House Types I got most of these images from a power point presentation created by Samantha Siker and found on this web-site: http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/index.htm
Italianate: 1840-1870s Low, hipped roofs Overhanging eaves Decorative brackets
Single Story Italianate or Italianate Cottage: 1865-1885
Gothic Revival: 1830-1880s Pointed arches Steep gable roofs Lacy bargeboard
Greek Revival: 1840-1890 Temple-front 2 stories Columns, pilasters
Colonial Revival (1880s-present)
Colonial Revival Cottage: 1895-1915
Neo-Dutch Colonial: 1900-1940 Gambrel roof Dormers Symmetrical
Prairie: 1900-1950s Overhanging eaves Broad, hipped and/or flat roofs Horizontal appearance
Monterey Revival: (1925-1955)
Second Empire: 1870-1880s Mansard roof 2 - 2.5 stories Dormers add light
Stick: (1870-1895)
New England Colonial: 1890-1930 Symmetrical 2.5 stories 4 -over- 4 plan
Arts and Crafts: 1895-1920 Steep gabled roofs Exposed beams Large front porches
Half Timber/Tudor Revival: 1900-1930s Stucco and half-timbering Small leaded glass windows Complicated peaked roofs
French Provincial: 1900-1930 French windows High steep hipped roof Expensive materials used
Bungalow: 1910-1930s Narrow, rectangular 1 story Small front porches
Spanish Colonial: 1910-1930s Tiled roof Stucco Arched openings
American Foursquare” 1895 - 1930 Simple box shape Two-and-a-half stories high Four-room floor plan Low-hipped roof, or pyramidal with deep overhang Large central dormer Full-width porch with wide stairs Brick, stone, stucco, concrete block, or wood siding Mail-order
Queen Anne Cottage: 1880- 1890s “practically consumed by an oversized gable. A veritable billboard for textural effect, the ornate gable may be clothed in decorative shingles, framed with intricate bargeboard, pierced by flashed glass windows, stamped with a sunburst” cut-away corners
Queen Anne: 1880-1890s Eclectic, decorative Multiple gables 2 - 3.5 stories Rounded tower Wrap around front porch Numerous balconies
Cape Cod: 1940-1950s Symmetrical 1.5 stories Sometimes dormers
Garrison Colonial: 1935-1955 Overhang Ornamentation (sometimes) Sub style of Colonial Revival
Art Deco: 1920-1940s Flat roof 1 - 2 stories Stucco
California Ranch: 1950-1960s Long, rectangular Low pitched, hipped roofs Requires long lots