Picture Courtesy of ColDayMan!

 

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aren't they Italianate-ish? Where are all the Cincinnati architecture experts when you need them?

Italianate row house, as somebody above already said.  Some tell-tale signs:

 

*  Rectangular shape on street.

*  Asymmetric (i.e. door on one side, not in middle).

*  Heavy "eyelids" over the windows.

*  Wide, protruding eaves with lots of decoration.

*  Doubled (paired) brackets under eaves.

 

Some fun links with plenty of info:

 

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/pubs/rowhouse.pdf

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/lp_rhmanual.pdf

 

Stuart

 

Thanks guys! And those links are awesome. Thanks!

 

I wonder how much one of these would cost to build today.

If you like them, there are literally thousands of Italianate buildings around Cincy.  I live in one, and wouldn't be surprised if a few other forumers did as well.  Check out some Google Streetviews of Main Street, Vine Street, anywhere really...

I'd agree on Italianate, but watch out for the subtle distinction between Italianate and Greek Revival row houses.  The major difference is the Greek Revival has 6 over 6 windows (though it's not uncommon for those to be replaced later with 2 over 2 or 1 over 1 sashes) and a less pronounced cornice without heavy brackets. 

 

Greek Revival:  http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cdap/pages/-3773-/

Italianate:  http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cdap/pages/-3777-/

 

Cincinnati's Major Architectural Styles:  http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cdap/pages/-3753-/

 

It's a good resource, but one thing it seems to miss is the typical French Second Empire row houses.  The example they show is highly elaborate, whereas most look like this:  http://goo.gl/maps/B3XE

That has to be Mt. Adams, with so many wooden buildings in the pic! Not many non-brick rowhouses in Cincy. Especially not outside Mt. Adams.

 

These are definitely italianate, as so many Cincy rowhouses are.

no, the faux-mansard roof is what makes the ones that jjakucyk linked in Mt. Adams not-Italianate.  Italianate buildings don't have that kind of slope-back to their frontage.

 

If you can see a building's shingles looking up at it from the front, it's certainly not typical Italiaante.  :-P

 

If you read the City;s page on Second Empire styles thoroughly you can see how those houses fit into the style.