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House Styles

House Styles

From old row houses in Philadelphia to a new Greek Revival in Michigan, each article in this category illuminates a particular style of architecture.

American Foursquare Architecture & Interiors

Thumbnail image for American Foursquare Architecture & Interiors The epitome of the post-Victorian “comfortable house,” the Foursquare is about dignified self-containment.
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Arts & Crafts Architecture and How To Spot Arts & Crafts Homes

Thumbnail image for Arts & Crafts Architecture and How To Spot Arts & Crafts Homes Informal yet eminently cultured, the Arts & Crafts movement served to influence a range of house styles that still grace the architectural landscape.
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Beaux Arts: A Capital Idea

Thumbnail image for Beaux Arts: A Capital Idea America's enthrallment with a stately architectural style leaves a monumental impression.
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Bungalows of the Arts & Crafts Movement

Thumbnail image for Bungalows of the Arts & Crafts Movement Artistic naturalism in the architecture and design of the Arts & Crafts bungalow.
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Cape Cod Cottage & History of Cape Cod Architecture

Thumbnail image for Cape Cod Cottage & History of Cape Cod Architecture This early regional house style caught on like wildfire, and the Cape Cod home is arguably one of the most recognizable today.
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Colonial Revival Interior Design

Thumbnail image for Colonial Revival Interior Design The rocker, the Windsor chair, and other staples of Colonial Revival homes.
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Early Colonial Revival Architecture

Thumbnail image for Early Colonial Revival Architecture The history of the "Old Colonies Style" of the 20th century.
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Early French Architecture in America

Thumbnail image for Early French Architecture in America A few easy-to-identify clues reveal the French accent on early American architecture.
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Gothic Revival & Carpenter Gothic Houses

Thumbnail image for Gothic Revival & Carpenter Gothic Houses While a Gothic vocabulary is relevant to many American styles, a full-blown Gothic Revival took hold in mid-19th-century America.
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Italianate Architecture and History

Thumbnail image for Italianate Architecture and History Paralleling America's Industrial Revolution, the Italianate offered homeowners an aesthetic that was at once romantic and practical.
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Modern Gothic Houses & Eastlake Interiors

Thumbnail image for Modern Gothic Houses & Eastlake Interiors Late Victorian houses were marked by bold design.
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Prairie Homes & Prairie School Architecture

Thumbnail image for Prairie Homes & Prairie School Architecture Lowered ceilings, open planning, indirect lighting—all these can be traced to modern, American style Prairie homes.
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Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture & Interiors

Thumbnail image for Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture & Interiors A worldly, substantial, urban style of the Victorian era, Romanesque was used for museums and banks, gatehouses and row houses, and the occasional mansion.
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Sears Catalog Homes: Cedars House Plan

Thumbnail image for Sears Catalog Homes: Cedars House Plan Built in 1931, this "Cedars" in St. Louis was a popular house design from the Sears Honor Bilt Modern Homes catalog.
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Shingle Style Victorian Architecture and History of Shingle Style Homes

Thumbnail image for Shingle Style Victorian Architecture and History of Shingle Style Homes This Victorian style has been called "the architecture of the American summer."
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Stick Style Architecture & Interiors

Thumbnail image for Stick Style Architecture & Interiors A celebration of timber construction, Victorian-era Stick Style houses are the culmination of a tradition that began in the 1840s with the picturesque movement.
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Study of Stick Style Architecture and History

Thumbnail image for Study of Stick Style Architecture and History Novel carpentry creates the first "modern" house of the Victorian age.
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The Architectural Influences of Greene & Greene

Thumbnail image for The Architectural Influences of Greene & Greene When a twist of fate landed architect brothers Charles and Henry Greene in California, they seized upon the state's burgeoning identity to create a new brand of architecture and design.
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The California Ranch

Thumbnail image for The California Ranch Also called Western Ranch, these modern houses were built for casual family living and an outdoors lifestyle.
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The Comfortable House

Thumbnail image for The Comfortable House Foursquare, Tudor Revival, Mission, bungalow. All are familiar terms today, but 40 years ago these houses were snubbed by architectural historians as unworthy of study.
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