Housing Styles

  • 5100 BCE

    Adobe

    Adobe
    Flat roofs with rounded edges and an extension of the roof.
    Walls made of clay, sand and silt mixtures that harden.
  • 1300

    German

    Stone, brick walls with beams in many direction.
    Many windows and doors.
  • 1400

    Hogan

    Made out of natural materials like clay, brick, timber.
    Cone shaped house.
  • 1450

    Half Timber

    Half Timber
    external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames
    Walls usually made out of brick or plaster.
  • 1558

    Tudor

    Tudor
    steeply pitched gable roofs,
    brick exteriors
  • French Manor

    French Manor
    Brick exterior.
    Steep roofs.
  • Salt Box

    Salt Box
    Uneven sides
    Two stories in front, one in back.
  • Cap Cod

    Cap Cod
    Single story
    Pitched, Side gabled roof
  • Georgian

    Georgian
    Made out of brick, stone or stucco
    Hip roof
  • French Normandy

    French Normandy
    steep pitched hip roof
    Made out of stone or stucco
  • Log Cabin

    Log Cabin
    Slopped roof.
    Small windows.
  • Victorian

    Victorian
    Tower like turrets.
    Wrap around porch.
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    Gambrel roof.
    Long overhanging eaves.
  • Garrison

    Garrison
    Two Stories
    Top story over-hangs bottom
  • Adams

    Adams
    Simple square or rectangular shape with tower like columns
    Two or three stories high
  • Prairie

    Prairie
    large central chimneys.
    Brick or stucco exteriors.
  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco
    Stone walls
    Stone roofs
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    Large wrap around porches.
    Hipped roofs.
  • Ranch

    Ranch
    One story
    Rectangular, “U”, or “L”-shaped.
  • Split level

    Split level
    Attached or built-in garages.
    Vaulted ceilings