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3800 BCE
Adobe
- made of soil, water, and straw
- mud walls provide insulation
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1400
English - Half Timber
- External and internal walls are constructed of timber frames
- spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub
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1500
Swedish-Log Cabin
- only one room
- 10-12 feet wide and 20 feet long
- had a stone fireplace
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1500
English - Saltbox
- flat front
- central chimney
- asymmetrical roof
- low rear roof
- wood exterior
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Spanish Stucco
- asymmetrical
- brick or stone covered in stucco
- arched doorways and windows
- enclosed patios
- courtyards
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German
- light exterior with dark wood
- more than one story
- tall roof
- lots of windows to appear symmetrical
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French Provincial
- Delicate, dignified appearance
- Symmetrical
- Windows are a dominate part of the design
- Tops of windows break into eaves
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Hogan
- stone or timber walls
- can take many shapes (square, round, etc)
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French - Normandy
- tall steep hipped roofs
- eaves that flare upward to the roof wall intersection
- arched doorways
- mixed materials
- large chimney
- brick, stone, stucco, half-timbering
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French Manor
- balances symmetrical proportions
- brick exterior
- steep roofs
- arch tops
- tall 2nd story windows
- porches
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Southern Colonial
- gable roofs
- symmetrical
- framed doorways
- shutters
- porches
- columns
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Tudor
- gable roof
- groupings of windows
- decorative half-timbering
- stucco
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Bungalow
- low pitched roof line
- overhanging eaves
- front porch or veranda
- small interiors
- single story, or second story built into sloping roof
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Georgian
- Have simple exterior lines
- Dignified appearances and symmetry
- Windows with small panes of glass and either gable or hip roofs.
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English - Cape Cod
- steep roof
- center chimney
- shingle
- windows often go to the roofline
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Adams
- Boxlike Shape
- Symmetrical
- At least 2 stories
- Flat roof with balustrade
- Portico (porch w/ columns)
- Pediments (rooflike decorations usually found over a portico, window, or door)
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Early Classic Revival
- Made of Brick, Stone, & Wood
- Large Front Porch
- Rectangular shape
- Four Front Columns
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Tidewater South
- large wrap around porch
- broad hipped roof with no interruption
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Gothic Revival
- very pointed roofs
- many slim chimneys
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International
- weightless
- glass
- concrete
- rectangular
- flat roof
- geometric
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Prairie
- horizontal lines
- low roofs
- one or two story
- central chimney
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Greek Revival
- large porch
- many windows
- greek columns
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Victorian
- Abundance of decorative trim
- High porches
- Steep gable roof
- tall windows
- high ceilings
- dark stairways
- long halls
- turret (small tower)
- Gingerbread: scrolls and decorative trim made of wood under eaves and around windows/doors
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Italianate
- ornamented windows
- 2 stories
- hipped roof
- center gale
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Dutch Colonial
- Gambre -curved eaves along the edge of the house
- Grand Entrances
- Sidelights
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English- Garrison
- 2nd story is larger than the first (overhangs)
- stacked
- many windows
- exterior chimney
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Ranch
- long
- close-to-ground profile
- wide and open layout
- one story
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Split-Level
- floor levels are staggered
- two short sets of stairs in entry, one up to level, and other down to basement
- Morgan’s house
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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.
- Different amounts of solar reliance
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Earth Sheltered
- some are designed to be partly underground
- some are built into hill or have soil against the side of the building
- many are solar powered
- partially covered with soil (insulated and weather protection)
