Housing Styles

  • 1500

    Earth Sheltered

    Earth Sheltered
    built at ground level, cross ventilation
  • 1500

    Half Timber

    Half Timber
    Plaster, wattle
  • Adobe House

    Adobe House
    Thick walls, cream colored, flat roof
  • Spanish-Stucco

    Spanish-Stucco
    heavy doors, small windows
  • Swedish-Log Cabin

    Swedish-Log Cabin
    round logs, clapboard gables
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod
    small and rectangular, one and a half stories, gable roof
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse
    cross trim, big porches, wood, beams
  • Coastal

    Coastal
    on stilts, many floors, additions
  • Queen Anne

    Queen Anne
    steeply pitched roof, round corner tower
  • French-Country Manor

    French-Country Manor
    High arched windows, hipped roofs
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    2 stories, made of wood, stilts
  • Itailianate

    Itailianate
    symmetrical, low pitched roof
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial
    balanced windows, pillars, 2 floors, dormer windows
  • Tudor

    Tudor
    brick, half-timbered framing
  • Craftsmen

    Craftsmen
    overhanging roof, wood accents, natural colors
  • Victorian

    Victorian
    bay windows, 2-3 floors
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    Pointed Arches, front facing gable
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    plaster exterior, covered portico entrance
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style
    asymmetric, geometric
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level
    attached garage, windows at ground level
  • Tiny House

    Tiny House
    maybe on wheels, small and simple
  • Ski Lodge

    Ski Lodge
    first is stone second and third is wood, rolled roof
  • English cottage

    English cottage
    sharply pitched roof, chimney
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    single story, simple
  • Smart House

    Smart House
    Technologically advanced, one central point
  • Solar

    Solar
    Dark colored walls, windows face the south