House Styles in America

13.03.2010 — Lê Minh Hưng

Picture Dictionary of House Styles in North America and Beyond

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What style is your house? Browse our photo gallery for the most popular housing styles in North America. Click on the pictures below for larger images along with facts, diagrams, building plans, and other helpful resources. For more houses, also see our Home Style Guide.

The New England Colonial style was re-invented in the 20th century.1600s - 1950s: Cape Cod House Style The refined Georgian Colonial style continues to shape our homes today.1690s - 1830: Georgian Colonial House Styles Graceful details distinguish Federal style homes. 1780 - 1840: Federal and Adam House Styles Built in coastal areas of the American South, Tidewater homes were designed for wet, hot climates.1800s: Tidewater Style
Stately, pillared Greek Revival homes reflect a passion for antiquity.1825 - 1860: Greek Revival Medieval cathedrals inspired grand estates constructed from stone.1840-1880: Gothic Revival (Masonry) Medieval cathedrals inspired these whimsical wood-framed houses.1840-1880: Gothic Revival (Wood) Old World ideals were transplanted to the United States in the Italianate style.1840 - 1885: Italianate
Gilded Age Luxury1840 - 1915: Renaissance Revival Style Tall mansard roofs and wrought iron cresting create a sense of height 1855 - 1885: Second Empire (Mansard) Style Brackets and stickwork suggest medieval building techniques. 1860 - 1890: Stick Style Brightly painted shotgun house in New Orleans, Louisiana 1861 - 1930: Shotgun House
Folk Victorian House in New Hampshire1870 - 1910: Folk Victorian Victorian Queen Anne Homes often have towers, turrets, and wrap-around porches.1880 - 1910: Queen Anne These fanciful Victorian houses are lavished with Eastlake style spindlework.1860 - 1880s: Eastlake Victorian These grand stone houses have broad roman arches.1880 - 1900: Richardsonian Romanesque
Rustic Shingle Style houses shunned Victorian fussiness.1874 - 1910: Shingle Style Colonial Revival houses romanticized North America's colonial past.1876 - 1955: Colonial Revival .Neoclassical homes romanticize the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. 1885 - 1925: Neoclassical Beaux Arts Mansion1885 - 1925: Beaux Arts
Heavy chimneys and decorative half-timbering give Tudor style houses a Medieval flavor.1890 - Present: Tudor Revival Variation on the Tudor Revival style1890-1940: Cotswold Cottage Spanish Colonial mission churches inspired the design of these stucco homes.1890 - 1920: Mission Revival House Style The Frederic C. Robie House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1909.1893-1920: Prairie Style
A practical style, sometimes called the "Prairie Box"1895 - 1930: American Foursquare With low roofs and wide eaves, Craftsman houses seem to embrace the earth.1905-1930: Arts and Crafts (Craftsman) Bungalow houses come in many styles.1905-1930: Bungalow Styles Ancient Native American dwellings inspired our modern-day Pueblo homes.1912 - Present: Pueblo Revival Style
Flared roofs and other French details give French eclectic homes a European flavor.1915 - 1945: French Eclectic Spirit of a new, technological age1930 - 1950: Art Moderne Uncomplicated and informal Ranch houses evolved from several 20th century styles1945 - 1980: Ranch Style A Raised Ranch house raises the roof to provide extra living space.1945 - 1980s: Raised Ranch Style
This adaptation of the Ranch style has three levels.1945 - 1980s: Split-Level Ranch Style Original Prototype of a Lustron Home in Hinsdale, Illinois1948 - 1950: Lustron Homes The Foster Residence, an Eichler House in Los Angeles, California1949 - 1974: Eichler Houses Buckminster Fuller's amazing invention1954 - Present: Geodesic Dome
Alexander Home in the Twin Palms Neighborhood, Palm Springs, California1955 - 1965: Alexander Houses Dramatic sloping roof1957 - Present: A-frame Style Swiss Miss House in Palm Springs, California1958-early 1960s: Swiss Miss Houses Hodge-Podge Houses1965 - Present: Neoeclectic
Neoeclectic homes with a Mediterranean flair1965 - Present: Neo-mediterranean Huge windows and large, open spaces1965 - Present: Contemporary Unique, whimsical, and surprising1965 - Present: Postmodern (Pomo) Built to weather tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, fire, and insects. 1975 - Present: Monolithic Dome
Inspired by emergency housing.2006 - Present: Katrina Cottages
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