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Historic Housing Styles Timeline Beadle

By kbeadle
  • 1400

    Hogan

    Hogan
    Made out of logs & mud
    Windows face the west, door faces the east
  • 1401

    English Half Timber

    English Half Timber
    Exterior walls are outlined with timber frames. Made with either bricks, wattle, or plaster
  • 1500

    Adobe

    Adobe
    sixteenth century
    Thick walls. straight lines- square/rectangular
  • 1500

    French Manor

    French Manor
    Symmetrical design, brick exterior. "wings"

  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial
    Delicate/shows wealth and symmetrical design.

  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial
    1600-1830
    second floor front balcony w/ roof. columns extending from ground level to the roof.

  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco
    1601-1800
    Asymmetrical look, Stone covered in stucco. arched doorway

  • English Saltbox

    English Saltbox
    1650-1830
    Flat front, central chimney. half two story half one story, sloped roof

  • Swedish Log Cabin

    Swedish Log Cabin
    1672-1800
    made out of logs. Usually was one room, high pitched roofs.

  • English Cape Cod

    English Cape Cod
    1690-1850
    centural chimney, confused with Bungalow often, nice symmetrical design

  • Georgian

    Georgian
    1714-1830
    low-pitched hip roof. shutters that are adorned to sides of large symmetrical windows.

  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    1730-1930
    pointed high-pitched gable roof, attic level window(s)

  • Adams

    Adams
    similar features to Georgian, balcony on the roof, two chimneys situated at either end. symmetrical

  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival
    1790-1830
    Dormers, fanlight/sidelight entry way, small 2nd level balcony, large columns.

  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    wrap around porch, situated on stilts to avoid flooding.
    windows aligning most sides.

  • Tudor

    Tudor
    wooden outlines-more simpler than the half-timber,
    half brick, gable roof

  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    1825-1860
    symmetrical windows, flat roof, 2nd level balcony.

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    1837-1901
    tarets, can include arches, bay windows

  • Italianate

    Italianate
    1840-1885
    most are very ornamented, fanlight/sidelight entry way, small windows

  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    1890-1940
    Gambrel roof, barn like, Entry doors can 1/2 open (top or bottom)

  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    Lower-pitched roof, porches, gable roof, symmetrically aligned windows

  • English Garrison

    English Garrison
    Second floor larger than first level, high pitched Gabel roof

  • French Normandy

    French Normandy
    Steeped roofs and arched doorways, made out of bricks

  • Ranch

    Ranch
    1940-1970/"present"
    long, close to the ground, front porch

  • split-level

    split-level
    wide double-hung windows, usually 2-3 small levels

  • International Style

    International Style
    1945- present
    odd shape, indoor spaces easily flows into outdoor spaces, "modernized" look

  • Earth-sheltered

    Earth-sheltered
    Partly underground, built with nature, gambrel roof minimal windows.

  • Praire Style

    Praire Style
    low hip roofs, horizontal lines, naturalistic tones

  • Solar

    Solar
    1985-2016
    Solar Panels installed on the roof, big windows to allow natural light to save more energy.

  • German

    German
    multiple stories, high steeped roof, small glass panes, timber frames.