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housing timeline

  • 3500 BCE

    swedish log cabin

    swedish log cabin
    singular door, gabs between logs
  • 1500

    Earth Shelter

    Earth Shelter
    covered with grass, and has small windows sloped roof
  • 1500

    Hogan

    Hogan
    round, with a cone shaped roof
  • 1500

    Half timer

    Half timer
    interior and exterior walls are constructed of exposed wood frames
  • Garrison

    Garrison
    two stories, top hangs over the bottom
  • Adobe

    Adobe
    thick rounded edge walls, made of earthen materials
  • spanish Stucco

    spanish Stucco
    terracotta roofs, arches
  • German

    German
    half of full timbered houses with steep roofs
  • dutch colonial

    dutch colonial
    flared eaves, chimneys
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse
    Long porch held up by beams, and most have a gable roof
    first apperend in the 1700s
  • French Manor

    French Manor
    tall ceilings and symmertical
  • Georgian

    Georgian
    paired chimney, brick exterior
  • Saltbox

    Saltbox
    two story house, with pitched roof on one side
  • cape cod

    cape cod
    large chimney, with steep pitched gable roofs
  • southern colonial

    southern colonial
    large windows with shutters, light colors
  • craftsmen

    craftsmen
    wide, low layouts
  • neoclassicism

    neoclassicism
    simply, with a flat roof
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    On stilts/ lifted off the ground, and normally have a large front porch
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    pillars and steep roofs
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    columns and pillars, elaborate door surrounding
  • victorian

    victorian
    bay windows, towers, complex roofs
  • Early classic revival

    Early classic revival
    big porch, large white pillars
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    front porch, single story
  • Prairie style

    Prairie style
    two stories, one story has a long porch
  • international style

    international style
    flat room, open floor plan
  • Ranch

    Ranch
    single story, deck/ patio
  • costal house

    costal house
    on stilts, porch
  • Split level

    Split level
    finished basements, 2 floors attached by a few stairs
  • smart house

    smart house
    technology controlled, connected to the phone
  • Solar

    Solar
    solar panels
  • Tiny house

    Tiny house
    small, one room