Housing Styles

By jtaylor16248
  • 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