Home Styles

Bungalow- Originally a one story house with a prominent roof and large overhangs.

Cape Cod-A small one story house with gabled roof and clapboard siding.

Dutch colonial revival- A house with gambrel roof, with lower slope of the roof flaring into the eaves with a gentle curve.

Elizabethan- A house using half timber construction, cross gables, steep pitched roof, and large chimney stack.

Federal- A house with an adaption of classical and Georgian styles, with tall windows, curved stairs, elliptical rooms, octogonal bays, flat roof, balustrade along the eave line, fanlight transoms, porticoes, and columns.

Georgian- A house with aligned windows with capped with cornices or crown mouldings, classical cornices on the eaves, and pilasters framing the doorways.

Gothic Revival- A house with steeply pitched gabled roof, vertical siding, carved ornamentations, verandas, and balconies.

Greek Revival- A house based upon the Greek temple designs, with shallow gabled roof, portico with columns, recessed front entrance, and white clapboard with dark shutters.

Prarie style- A house with low pitched roof, wide overhangs, stucco covering, strong low / horizontal emphasis. Many Frank Lloyd Wright homes were prarie style.

Queen Anne- A multistory, clapboard style featuring turrets, towers, verandas, wraparound porches, gazebos, scrollwork, with varied shingle patterns.

Ranch- A one story house with simple gable roof, built on a slab or shallow foundation.

Spanish Mission- A house with red tile roof, wide eaves with exposed rafter ends, open porches, and typically stucco.

Tudor- A house with masonry or stucco construction, with parapeted gables, stone mullions, large leaded windows, and Tudor arches.

Victorian- Used to refer to Queen Anne or Gothic styled homes.