HOUSING STYLES IN THE

UNITED STATES

Log Cabin

Saltbox 1650

•New England•Clapboard•Central Chimney•Sloping back roof line

Georgian/ FederalColonial

• Symmetrical—center door• Duel chimneys• Vernacular form in clapboard—also called

I-house

Dogtrot House

• Typically found in the South.

• 2 cabins with a breezeway in between.

Shotgun House

Tidewater house

French Creole

Greek Revival 1820-1850• Antebellum—with columns, porch

• Looks like a temple

• Painted white

Cape Cod

Cape Cold with dormer windows

Dutch Colonial

• Gambrel or “barn” roof

• Often dormers in the roof line

Carpenter Gothic• Any material

• Gothic ornamentation

Queen Anne

• Also called “Victorian”

• Typically wood

• “Gingerbread”-contrasting shingles, Unusual features such as octagon rooms, towers, bays

• Typically asymmetrical

• porches

American Four Square

• Any material

• Square box

• Sometimes porch, lower roof line

• Midwestern, but found all over America

Bungalow 1910-1930• One or 1.5 stories• Any material• Low roof with overhanging eaves• Planned suburban neighborhoods

Prairie Style

• Strong horizontal lines

• Brick, rock or stone with heavy wood detailing

• Frank Lloyd Wright influenced

• Deep overhanging eaves

The Ranch House• Brick

• Suburban neighborhoods

• One story

• Long and low—horizontal lines

The Split Level

• Main level entry, kitchen, living

• ½ story up bedrooms

• ½ story down den and garage

• Any material or combination

Contemporary • Flat roof or shed

• Elements of “Moderne” or International style—glass walls, concrete, steel

The Neo’s

• Georgian, colonial, French, Tudor

• McMansions

• Faux Chateaux