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1400
Hogan
Faces east
Navajo mud and log house -
1401
English-Half Timber
External and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub -
1501
Adobe
Thick walls, sun-dried Adobe bricks made of clay, soil, sand and straw -
1501
French Manor
Hip roofs, balanced, symmetrical proportions, brick exterior, steep roofs, tall second-story windows (often with arched tops) -
French Provincial
Most often have balanced and symmetrical proportions
Arched windows and doors
Brick exterior -
Southern Colonial
A large, two- or three- story frame house with symmetrical design. Two- story columns extend across the entire front, covered by roof extension. The roof is hip or gable shutters and a small room on the roof of the house (lookout) is called belvedere. -
Spanish Stucco
Coated with stucco on the outside walls instead of siding, flat or gently sloped red-tiled roofs -
Swedish Log Cabin
Gable roofs, logs and cement running horizontal in stripes in the cabin, usually small windows and inside there’s usually a fireplace -
English-Saltbox
have two stories in the front and then the house roof slopes downward to have only one story in the back. The roof is known as a catslide roof. -
English-Cape Cod
Include a steep roof, a center chimney, windows, shingle sides, and an unornamented look -
Georgian
Symmetrical design, classic proportions, decorative elements, side-gabled or hipped roof -
Gothic Revival
Pointed arch used for windows and doors, steeply pitched roofs, porches, dormers, or roof gables -
Adams
Classical Roman decorative motifs, such as framed medallians, vases, urns and tripods, arabesque vine scrolls, sphinxes, griffins, and dancing nymphs, flat grotesque panels, pilaster, painted ornaments -
Early Classic Revival
Full heigh entry porch with pediment and columns, lunette window in portico pediment, elliptical fanlight over paneled front door, symmetrically aligned windows and door (5 bay front facade most common), side gabled or low pitched roof, large windows and doors -
Tidewater South
Large wrap around porches, hipped roofs, design for hot/wet climates, raised foundation (supports or pilings -
Tudor
Steeply pitched gable roofs -playfully elaborate masonry chimneys -embellished doorway -groupings of windows -decorative half-timbering -wood framework -
Greek Revival
Were painted white to appear as expensive marble, had gable and hip roofs, had pillars -
Victorian
Sah windows: sliding the bottoms half of the window upwards
Built in the form of terraced housing or detached buildings -
Italianate
Two or more stories (generally 2 or 3), hip roof, box with a centered gable, L or U plan, L plan with a tower and a front gable, wide projecting cornices with heavy brackets and their richly ornamented windows, porches, and doorways -
Dutch Colonial
The door was the most unique part because it was divided in half horizontally. These houses have gambrell roofing. These houses also have a central entrance, an off-center chimney, and windows with small panes. -
Bungalow
Have windows close to the roof, have living space on first floor and bedrooms on upper level, usually in same neighborhood or same street as other bungalows -
English-Garrison
2 stories, second story overhangs and was bigger than the first
Small panes of glass or double hung windows -
French Normandy
Hipped and mansard roof, arched doorways, half-timbering, round towers -
Ranch
Long and low, consisting typically of only one level (and basement)
Offer attached garages, open floor plans, and a basic exterior -
Split-Level
Very innovative in use of space
Reorganizes rooms according to use
Main level with basic rooms such as a kitchen and living room
Stairs leading up to bedrooms
Stairs leading down to basement
Garage for more space -
International Style
rectilinear forms; light, taut plane surfaces that have been completely striped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces; and visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction. Glass and steel, in combination with usually less visible reinforced concrete -
Earth Sheltered
Energy efficient features, control of outside temperatures and activity, less outside maintenance, and soundproofing
Blends home into the earth
Two types: bermed and underground -
Prairie Style
Two story houses with a single story wings. Horizontal lines, ribbon windows, big, bulky chimneys, sloping roofs, overhands, and gardens, open floor plan, stone and wood -
Solar
Panels installed on the roof, fans and pumps Active Solar: fans and pumps move heated air or liquid to stored area or wherever heat is needed. Passive solar: no working parts, has design that makes maximum use sun for heating-might include large areas of windows on southern side of house, and dark colored walls to absorb the sun to gradually transfer it inside. -
German
White outer walls and pieces of black-brown wood running across geometrically with gable roofing.
