Historical Housing Style Timeline Kirby

By KirbyJ
  • Adobe
    3800 BCE

    Adobe

    -Walls made out of mudd (Creates heat and isolation)
    -Soil, Mudd, Water, Straw
  • Half timber
    1400

    Half timber

    -External and internal walls are made out of timber
    - the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle.
  • Swedish Log cabin
    1500

    Swedish Log cabin

    -Manly only one room
    -Made out of wood
  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco

    -Asymmetrical
    -Arched window and doors
  • Salt box

    Salt box

    -Flat front
    -Central chimney
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    Decorative trim, high porches, long halls, tower, high ceilings
  • Hogan

    Hogan

    -Timber Walls
    -Bark roof
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

    -Steep roof
    -High windows
  • Georgian

    Georgian

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

    Adams

    -Box like shaped
    -Symmetrical
  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival

    -Made of Brick, Stone, & Wood, Large Front Porch, Rectangular shape
    - Four Front Columns
  • French Normandy

    French Normandy

    -Arched Door Frame
    -Has brick stone and stucco walls
  • French Provincial

    French Provincial

    -Delicate, dignified appearance
    -Symmetrical
    -Windows are a dominant part of the design
    -Tops of windows break into eaves
  • French Manor

    French Manor

    -Brick Exterior
    -Steep roof
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial

    Gable roof, Symmetrical, framed doorways, shutters, columns
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    Low-pitch roof line, Overhanging eves, Front porch, Small interior, Single story or has a second story built into sloping roofs
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South

    -Large wrap around porch
    -Broad hipped Roof
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    -Large porch
    -Many windows
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    Very pointed roofs and many slim chimneys.
  • German

    German

    -Light exterior with dark wood
    -More than one story
  • Italianate

    Italianate

    *2 story building
    *ornamented windows, porches, and doorways
  • Tudor

    Tudor

    Tudor homes are characterized by their steeply pitched gable roofs, playfully elaborate masonry chimneys
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial

    -Gable Roof
    -Side lights
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style

    Open floor plan.
    Low-pitched roof.
  • Garrison

    Garrison

    -Second story bigger than the first
    -Lots of windows
  • international

    international

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

    Split-Level

    Two short set of stairs, staggered floors, one upstairs and one to basement
  • Solar

    Solar

    The techniques of passive solar building design were practiced for thousands of years, by necessity, before the advent of mechanical heating and cooling.
  • Ranch

    Ranch

    Long, Close to ground, wide open layout
  • Solar Earth Sheltered

    Solar Earth Sheltered

    Partyly in gound or side of hill or soil on sides, Many are solar powerd, covered partaily with soil to protect from elements and climate extreams