Saltbox House- This is an early North American house style. As families grew they added the single story additions to the rear, this made it look like an old fashioned saltbox. The front wall has many windows to capture the suns warmth. The sloping side of the roof offered protection from the cold wind.
Garrison House- This house will usually have narrow wooden clapboard siding, trim and decorative details are minimal. The second story overhangs the first story. This style house usually has a gable roof and a chimney is common in this style house. They are still popular today.
Georgian style house- Named for the King Georges of England were built before the American Revolution. Have classic-inspired details around the main door, classic columns or pilasters and a round arch. These type of houses have pitched roof, and have several chimneys. Some old original houses had wood siding but others were made of brick and now most have brick around them.
Federal style house- These houses were built immediately after the American Revolution. These houses have many classic details such as palladian windows, columns, or pilasters. They have low pitched roofs that often disappear behind a balustrade as pictured. Windows on the lower stories are taller than the ones above.
Greek Revival House- Copied for a modern colonial house. Inspired by an original classic temple such as the roman temple. Have pillars infront of the house with many windows.
Cape Cod House- Appeared on Cape Cod in the early years of North Americas history. It has a steeply pitched roof, with or without dormers. Originally sidedd with natural wood shingles, today it is more often built with wooden clapboard siding.
Gothic-Revival house- This style house was popular in the middle of the nineteenth century, but is not now. The house borrowed decorative details from medieval Gothic cathedrals. They have pointed arches, high-pitched roofs, elaborated decorative trim, and sometimes even towers.
Row House-As cities grew row houses began lining the streets. These houses were built on narrow, long properties, so they had narrow fronts with several stories above. The walls of one were set against the next. Today they are called town houses.
Italian Villa- These houses used classic columns or pilasters and round arches and pediments over doors and windows. Quoins ran up the corners of the different parts of the house.
Stick Style- Have intricate and individualistic wood decorations for houses, especially for porches, around doors and windows, and brackets supporting the roofs.
Art Nouveau-Very decorative style house shape. Human faces wearing fanciful headdresses, plants, and flowers are all typical of Art Nouveau.
Queen Anne Cottage- This turn of the century style came from England. Large house, it has low arches, deep porch, and dark sides, often of shingles, stone, or brick, give it the cozy, warm feeling of a cottage
Tudor- Has a traditional appearance, it has remained particularly popular in North America.
Dutch- This house appeared in Holland and other countries of the lowlands. The steep-roofed, stepped-gable style has appealed to some individuals who've built houses in this style.
Spanish-This house is made of poured cement or stucco, with details in wood found mainly in western united states.
Prairie House- Designed houses in Midwestern America,prairie country. All these houses had long, low lines, with open balconies and spreads of windows all reflecting the flat open environment of the prairie
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Ranch-Long and low usually only one floor. Houses are small yet some ranch houses spread out in a rambling design and may include many rooms.
International- Twentieth century creations. Looks like cubes or boxed grouped together in an interesting composition. Sometimes the house sits on the ground sometimes it is raised on columns with garages underneath, Roofs can be flat or with a single slope. Balconies often add to the houses geometric shapes.
\Split level- The first floor of these houses lies on more than one level so you must step up or down in passing from one room to another. Accommodates a cellar beneath one section of the house,
Rustic- Houses give the feeling of woods, lakes, and outdoors. Its to be expected in such a rural environment as a vacation home or in a wooden suburb
Chalet- A swiss mountain cottage. You can expect to find variations when alpine styles are copied for houses in the mountain. Houses vary from valley to valley
A-Frame- In the 1950s this style house began appearing in the vacation areas of North America. Covered framing members, propped in the shape of a letter A, serve as both the rood and the side walls of the building. Now feature balconies of a swiss chalet, easy cheap vacation home
Dome- Unique twentieth century structures. They are made of very light yet extremely strong triangular panels, arranged in the shape of a hemisphere. They are economical and easily erected structures
Solar- Designed to work with nature, using heat and light from the sun as efficiently as possible. The suns energy has been used to great advantage by people. Use solar panels tilted towards the sun to absorb heat. Have double pane windows, thick insulation, and heat absorbing masonry elements.
Earth-Sheltered- They are most often banked with soil at the back and sides. The roof may be covered with a layer of earth too. Offer as insulator, warming and cooling house naturally. Long low narrow shape, simple and practicle.
manufactured- They are built by a factory then are transported to building sites. These houses have a lower labor and material cost and shorter construction times.
Mobile- factory built house, can be situated on a private lot or on a mobile home park. They have a long narrow trailer like form.
Duplex- Combines two housing units in one building. The two units may be next to each other or on separate stories. Occupies less land and its cheaper to build than two separate houses. Can be designed in a traditional or contemporary style.
neo eclectic- Contemporary house features a palladian window motif, decorated front gables suggestive of a queen anne style, and a front porch.
High rise apartments- Three or more living units joined together. Often stacked ontop of one another. Conserve space allow green areas to be opened between adjacent buildings.
Bungalow- Built in the 1910s during the great depression. It is a simple natural California house, has rafter that blend with the natural background, front porch, gable dormer, glass front door opens to living room
