House Styles Timeline

By mesacia
  • Adobe
    3000 BCE

    Adobe

    • Plaster/ mud walls -Straw
  • German
    1400

    German

    -light exterior with dark wood

    -symmetrical
  • English-Half Timber
    1400

    English-Half Timber

    -internal and exterior walls constructed with timber frames
    -brick
  • English-Saltbox
    1500

    English-Saltbox

    -asymmetric of the roof
    -low read roofline
  • Swedish-Log Cabin
    1550

    Swedish-Log Cabin

    -only one room
    -10-12 feet long, wide 20ft
  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco

    -Plaster walls
    -Arched windows and shapes
  • French- Normandy

    French- Normandy

    -Brick and stone exterior
    -arched door openings
  • English-Cape Cod

    English-Cape Cod

    -steep roof
    -center chimney
  • Georgian

    Georgian

    -stone or brick walls
    -side gabled or hipped roof
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    -Overhanging eaves
    -Front porch
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial

    -gable roofs
    -symmetrical
  • Hogan

    Hogan

    -bark roof
    -timber walls
  • TideWater South

    TideWater South

    -large wrap around porches
    -broad hipped roof with no interruption
  • Adams

    Adams

    -flat roof, porch with columns
    -pediments
  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival

    -made of brick, stone, and wood
    -large front porch
  • French-Manor

    French-Manor

    -steep roofs
    -arch tops,
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    -pointed roofs
    -many slim chimneys
  • Tudor

    Tudor

    -Gable Roofs
    -Groupings of windows
  • International Style

    International Style

    -Weightless
    -Glass
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    -small tower
    -Decoritive trims
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    -large porches
    -many windows covering all sides of the home
  • Itailianate

    Itailianate

    -centered gable
    -ornamented windows, porches, and doorways
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style

    -horizontal lines
    -natural materials
  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial

    -gambrel roof (curved eaves around the edge of the house)
    -grand entrances
  • French-Provincial

    French-Provincial

    -delicate, dignified appearance
    symmetrical
    -windows are a dominant part of the design
  • Ranch

    Ranch

    -close to the ground profile
    -wide and open layout
  • English- Garrison

    English- Garrison

    -2 stories, 2nd is larger than 1st
    -stacked
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level

    -floors are staggered (typically two shorts sets of stairs
    -two shorts sets of stairs
  • Earth Sheltered

    Earth Sheltered

    • mostly or partly covered by land/grass
    • solar powered
  • Solar

    Solar

    panels installed on roof, fans, and pumps