Why isn “New Englander” a recognized architectural style?
Those three examples are quite different from each other. “New Englander” sounds like a Realtor’s catchall if the style doesn’t really fit anything else. It is not a recognized architectural style I’ve ever heard of living in New England for 30 years. From this page: “While we’re learning all these house type terms, we might as well learn one that doesn’t really exist: “New Englander.” It seems to be applied to any type of older home around the region that doesn’t fit a specific style.
I’m anothe NE native who’s never heard of “New Englander” as a house style. I suspect it is a New Hampshire realtor thing. (Disclaimer: I occupy the same house as the poster) I grew up in Rhode Island and the term was commonly used there. The one characteristic I’ve heard of for a “New Englander” style is that the entire house is on one side of the stairs. I have no idea if that’s accurate or not (or a fairly common feature in a number of styles), but there you go.
