Styles of Architecture Found in the United States



Styles of Architecture Found in the United States

Style refers to the decorative design of a house based on historical or contemporary fashions. All houses can be identified by one of the nine style groups. The following 64 style are currently found in America today.

1. Colonial American

101. Federal

102. New England Farmhouse

103. Adams

104. Cape Cod

105. Cape Ann

106. Garrison Colonial

107. New England

108. Dutch

109. Saltbox

( Catslide

110. Pennsylvania Dutch

( Pennsylvania German Farmhouse

111. Classic

( Neoclassical

112. Greek Revival

113. Southern Colonial

114. Front Gable New England

( Charleston

( English Colonial

115. Log Cabin

2. English

201. Cotswald Cottage

202. Elizabethan

( Half Timber

203. Masonry Tudor

( Jacobean

204. Williamsburg

( Early Georgian

205. Regency

206. Georgian

207. Tudor

3. French

301. French Farmhouse

302. French Provincial

303. French Normandy

304. Creole

( Louisiana

( New Orleans

4. Swiss

401. Swiss Chalet

5. Latin

501. Spanish Villa

502. Italian Villa

6. Oriental

601. Japanese

7. 19th-Century American

701. Early Gothic Revival

702. Egyptian Revival

703. Roman Tuscan Mode

704. Octagon House

705. High Victorian Gothic

706. High Victorian Italianate

707. American Mansard

( Second Empire

708. Stick Style

( Carpenter Gothic

709. Eastlake

710. Shingle Style

711. Romanesque

712. Queen Anne

713. Brownstone

( Brick Row House

( Eastern Town House

714. Western Row House

( Western Town House

715. Monterey

716. Western Stick

717. Mission Style

8. Early 20th-Century American

801. Prairie House

802. Bungalow

803. Pueblo

( Adobe

804. International Style

805. California Bungalow

806. Shotgun

807. Foursquare

808. Art Deco

( Art Moderne

9. Post-World War II American

901. California Ranch

902. Northwestern

( Puget Sound

903. Functional Modern

( Contemporary

904. Solar House

905. “A” Frame

906. Mobile Home

907. Plastic House

908. Hay House

909. Contemporary Rustic

( California Contemporary

910. Postmodern

Information taken from:

Harrison, Henry S. Houses: The Illustrated Guide to Construction, Design & Systems. 2nd ed. Chicago: Real Estate Education Company, a division of Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc. 1973.

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