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Current Talk '17 I / Re: Exteriors
« on: February 10, 2017, 06:19:25 PM »The style of Collinwood does not fit at all the period of the 1830s, but I think the style of the Old House does.
The original backstory for Collinwood was that Jeremiah built it for Josette, so that would be why it's in the French Châteauesque style of architecture. Once they dropped that backstory in the 1795/96 storyline, the style of Collinwood embodied by Seaview made no sense whatsoever.
As for the Old House, I love how Stokes describes it as Greek Revival before they got it right. But it's a good way to explain away the fact that the Old House was built in the 1760s but Greek Revival is most associated with the period of 1825 through 1860. (I also love how Stokes says he finds the Old House more satisfying than Collinwood. I've often wondered if that was an acknowledgement from the writers that they realized that the 1795/96 backstory for Collinwood made it's French Châteauesque style way off base? )