Not sure where to start, thanks for all the interest. Please also keep the exposed raftertails and soffit on the second floor-it just won't look right covered up. I do think you should consult a designer to spec it out to make sure the scale and detailing is right because this is a very grand house.
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The windows look far more appropiate, and removing the windows around the front door just makes the entrance a lot more welcoming. This shows how much better the second story looks painted a dark earthy color. Rendition 2) Opening the porch, and a darket color on top with lighter trim. I would consider extending the glass and the sidelights to 2/4 length, but would keep the glazing simple to relate to the rest of facade. I also doubled the front door to bring it more in scale and grandeur with the house. I've put four square pillars backed by windows (possibly you can move the ones you have back) on the top of the stone porch piers to add solidity and scale to the facade. The mullions and the interior window frames could be contrasting color to eally bring out the Shingle style and ground the windows. Altternatively, all the trim/casing could be white and the shingles a dark brown or perhaps green, without the paneling. The paneled blocks are white, but I would consider something less contrasty-a warm grey or taupe perhaps, even a mustard, which could be painted on the inside of the porch and on the lower level.
The colors are approximate-the upper floors are kind of a reddish brown, a little lighter than the existing trim. Rendition 1) keeping the fully enclosed porch. I would check with the local historical society and the city government to find out, and perhaps ask former owners and research at the library to find out. If you are in a historic district, you might even qualify for an Investment Tax Credit or requrire prior approval for exterior changes. It would help if you can find some photos of what it once looked like. I would also consider changing the window in the dormer because it doesn't match anything on the house. I think the upstairs and the dormer would look more in scale painted a darker color, and I would consider paneling the front area under the windows to make it more in proportion to the rest of the house. I would I would also consider adding large planters, urns or light fixtures (make sure they are appropiately scaled, dark metal finish) on the projecting stone walls next to the steps and adding some landscaping to the sides of the walkway. My first thought with this house was to paint in a traditional Craftsman scheme-dark on top, light on bottom, in earthy colors, and if you don't mind losing the enclosed porch (or forming two smaller enclosed porches) remove the center porch windows in line with the projecting part of the second story and adding much heavier simple pillars-probably two on each side, square or round, no fluting, and painting the door on the inside and adding some lighting. As you can see in the rendering, just getting rid of the ivy helps a lot.
As pretty as it is, it wrecks havoc and traps moisture with the siding. I find that wire (TV cable?) very distracting and would tack it straight at the very least, and pull down the ivy on the right side. The upstairs windows are interesting-too bad the diamond-shaped mullions are obscured by the storm windows.
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My software is limited so the colors are approximate. Was it ever a duplex? I've included two renditions, One fairly close to what it may have been originally, and a second to modify it so that the enclosed porch fits in better. That's how a lot of American architecture is, a mix of styles. I would also say it is a lot more Shingle/Craftsman than Colonial in design,, and with some relation to American Foursquare. It may have even had a double porch that was closed in early on, perhaps to add a bathroom in the second floor and then later to make an enclosed porch on the first floor. I suspect that your house originally had an open porch that was enclosed quite a while ago.
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