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housing timeline

  • swedish log cabin
    3500 BCE

    swedish log cabin

    singular door, gabs between logs
  • Earth Shelter
    1500

    Earth Shelter

    covered with grass, and has small windows sloped roof
  • Hogan
    1500

    Hogan

    round, with a cone shaped roof
  • Half timer
    1500

    Half timer

    interior and exterior walls are constructed of exposed wood frames
  • Garrison

    Garrison

    two stories, top hangs over the bottom
  • Adobe

    Adobe

    thick rounded edge walls, made of earthen materials
  • spanish Stucco

    spanish Stucco

    terracotta roofs, arches
  • German

    German

    half of full timbered houses with steep roofs
  • dutch colonial

    dutch colonial

    flared eaves, chimneys
  • Farmhouse

    Farmhouse

    Long porch held up by beams, and most have a gable roof
    first apperend in the 1700s
  • French Manor

    French Manor

    tall ceilings and symmertical
  • Georgian

    Georgian

    paired chimney, brick exterior
  • Saltbox

    Saltbox

    two story house, with pitched roof on one side
  • cape cod

    cape cod

    large chimney, with steep pitched gable roofs
  • southern colonial

    southern colonial

    large windows with shutters, light colors
  • craftsmen

    craftsmen

    wide, low layouts
  • neoclassicism

    neoclassicism

    simply, with a flat roof
  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South

    On stilts/ lifted off the ground, and normally have a large front porch
  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival

    pillars and steep roofs
  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival

    columns and pillars, elaborate door surrounding
  • victorian

    victorian

    bay windows, towers, complex roofs
  • Early classic revival

    Early classic revival

    big porch, large white pillars
  • Bungalow

    Bungalow

    front porch, single story
  • Prairie style

    Prairie style

    two stories, one story has a long porch
  • international style

    international style

    flat room, open floor plan
  • Ranch

    Ranch

    single story, deck/ patio
  • costal house

    costal house

    on stilts, porch
  • Split level

    Split level

    finished basements, 2 floors attached by a few stairs
  • smart house

    smart house

    technology controlled, connected to the phone
  • Solar

    Solar

    solar panels
  • Tiny house

    Tiny house

    small, one room