of fruit and leaves.)
Three-dimensional columns away
from the wall act either as a structural
support or a decoration. When a column
appears to be a part of the wall, it is
strictly for adornment and is called a
pilaster. Recessing the brick to form
pilasters was a popular method of
achieving this decoration. Small
columns or colonettes are also used,
especially as window adornment.
RICHARDSONIAN
ROMANESQUE
In the 1880s, Henry Hobson
Richardson, an American architect,
enhanced the Romanesque features of
buildings to make them even more
robust and overpowering. Richardson
was known mostly for his church
designs in the U.S., but his work greatly
affected Romanesque Revival archi-
tecture. His style was known as
Richardsonian Romanesque.
In Canada, Richardsonian Roman-
esque -inspired architecture could be
found 20 years after the style was