The Italian towns and cites competed to build the most imposing bell tower or campanile.The Italiante houses were popular in the 1830s through the 1880s.

Perhaps because these houses are often surrounded by huge trees or because their locations silhouette them against the sky they have gained a haunted look . But high ceilings,windows that sometimes extend to the floor,and decorations actually make the Italianates cheerful places to live and wonderful houses for children to grow up in. The first Italianate houses in the United States were built in the late 1830s ; the style was popularized by the influential patterns of Andrew Jackson .