When designing this home on Main Street in High Springs, we wanted it to fit in with the other 100-year-old homes in Downtown High Springs on the exterior, while offering charming, but modern, features on the interior. We took every feature under historical consideration, to make sure the home finished with the ‘feel’ we were going for. Common construction materials have changed a ton over the last 100 years, so we specifically chose less commonly used materials to give our home a more timeless appearance.
What are some of the historically inspired features on this home?
-Pre-1945, all period-era windows would have been wood, so this was a defining feature for us on this home. We went with a white aluminum exterior, so that these windows will hold up much better over time than the traditional wood windows did, but we went with a stained pine interior to really lean into that wood window look and feel. The wood windows we used are around 3x the cost of your typical vinyl windows, but they were integral to giving the home the historical feel we were going for.
-Virtually all 100 year old homes were raised on a crawl space, so we opted to go with a raised stem wall that had a brick wainscoting to give our home a similar look.
-5V metal roofs are the historically accurate metal roof profile in our area, so it was important to us to match that on this home. Fortunately, the local metal suppliers offer this profile for those looking for that historically accurate profile.
-All older homes would have had a fireplace to heat the home in the winter; we made sure to include a brick fireplace in this home for that reason.