Housing Styles

Tudor Home:

This is classified as a Tudor home because it is half timber with a chimney.  It is an upper class suburbian home that feratures wood, stucco, and brick.

Neo-Classical Home:

This is a Neo-Classical home because it has pillars and is symmetrical.  It also has some white on it which is a common color for this type of home.

Queen Anne Home:

This is a Queen Anne home because it has a long sweeping porch and painted shingles.  It also has a gingerbread look to it to better distinguish it.

Bungalow Home:

This is a Bungalow home because something pops out in it, which in this case is the pillars.  The wood on this type of home is to be stained lightly or left alone.

Ranch Home:

This is a Ranch home because it has a garage and a less public rear patio. They are single story houses influenced by adobe designs.

Prairie Home:

This is a Prairie style home because there are organic structures that grow out of their sites and harmonize with the land.  Horizontal lines make up prairie style homes and windows are grouped together.

Colonial Revival Home:

This is a Colonial Revival home because ideas were borrowed from houses built in the Colonial times.  There are many different types of Colonial homes depending on the area you live in.

International School:

This is an International school because it is influenced by commerical buildings.  Its imprint can be seen in the glass towers that dominate large city skylines.

Cape Cod Home:

This is a Cape Cod home because it has a central chimney and has a broad frame building.  It has very little ornamentation because it is a simple style home.

Colonial Revival (Dutch) Home:

This is a Colonial Revival home because it has brick siding and shutters.  It is rectangular with shutters as well.

Neo-Eclectic Home:

This is a Neo-Eclectic home because it is a modern residential type of house that was built after the 1960's.  It has brick, stone, and composite materials combined.