HOUSING STYLES IN THE UNITED STATES. Log Cabin Saltbox 1650 New England Clapboard Central Chimney Sloping back roof line.

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