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Housing Styles Timeline

  • 1345

    French Normandy

    French Normandy
    1345-1450
    Steep roof, brick, big windows, garden
  • 1500

    German

    German
    15th Century
    Panels, small windows, steep roof, arched door
  • 1500

    Half Timber

    Half Timber
    15th Century
    constructed of timber frames, brick, plaster, wattle, daub
  • Adobe

    Adobe
    16th Century
    Thick walls, sun dried adobe bricks, clay, sand, and straw
  • French Manor

    French Manor
    16th Century
    Hip roofs, brick exterior, steep roofs
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial
    1600's- Early 1800's
    large 2-3 style frame house, shutters, small roof on the roof outlooking
  • Swedish Log Cabin

    Swedish Log Cabin
    1640-1650
    Gable roofs, log exterior, small windows, fireplace
  • SaltBox

    SaltBox
    1672-1755
    Wood paneling, skinny & long windows, long steep roof & short steep roof, chimney
  • English Cape Cod

    English Cape Cod
    1690-1850
    Steep roofs, center chimney, windows, shingle siding
  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco
    17th/ 18th Century
    Cool on inside, arches over doors and windows, iron detailing, flat siding(stucco)
  • Garrison

    Garrison
    1707-1989
    Plain, brick, chimney
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    1730-1930
    pointed arch on windows and doors, steeply pitched roofs, proches
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    1800
    Large, on "stilts", 2 story, lots of windows
  • Early Classical Revival

    Early Classical Revival
    18th Century
    Pillars, rows of windows, double door
  • Victorian

    Victorian
    1837-1901
    bricks, slanted roof
  • Italianate

    Italianate
    1840-1885
    hip roof, front porch, long windows & doors
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    1890-1940
    Unique door, gambrel roof, central entrance, windows with small panes, chimney
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    1891
    living space on first floor, bedrooms on upper level, windows close to roof, small front porch, typical home
  • Hogan

    Hogan
    1900's- 2001
    Dirt, no windows, blanket for door, wood trim for door
  • Tudor

    Tudor
    19th Century
    steep roofs, groupings of windows, wood framework
  • Gerogian

    Gerogian
    19th Century
    Brick, symmetrical windows, stairs to front door
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    19th Century
    Pillars, lots of windows, chimney
  • International

    International
    1920's-1970's
    modern, cube, solid colors, no siding, flat roofs, lots of windows
  • Ranch

    Ranch
    1940's-1970's
    long, front porch, only 1 level, open floor plans, basement, basic interior
  • Split Level

    Split Level
    1940's
    stairs to bedrooms, garage, innovative, basic rooms in lower level, basement, big windows
  • French Provincal

    French Provincal
    1960's
    Arched windows & doors, brick exterior, chimney
  • Earth Sheltered

    Earth Sheltered
    1970's
    energy efficient, built into the earth, long, rock siding
  • Prairie

    Prairie
    1980's
    2 story, single story wings, overhangs, gardens, sloping roofs
  • Adams

    Adams
    Federal
    Classical roman, motifs, tripads,front porch, brick siding