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3800 BCE
Adobe
38th Century BC
Characteristics:
- Sunlight reflects on walls and creates heat
- Mud walls
-Soil, water, and straw -
1400
Half Timber
15th Century
Characteristics:
- External and internal walls are constructed of timber frames
- Plaster
- Spaced between the structural members are filled with materials like birck -
1500
Swedish-Log Cabin
16th - 17th Century
Characteristics:
- Only one room
- Was only 10-12 ft wide to 20 ft long
- Had a stone fireplace -
Spanish-Stucco
17-19th Century
Characteristics:
- Asymmetrical
- Brick or stucco
- Arched doorways and windows -
German
17th Century
Characteristics:
- More than one story
- Tall roof
- Lots of windows -
French Provincial
17th Century
Characteristics:
- Steep hipped roof with a square symmetrical shape
- Windows balanced on either side of the entrance
- Tall second story window that gives the illusion of a taller house -
French Normany
17th Century
Characteristics:
- Steeply-pitched hipped roofs
- Arched door opening
- Half brick, stone, and stucco -
Victorian
17th Century
Characteristics:
- Decorative trims
- Long halls and high ceilings
- Tower -
Saltbox
17th Century
Characteristics:
- Low rear roofline
- Resembles a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept
- Flat front with central chimney -
Hogan
18th - 19th Century
Characteristics:
- Many different shapes
- Bark roof
- Timber or stone walls -
Cape Cod
Late 18th Century
Characteristics:
- Steep roof
- Shingle
- Windows often go to the roofline -
Southern Colonial
18th Century
Characteristics:
- Gable style roof
- Shutters
- Columns -
Bungalow
18th Century
Characteristics:
- Low pitched roof line
- Small interior
- Single story or has a seconds story built into sloping roofs -
French Manor
18th- 19th Century
Characteristics:
- Symmetrical
- Steep roof
- Tall second story windows -
Georgian
18th - 19th Century
Characteristics:
- Simple exterior lines
- Windows with small panes of glass
- Gabel or hip roofs -
Adams
18th - 19th Century
Characteristics:
- Boxlike shape
- Pediments
- Portico -
Early Classic Revival
18th - 19th Century
Characteristics:
- Made of brick, stone, and wood
- Large front porch
- Four front columns -
Gothic Revival
19th Century
Characteristics:
- Very pointed roofs
- Slim chimneys -
Greek Revival
19th Century
Characteristics:
- Large porches
- Many windows
- Windows cover all sides of the home -
Itailianate
19th Century
Characteristics:
- Ornamented windows, porches, and doorways
- 2 story building
- Hipped roof with a centered gable -
Tudor
19th - 20th Century
Characteristics:
- Steeply pitched gable roof
- Decorative half-timbering
- Elaborate cansonry chimneys -
Dutch Colonial
20th Century
Characteristics:
- Sidelights
- Gambrel roof
- Grand entrances -
Praire
20th Century
Characteristics:
- One-story projections
- Broad, overhanging eaves
- Strong horizontal lines -
Tidewater South
20th Century
Characteristics:
- Large wrap around porch
- Broad hipped roof
- No interruption on roof -
International
20th Century
Characteristics:
- Open interior spaces
- Visually weightless quality with the use of cantilever construction
- Lots of light -
Garrison
20th Century
Characteristics:
- The second floor is larger than the first
- Stacked
- Many windows -
Split-Level
20th Century
Characteristics:
- Two short sets of stairs
- Staggered floors
- One to upstairs and one to downstairs -
Solar
20th - 21st Century
Characteristics:
- Part of vernacular architecture in many countries
- No mechanical heating or cooling
- Passive solar building design was practed for thousands of years -
Ranch
21st Century
Characteristics:
- Long
- Close to the ground
- Wide, open layout -
Earth-Sheltered
21st Century
Characteristics:
- Partly in ground or side of hill or soil on sides
- Many are solar powered
- Covered partly with soil to protect from elements and climate extreams
