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| One of America's most popular 19th-century styles, the Italianate was derived from the architecture of Italian villas. Architects used the style between the 1860s and 1890s for a wide variety of building types, from houses and small apartment buildings, to institutional structures. Common characteristics are: -vertical proportions -tall, rounded windows and doors -stone trim with incised foliated ornament -intricate wood or pressed metal cornices | ||