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Second empire style
In the 1870s a popular housing style was the French Second Empire style that had features such as a porch, bay windows, and multiple stories. In the 1870s housing needs and wants consisted of having access to water, extra windows, outdoor kitchen, farm door, land, an outhouse, lots of trees, a fireplace, and a cellar. Some houses also were built with a gothic style and uniquie architecture. -
Craftsmen style
In 1905 the craftsman style of housing really began to be popular. The style is characterized by wide, low layouts, gabled roofs, open floor plans, wood framing, and front porches that feature support columns and exposed rafters. Many also have patterned windows and covered front porches. Craftsman interiors are built to be cozy, homey, and warm. they feature living and dining areas; small eat-in kitchen nooks; and a traditional, human-scaled space plan. -
Moderne style of the 1930s
The moderne style of the 1930s houses had a layout that consisted of a room off the front hall with a second living room and kitchen at the rear. Upstairs in these small homes were usually two bedrooms, a small room and a bathroom with a toilet. There would also usually be a detached garage to teh side of the house.The exterior of the 1930s house styles is made of red brick or cobblestone and the window frames were often the same color as the doors. -
Ranch style home
In the 1950s and 60s the mid-century ranch style boomed. The key features that make this style recongnizable is its emphasis on landscaping, flat roofs, screened porches, attached garages, low roofs, sliding-glass doors, lots of windows to let in natural light and allow for multiple outdoor views. Small steps going up and down between rooms created the split-level layout. Some houses even had partial walls, or cabinets of varying heights to create different depths in the space as well. -
Mcmansions of the 1990s
Mcmansions became very popular in the 1990s. Mcmansion are very easy to spot from its unique feastures of busy rooflines, plastic shutters, mismatched windows, four-car garages; It’s large, cheaply constructed, and architecturally sloppy. Excessive use of gabled roofs or a bizarre mixture of roof styles on an over-sized house in proportion to suburban neighborhood building lot is a good way to describe this style. Some people today take these houses as insporation for homes today. -
Modern farm house
Popular houseing after the pandemic is a moderne farm house style. Lots of people now value an open floor plan that has all hard wood or tile floors. Many houses now have home gyms, playrooms, offices, bigger bathrooms, more outlets, screened in porches, laundry rooms, a large kitchen, a basement, storage areas, big closets and multiple bedrooms, and mud rooms. People also appreciate an attached garage and large windows. I wonder what will change in the future.