Northside - City of Riverside

common wrought iron used in Spanish Revival examples, the balcony posts and
balustrade are crafted in heavy wood.
Colonial Revival
See Residential Architecture 1870-1900 and 1901-1918.
Classical Revival
See Residential Architecture 1870-1900 and 1901-1918.
Minimal Traditional
The Minimal Traditional style rose in popularity in the years before WWII,
dominating large tract-housing development and appearing in significant infill
numbers in established tracts immediately pre- and post-war. The style is loosely
borrowed from the front-gabled, Tudor style sans elaborate detailing and steep
pitch. Features generally include single story plans, close eaves, large chimneys, and
various wall-claddings, including wood, brick, stucco, or stone (McAlester 2000:477).
The trend toward simplicity in the depressed 1930s is apparent in the style, of which
examples are scattered throughout the Northside, but one fine example designed by
architect Herman O. Ruhnau is extant in the proposed North Hill Historic District at
4465 Randall Road. These simple, unembellished dwellings returned to rival post-
WWII vernacular architecture.
Pre-WWII Vernacular
Emerging from the popular Minimal Traditional style, which loosely borrowed its
design from the Tudor style, vernacular designs were a rather sharp departure from
the traditional form of the Eclectic period. The features and details of this single-
home resist classification into established architectural styles, but are typically
story
square or rectangular in form with a hipped roof, stuccoed walls, close eaves and
minimal detailing. Pre-WWII Vernacular examples differ little from wartime and
post-war vernacular trends, but are distinct in their dates of construction. As
America entered the war in December 1941, vernacular dwellings constructed in the
latter years of the 1930s through 1941 are acknowledged as pre-WWII examples,
which are found in the survey area.
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