Housing Styles and Accessories

Housing Styles:

Tudor Wood trim of half timbers, a double gable front and a decorative chimney  the front is brick but the rest usually stucco and half timbered.



Neo-Classical (Greek Revival) 1853 four columns forming a classical portico, symmetrical  pediment on the top, usually state owned.

 Queen Anne (Victorian) 1892 Many gables, a turret, large porch, elaborate wood decorations

Bungalow (Craftsmanship) 1911-1920 front shed dormer,full width porch, exposed rafters, usually made with natural colors and a low roof

Ranch (Contemporary) attached garage often dominates the design. Patio and small front door also a picture window

Prairie Frank Lloyd Wright design. Wide overhands, hipped roof, casement windows, simple style, hidden doors and stain glass windows

International School  Floats on pillars, geometrical lines and space..Concrete,glass,  steel, flat roof.

Colonial revival
                   -Georgian  symmetrical facade, pillars at front door, very formal, sidelights are located by the door, lacks central chimney

                   -Cape Cod Cottage Large central chimney gabled dormers,shingled facade, also a classical doorway using wood trim to hint the pillars

         -Dutch 1927 Gambrel roof with front shed dormer. Looks like a barn

Neo-Eclectic (Contemporary) Palladian Windows, decorative front gables, front porch

Roof Styles:

Gable roof

(Front and Side)

Gambrel roof

(Barn Style)

Hip roof

(Four sides come to a "point")

Flat

Saltbox

(One side short the other long and lower at a slant)

Mansard

(Four sides, flat top)

Accessories:

Bay Window

Set of two or more windows the protrude out of the wall

adding more light and wider views

Casement Window

opens by swinging inward or outward

ClapBoard

Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover outer walls

Dormer

Setting for a vertical window on a roof

Eaves

Portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall

Fanlight

A semicircle or arched window above a door

Palladian Window

A three part window with a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights

Pediment

Triangular crown used over doors,windows or porches.

Portico

Large porch usually with a pediment roof suportied by the classical columns

Rafter

A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall.

Sidelights

Windows on either side of the door.

Turret

A small tower, often in the corner of a building.