Historical Housing Style Timeline Kirby

By Hkirby
  • Adobe
    3800 BCE

    Adobe

    3800 BC
    Soil, water, straw, mud walls
  • Half Timber
    1400

    Half Timber

    15th Century
    -External walls internal walls are constructed of timber frames Spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub.
  • Swedish Log Cabin
    1500

    Swedish Log Cabin

    16th-17th century
    -only one room
    -was only 10-12 feet wide to 20 feet long
    -had a stone fireplace
  • Spanish-Stucco

    Spanish-Stucco

    17-19th century
  • German

    German

    17th century
    -More than one story
    -tall roof
  • Garrison

    Garrison

    17th century
    -Second floor larger then first
    -Stacked
  • French Normandy

    French Normandy

    17th Century
    Tall
    steeoply-pitched hipped roofs
    eaves that flare upward to the roof wall intersection
    Arched door opening
  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial

    17th Century
    Balanced, symmetrical proportions.
    Brick exterior.
    Steep roofs.
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    17th Century
    Decrotive trim, high porches, long halls, tower, high cellings
  • Saltbox

    Saltbox

    17th century
    -Asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long
    -The flat front and central chimney
  • Hogan

    Hogan

    18th Century
    -Timber Walls
    -Bark Roof
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

    18th century
    -Steep roof
    -Center chimney
    -Shingle
    -Windows often go to the roofline
  • Georgian

    Georgian

    18th Century
    -Have simple exterior lines
    -Dignified appearances and symmetry
    -Windows with small panes of glass and either gable or hip roofs.
  • Adams

    Adams

    18th century
    -boxlike shake
    -symmetrical
    -two-stories
    -Pediments, Portico
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial

    18th Century
    Gable roof, Symetrical, framed doorways, shutters, columns
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    18th Century
    Low-pitch roof kline, Overhanging eves, Front porch, Small interior, Single story or has a second story built into sloping roofs
  • French-Manor

    French-Manor

    18-19th Century
    Symmetrical
    Brick
    Steep roof
    tall second story windows
    porch
  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival

    18th century
    -Made of Brick, Stone, & Wood
    -Large Front Porch
    -Rectangular shape
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    19th Century
    Very pointed roofs and many slim chimneys.
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    19th Century
    Large porches
    Many windows covering all sides of the home
    Collumns
  • Itailianate

    Itailianate

    19th Century
    ornamented windows, porches, and doorways
    2 story building
    hipped roof
    centered gable
  • Tudor

    Tudor

    19th Century
    Tudor homes are characterized by their steeply pitched gable roofs, playfully elaborate masonry chimneys (often with chimney pots), embellished doorways
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South

    20th century
    -Wrap around porch
    -Broad hipped roof with no interruption
  • Dutch

    Dutch

    20th century
    -Gamvrel roof
    -Grand entrances
    -sidelights
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style

    20th century
    One or two-story.
    One-story projections.
    Open floor plan.
    Low-pitched roof.
    Broad, overhanging eaves.
    Strong horizontal lines.
  • International Style

    International Style

    20th century
    Open interior spaces; and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction. and light
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level

    20th century
    Two short set of stairs, stagered floors, one upstaurs and one to basement
  • Solar

    Solar

    20th century
    Orientation and Southern Facing Windows.
    Thermal Mass.
    Insulation.
    Overhang or Solar Control
  • Ranch

    Ranch

    21 Century
    Long, Close to ground, wide open layout
  • Earth Sheltered

    Earth Sheltered

    21st Century
    Partly in ground or side of hill or soil on sides, Many are solar powered, covered partially with soil to protect from elements and climate extremes