Restoring a Victorian Porch; Corbels, Capitals, & Stained Glass -Ep24

We’re reviving this Classical Revival Porch on our Italianate, Victorian house.
In this video, we're excited to share significant progress with you. Our efforts have been concentrated on stripping paint from the doorway, removing the awnings, and introducing a beautiful stained glass transom. Additionally, we've dedicated time to restoring the capitals, which suffered damage during the installation of the awnings decades ago.

0:00 Intro
2:50 Italianate vs Classical Revival features
4:22 Awnings Coming Down
5:34 Maddie Reveals Numbers Behind Storm Door on Transom
5:46 Explaining Paint Striping Process
6:43 Removing Old Transom Window with Florentine Glass
7:32 Trip to the Glass Factory - Making glass
8:20 Selecting Glass
9:22 Design of Transom
10:48 Repaired Capitals
12:37 Reveal of Porch

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Photo credits:
Photo of Ionic capitals Photo by Chiara Guercio on Unsplash
City Hall facade done in a Greek Revival style downtown Milford Photo by Charles "Duck" Unitas on Unsplash

[MezzaLoey]

Love your intro! The music is enchanting. Love all of the narration and music overlays!
You are doing such a wonderful job restoring Chapline House and doing a great service to the history of your neighbourhood.
Kudos!
Did the sisters ever marry?

[lb]

The transom glass window is just beautiful.

[ShannonStanley]

I Love the front porch! Much better looking. 😊👍 and The Stained Glass factory was really neat! Great Job everyone!

[lauries]

What a beautiful home. Love the direction you are going.

[marvinhaines]

The porch is clearly an early 1900's addition. It is NOT Greek revival. There is absolutely NOTHING Greek about it. I would call it Colonial Revival or 1910's Classical Revival. The capitals are of the Scamozzi Ionic order, named after an Italian renaissance architect who worked under Andrea Palladio. Scamozzi capitals have their volutes (scrolls) angled at 45 degrees.

[willness]

Is that red brick on the front facade painted? Will you strip it off?

[donataj]

The veranda looks great and the stained glass is beautiful. I like it better without the awnings, but if they have to be, so be it.👍