Architectural StylesBoth homeowners and real estate professionals will benefit from this overview of the components and distinguishing features of the various architectural styles common in North America, including Queen Anne, Tudor, Spanish Colonial, and Modern. The text also discusses common details that enhance or define architectural styles such as columns, roof shapes, floor plans, doors, and window types. |
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VIII | 11 |
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XII | 29 |
XXIX | 44 |
XXX | 45 |
XXXII | 46 |
XXXIII | 47 |
XXXIV | 49 |
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XXXVI | 51 |
XXXVIII | 52 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 36 |
XVIII | 37 |
XX | 38 |
XXIII | 39 |
XXIV | 40 |
XXVI | 41 |
XXVII | 42 |
XXVIII | 43 |
XXXIX | 53 |
XL | 54 |
XLI | 55 |
XLII | 56 |
XLIII | 57 |
XLV | 58 |
XLVI | 63 |
Common terms and phrases
ANCIENT CLASSICAL arch window Architectural Styles MODULE Awning Bell-cast eave building Cape Cod Casement windows chimneys and dormers Colonial Revival columns cornice Craftsman Craftsman-style cross gables Cupola Curved top defining feature dentils double-hung windows Dutch Colonial entablature exterior facade is asymmetrical Fanlight finial flat roof Floor plans focal point front door front facade gable roof Gambrel Georgian Gothic Revival Greek Revival half-timbering hipped roof horizontal house styles Houses are typically Italianate late low pitched Machine Age Mansard masonry Medieval muntins nogging Oriel windows Palladian windows pediment pilasters pitched roofs porch roof porch supports porches are common Prairie-style Queen Anne houses Queen Anne style Quoining Renaissance Classical roof overhangs rooms deep Saltbox sash sashless shingle Shingle-style homes single pane single-hung Sliders sloped roofs Spanish Colonial steep roof stucco style homes transom trim True False Tudor Tudor-style homes vergeboards wide overhang widow's walk window types windows are common Windows are typically wood