Housing Styles

  • Earth Sheltered
    1500

    Earth Sheltered

    built at ground level, cross ventilation
  • Half Timber
    1500

    Half Timber

    Plaster, wattle
  • Adobe House

    Adobe House

    Thick walls, cream colored, flat roof
  • Spanish-Stucco

    Spanish-Stucco

    heavy doors, small windows
  • Swedish-Log Cabin

    Swedish-Log Cabin

    round logs, clapboard gables
  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

    small and rectangular, one and a half stories, gable roof
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse

    cross trim, big porches, wood, beams
  • Coastal

    Coastal

    on stilts, many floors, additions
  • Queen Anne

    Queen Anne

    steeply pitched roof, round corner tower
  • French-Country Manor

    French-Country Manor

    High arched windows, hipped roofs
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South

    2 stories, made of wood, stilts
  • Itailianate

    Itailianate

    symmetrical, low pitched roof
  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial

    balanced windows, pillars, 2 floors, dormer windows
  • Tudor

    Tudor

    brick, half-timbered framing
  • Craftsmen

    Craftsmen

    overhanging roof, wood accents, natural colors
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    bay windows, 2-3 floors
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    Pointed Arches, front facing gable
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    plaster exterior, covered portico entrance
  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style

    asymmetric, geometric
  • Split-Level

    Split-Level

    attached garage, windows at ground level
  • Tiny House

    Tiny House

    maybe on wheels, small and simple
  • Ski Lodge

    Ski Lodge

    first is stone second and third is wood, rolled roof
  • English cottage

    English cottage

    sharply pitched roof, chimney
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    single story, simple
  • Smart House

    Smart House

    Technologically advanced, one central point
  • Solar

    Solar

    Dark colored walls, windows face the south