This popular revival style takes its cues from 17th- and 18th-century colonial architecture, when early Dutch settlers built homes with a broad gambrel roof and flared, overhanging eaves. Original ...

The government of the Netherlands has agreed to put in place guidelines that could make it a global leader in restituting colonial-era objects. The guidelines follow recommendations in a report issued ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once you know what you’re looking for, Dutch Colonial style homes are one of the most distinguishable architectural styles of ...

AMSTERDAM— The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes of artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. But the grim ...

One of the charming aspects of California beach towns is that homes can be funky and fun. Almost anything goes. A Craftsman bungalow can sit next to a Spanish Revival hacienda across the street from a ...

Interestingly, Dutch Colonial Revival style didn’t get its name directly from Holland or even Colonial architecture. Instead, it refers to the 17th-century Dutch colonists who settled in coastal New ...

AMSTERDAM, June 16 (Reuters) - The Netherlands' House of Orange profited by around 3 million guilders, or $600 million in modern terms, from Dutch colonies in the 1675-1770 period, a study ...

A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York. The show, titled "Slavery. Ten True ...

Colonial houses are our heritage: physical evidence of the people who first traveled to North America and settled here. Today, “Colonial” has come to be a generic mashup of old and new stylistic ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness during a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an ...