Major American House Styles

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1 Major American House Styles

2 Cape Cod

3 Cape Cod Houses usually have these features: 1 or 1½ stories Steep roof with side gables Small roof overhang Wide clapboard or shingles on sides Large central chimney linked to fireplace in each room Symmetrical appearance, with door in center Little exterior ornamentation

4 Colonial

5 Georgian Colonial homes usually have these features: Square, symmetrical shape Paneled front door at center Decorative crown over front door Columns on each side of door Three or five windows across front Paired chimneys Medium pitched roof Minimal roof overhang

6 American Federal

7 American Federal houses have many of these features: Brick facades Low pitched roof, or flat roof with a balustrade Windows arranged symmetrically around a center doorway Semicircular fanlight over the front door Narrow side windows flanking the front door Extended symmetrical wings Circular or elliptical windows, arches, oval rooms, decorative swags & garlands Shutters

8 The American Foursquare

9 American Foursquare houses usually have these features: Simple box shape Two and a half stories high Four room floor plan Low hipped roof with deep overhang Large central dormer Full width porch with wide stairs Brick, stone or wood siding

10 Greek Revival

11 Greek Revival houses usually have these features: Pedimented gable Symmetrical shape Wide, plain frieze Bold, simple moldings Entry porch with columns Narrow windows around front door

12 Victorian

13 Victorians homes often have these features: Dormer windows Brackets beneath eaves, balconies and bay windows Porches with spindlework or flat, jigsaw cut trim Large wrap around porches Irregular shapes Patterned slate on roof Tall windows Small entry porch

14 Dutch Colonial 16

15 Dutch Colonial homes often have the following characteristics: broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves that extend over the long sides, resembling a barn in construction porch along both long sides chimney was located on one or both ends double hung sash windows with outward swinging wood shutters symmetrical floor plan with central hall entrance

16 Semi Detached or Row Houses 18

17 Semi Detached or Row Homes (sometimes called condos or duplexes) usually consist of pairs of houses built side by side as units share a wall in such a way that each house's layout is a mirror image of its twin have independent open spaces in front and rear of home

18 evel Mobile Home

19 Mobile Homes are usually prefabricated - built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied placed in one location and left there permanently available in two major sizes, single-wides and double-wides *single-wides are 18 feet wide by 90 feet long or less in length *double-wides are basically two single-wides towed to their site in two separate units, which are then joined together 21

20 Ranch Style

21 Ranch style houses have many of these features: Single story Low pitched gable roof Horizontal, rambling layout: Long, narrow, and low to the ground Rectangular, L shaped, or U shaped design Asymmetrical Large windows: double hung, sliding, and picture Sliding glass doors leading out to patio Attached garage Emphasis on openness (few interior walls) and efficient use of space

22 Raised Ranch Style (Split Level)

23 Split Level style houses have many of these features: Two stories Attached garage Partially submerged basement with living quarters Low pitched gable roof Asymmetrical Large windows: double-hung, sliding, and picture Sliding glass doors leading out to patio

24 Neoeclectic

25 A Neoeclectic home can borrow characteristics from any of the traditional styles and combine them all together

26 Other styles to recognize:

27 Tudor

28 Italianate

29 Postmodern Style

30 Antebellum Architecture

31 A frame Style

32 Spanish style House

33 Craftsman Bungalow