House Styles

QUEEN ANNE


      Queen Anne's are almost like a ginger bread house. They have a large front porch with a turret. They have decorative shingles and elaborated woo decoration.

  Colonial Revival- Cape cod Cottage

     Cape Cod homes have a large central chimney, gabled dormers, and shingled facade. The front door uses wood trim to hint at classical pillars. 

Greek Revival

    

          Greek Revival's are fancy  They have columns, classic patios. they have pediments, and the facade is symmetrical. 

Colonial Revival- Dutch

     Dutch homes were popular in the

 colonies

. They almost look like barns with the Gambrel roofs. This house was also available by mail order from Montgomery Ward in 1927. 

Bungalow  

     Bungalows are common in California  They are usually natural colors like brown, they have low roofs, and a wide front porch.

Prairie Style

  Prairie styles have hidden fount doors, and a hip roof with wide over hangs. They also can have stain glass windows.

Colonial Revival - Georgian

  This is a southern family home. They have a symmetrical facade, the front door is surround with it's suggestions of pillars, or side lights.

  

Ranch 

 The ranch was the first home type with a attached garage. they have a little decoration above the roof , and feature small doors.

Tudor

   Tudors have wood trim, and a double gable front  They are made of a mixture of material such as stone, timber, brick, and stucco. And Willam Shakespeare grew up in a Tudor. 

Neo-Eclectic 

  Most new houses are Neo- Eclectic. They are a mixer of all all the other kind of housing styles into one.

International School
     This house " Floats" on pillars and is an exercise geometrical lines and space. They are basically structure buildings made of concrete and glass.