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Two-Pen: 1850-1870s

•Non-Stylistic

•1 story

•Two rooms wide

I-Style: 1820-1880s

•Non-Stylistic

•2 stories

•Tall and skinny

Upright-and-Wing: 1860-1890s

•Non-Stylistic

•1.5 - 2 stories

•Narrow Clapboard

New England Colonial: 1890-

1930•Symmetrical

•2.5 stories

•4 -over- 4 plan

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Italianate: 1840-1870s

•Low, hipped roofs

•Overhanging eaves

•Decorative brackets

Gothic Revival: 1830-1880s

•Pointed arches

•Steep gable roofs

•Lacy bargeboard

Second Empire: 1870-1880s

•Mansard roof

•2 - 2.5 stories

•Dormers add light

Greek Revival: 1840-1890

•Temple-front

•2 stories

•Columns, pilasters

Queen Anne: 1880-1890s

•Eclectic, decorative

•Corbelled chimneys

•2 - 3.5 stories

•Cut stone foundations

•Numerous balconies

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Cubic: 1900-1920s

•Square floor plan

•2.5 stories

•Pyramidal roofs

French Normandy: 1900-1930

•Central turret with door

•Massive chimneys

•Steep, complicated roofs

French Provincial: 1900-

1930•French windows

•High steep hipped roof

•Expensive materials used

Half Timber/Tudor

Revival: 1900-1930s

•Stucco and half-timbering

•Small leaded glass windows

•Complicated peaked roofs

Neo-Dutch Colonial: 1900-

1940•Gambrel roof

•Dormers

•Symmetrical

Spanish Colonial: 1910-1930s

•Tiled roof

•Stucco

•Arched openings

Garrison Colonial: 1935-

1955•Overhang

•Ornamentation (sometimes)

•Sub style of Colonial Revival

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Bungalow: 1910-1930s

•Narrow, rectangular

•1 story

•Small front porches

Arts and Crafts: 1895-1920

•Steep gabled roofs

•Exposed beams

•Large front porches

Art Deco: 1920-1940s

•Flat roof

•1 - 2 stories

•Stucco

Prairie: 1900-1950s

•Overhanging eaves

•Broad, hipped roofs

•Horizontal appearance

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Cape Cod: 1940-1950s

•Symmetrical

•1.5 stories

•Dormers

Minimal Traditional:

1950s•Hipped roofs

•Square floor plans

•Small picture windows

California Ranch: 1950-1960s

•Long, rectangular

•Low pitched, hipped roofs

•Requires long lots

Split Level: 1950s-1960s

•1 story attached to a 2 story

•Variation on a ranch style

•Garage under upper bedrooms

International: 1930-1950s

•Flat roof

•1 story

•Cantilevered rooms

Mobile Trailer: 1920-1980s

•Very inexpensive

•Factory-made houses

•Zoned in trailer parks

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Counter Culture: 1960-1970s

•Simple construction, A-frame

•Open interior spaces

•Communal lifestyle

Shed: 1960-1970s

•Multi-directional roofs

•Entrance is recessed

•Colliding shapes

Neo-Mediterranean:

1970-1980s•Stucco

•Round, arched windows

•Hipped roofs, tiled sometimes

Overview of House Styles from 1850-1990•Houses, in the 19th century, were either stylistic or non-stylistic with massive foundations; they were mostly 2 stories.

•During the Revival period, houses draw inspiration from European countries; expensive materials were used in these 2 storied houses.

•In the 1930s, stream-lined styles diffused from the coasts to the Midwest; these planar houses were also 2 stories.

•Post WWII houses had simplified symmetrical plans, and were stretched out in long rectangular shapes; they were 1-1.5 stories.

•Post-Modern styles used boxy geometric designs which emphasized simplicity; there is a revival of 2 story houses.