Old House Styles
Kit Houses from Sears, Roebuck
A bungalow built from a pre-cut kit sold through a catalog.
Old houses come in all shapes and sizes. The style of a house is greatly influenced by its location, when it was built and if it has undergone renovations. Explore Victorians, colonials, Greek and Spanish revivals, foursquares, Federals, bungalows and other design motifs.
A bungalow built from a pre-cut kit sold through a catalog.
From its rediscovery in the 1930s to becoming the quintessential American vacation house in the 1950s, the A-frame represented the fun side of mid-century modern architecture.
Queen Anne houses are asymmetrical, medieval, and delightfully ornamental.
The Cape Cod house was revived in the 20th century by Royal Barry Wills, who found the simple plan “almost as modern as Modern.”
Born during the Great Depression, HABS is an essential research tool.
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