Old House Styles

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A History of Cape Cod Design

This early regional house style caught on like wildfire, and Cape Cod design is arguably one of the most recognizable house styles today.

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Row House Glossary

Medium-density, neighbor-friendly houses of the 19th century.

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Prairie School Houses

Prairie School houses were a phenomenon 1901–1919 that changed domestic architecture forever.

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Mission Revival Style

The Mission Revival architectural style was one result of a preservation movement that began in the 1880s.

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Italianate Beauty

The gazebo of this cherished 1864 Italianate house on Cape Cod has become a beloved feature in the neighborhood—as much a part of the history of the house as its Italianate elements.

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19th Century Italian Styles

Romantic details for Italian styles: villa, row house, or in a rural vernacular.

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20th Century Storybook Homes

A Hollywood take on Medieval and European domestic architecture.

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The California Ranch

Read how the ranch house came about and its traits.

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Chalet, Lodge & Bungalow

1885–1925: Picturesque wood details have roots in European chalets.

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Colonial Revival Revealed

The timeless approach to decorating that’s also known as Traditional.

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The Tudor Revival Style

1895–1945: from architect-designed mansions to planbook homes.

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An Interior Inspired by Wright’s Taliesin

Inspired by his time at Wright’s Taliesin, architect Gerald Lee Morosco creates a warm and quite classical Modern environment in his own Pittsburgh row house.

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Modern Design Motifs

Untouched, a mid-century house in Oregon reveals the Usonian design sources for a generation of dwellings.

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Dormers, Bays & Turrets

These three types of windows-dormers, bays, and turrets-share the common feature of windows that project from the house-in the roof or on the wall-and provide the pleasures of light and ventilation. A historical look at how windows expand into architectural appendages.

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Queen Anne Neglected No Longer

The exterior is done, but we’ve got years to go restoring our Queen Anne.

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A Cherished 1774 Colonial Restored

The large center-hall Georgian was built as an inn. After removing 1940s accretions and reconfiguring rooms for residential use, the current owners decorated it in fine Colonial Revival tradition.