Early Housing

By sydney.pf

  • Georgian Colonial Homes

    Georgian Colonial Homes
    1. Reflected a period of colonial growth.
    2. Desire for more formally designed buildings.

  • Wattle and Daub

    Wattle and Daub
    1. Constructed this type of house for tool storage.
    2. Immediate shelter for men who remained onshore until rest of settlement could be constructed.

  • Timber-frame Dwellings

    Timber-frame Dwellings
    1. first British settlers built these dwellings similar to the ones they had in their home country.
    2. Wood and rock would typically be used as they were physical characteristics of New England.

  • Spanish Colonial

    Spanish Colonial
    1. Early explorers from Spain, Mexico, etc. built rustic homes out of wood, adobe, crushed shells, or stone.
    2. Influenced by immigrants from Spanish countries.

  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    1. Dutch settlers brought traditions from home countries.
    2. Influenced by the use of the gambrel roof.

  • Octagon Style

    Octagon Style
    1. Want for increase in sunlight.
    2. Influenced by Thomas Jefferson's summer home.

  • Tidewater

    Tidewater
    1. Designed for wet and hot climates.
    2. Features influenced by French Colonial houses.

  • Greek (revival) House

    Greek (revival) House
    1. Influenced by the belief that ancient Greece represented the spirit of democracy.
    2. Americans sympathized with Greece's struggles for independence.

  • Renaissance (revival) House

    Renaissance (revival) House
    1. Influence by the fascination of Renaissance Europe.
    2. Influenced by architecture from 16th-century Renaissance Italy and France.

  • Second Empire House

    Second Empire House
    1. Influenced by architecture of France.
    2. Influenced by periods from Italian Renaissance.

  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    1. Influenced by craftsman bungalow around the first war.
    2. Stayed true to bungalow lines, but ventured to semi-bungalows with larger dormer and a partial second story.

  • Victorian Architecture

    Victorian Architecture
    1. Influenced by Industrial Revolution
    2. Another major influence was the expansion of railroads

  • American Foursqaure

    American Foursqaure
    1. Influenced/reaction of the mass-produced elements of the Victorian.
    2. Incorporated elements from the Prairie School and Craftsman styles

  • Mediterranean

    Mediterranean
    1. Influenced by Italian Renaissance villas
    2. Builders used mixed of French, Spanish, and Italian architectural elements.

  • Tudor (Revival)

    Tudor (Revival)
    1. Some see it as an Anglophile reaction to immigration.
    2. Influenced by Old World styles.