Housing Styles Timeline

  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    -gramble roof
    -window shudders
  • Georgian

    Georgian
    -stone or bricked
    -a huge arrangement of windows
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    -hipped roof
    -wrap around the porch
  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival
    -columned porch
    -rectangular windows
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    -pointed arches
    -contains lots of detailed work with wood and angles
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial
    -centrally located doors
    -large pillars in front
  • Victorian

    Victorian
    -high porches
    -stained glass
  • Italianate

     Italianate
    -low-pitched roofs
    -round arch entrance and windows
  • Tudor

    Tudor
    -steeply pitched gable roofs
    -elaborate masonry chimney
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    -overhanging roof
    -one-story house
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style
    -horizontal rather than vertical
    -flat of shallow hipped roof
  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial
    -balanced and symmetrical
    -tall windows
  • International Style

     International Style
    -flat roofs
    -smooth walls
  • Garrison

     Garrison
    -two stories
    -second story overhanging the front
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod
    -rectangular shape
    -double-hung symmetrical windows