i got most of these images from a power point presentation created by samantha siker and found on...
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I got most of these images from a power point presentation created by Samantha Siker and found on this web-site:
http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/index.htm
House Types
Italianate: 1840-1870s
•Low, hipped roofs
•Overhanging eaves
•Decorative brackets
Single Story Italianate or Italianate Cottage: 1865-1885
Gothic Revival: 1830-1880s
•Pointed arches
•Steep gable roofs
•Lacy bargeboard
Greek Revival: 1840-1890
•Temple-front
•2 stories
•Columns, pilasters
Colonial Revival (1880s-present)
Colonial Revival Cottage: 1895-1915
Neo-Dutch Colonial: 1900-
1940•Gambrel roof
•Dormers
•Symmetrical
Prairie: 1900-1950s
•Overhanging eaves
•Broad, hipped and/or flat roofs
•Horizontal appearance
Monterey Revival: (1925-1955)
Second Empire: 1870-1880s
•Mansard roof
•2 - 2.5 stories
•Dormers add light
Stick: (1870-1895)
New England Colonial: 1890-
1930•Symmetrical
•2.5 stories
•4 -over- 4 plan
Arts and Crafts: 1895-1920
•Steep gabled roofs
•Exposed beams
•Large front porches
Half Timber/Tudor
Revival: 1900-1930s
•Stucco and half-timbering
•Small leaded glass windows
•Complicated peaked roofs
French Provincial: 1900-
1930•French windows
•High steep hipped roof
•Expensive materials used
Bungalow: 1910-1930s
•Narrow, rectangular
•1 story
•Small front porches
Spanish Colonial: 1910-1930s
•Tiled roof
•Stucco
•Arched openings
American Foursquare” 1895 - 1930Simple box shape
Two-and-a-half stories highFour-room floor planLow-hipped roof, or pyramidal with deep overhangLarge central dormerFull-width porch with wide stairsBrick, stone, stucco, concrete block, or wood siding
Mail-order
Queen Anne Cottage: 1880- 1890s
“practically consumed by an oversized gable. A veritable billboard for textural effect, the ornate gable may be clothed in decorative shingles, framed with intricate bargeboard, pierced by flashed glass windows, stamped with a sunburst”
cut-away corners
Queen Anne: 1880-1890s
•Eclectic, decorative
•Multiple gables
•2 - 3.5 stories
•Rounded tower
•Wrap around front porch
•Numerous balconies
Cape Cod: 1940-1950s
•Symmetrical
•1.5 stories
•Sometimes dormers
Garrison Colonial: 1935-
1955•Overhang
•Ornamentation (sometimes)
•Sub style of Colonial Revival
Art Deco: 1920-1940s
•Flat roof
•1 - 2 stories
•Stucco
California Ranch: 1950-1960s
•Long, rectangular
•Low pitched, hipped roofs
•Requires long lots