1. Architecture

2. New England Clapboard Central Chimney Sloping back roof line
Saltbox 1650
New England
Clapboard
Central Chimney
Sloping back roof line

3. Georgian/ Federal Colonial
Brick-often with contrasting brick coins or detailing
Symmetrical—center door
Duel chimneys
Palladian influence
Vernacular form in clapboard—also called
I-house

4. Georgian/ Federal Colonial

5. Palladio

6. Greek Revival 1820-1850 Antebellum Columns Pediment porch
Temple effect
Painted white
In the North, may have pilasters instead of columns

7. Cape Cod
Cottage
1 ½ story
Dormers
Shingle or clapboard

8. Dutch Colonial
Gambrel or “barn” roof
Often dormers in the roof line

9. Carpenter Gothic
Any material
Gothic ornamentation
Balloon framing

10. Carpenter Gothic

11. Victorian Style Victorian Time Period Victorian Styles Victorian
Queen Anne
Second Empire
Gothic Revival

12. Queen Anne Typically wood
“gingerbread”-contrasting shingles, Unusual features such as octagon rooms, towers, bays
Typically asymmetrical
porches

13. Queen Anne

14. American Four Square Any material Square box
Sometimes porch, lower roof line
Midwestern, but found all over America

15. Times Change
Houses began to have plumbing & electricity therefore, became more expensive to build
Consumerism increases - Labor saving devices, clothes, & stuff
Family size decreases b/c of 2nd Industrial Rev.
Servants choose jobs in factories

16. Bungalow/Craftsman 1910-1930 One or 1.5 stories Any material
Low roof with overhanging eaves
Planned suburban neighborhoods
More compact, circular floor plan
Only basic rooms

18. Sears kit homes
The Ashmore–the “Aristocrat of Bungalows”–was one of the Sears Honor-Bilt Homes sold through the catalog between 1916 and 1922 for between $1,648 to $3,632. It’s considered one of the rarer models. Rosemary Thornton, who’s a well-known expert on Sears Kit Homes, has been able to identify only three still existing in the United States. (For more information about these homes in general, read my earlier post on the topic here.)
The Convenient Old House followed the remodel of one that was built in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota in For a bungalow of that era, the model is fairly large, with 6 bedrooms and a living room 23 feet long.
At the time, the kitchen was considered modern and, according to the catalog, “arranged to save unnecessary steps, planned with every thought for the minimizing of labor, with every care for convenience with the idea of intensive housekeeping always in mind. Everything has been placed within easy reach for the work at hand.”
But the kitchen’s layout would be considered cramped and difficult to work in by today’s standards, with less than six and a half feet of counter space and minimal cabinet storage. The “breakfast alcove” was only big enough to seat two. The kitchen was remodeled in the early 1990s by enclosing the porch to expand the kitchen, but it lost most of the original character along the way.
Here are the interior photos of the Ashmore from the original catalog. It came with a fieldstone fireplace, wood paneling, and a built-in buffet:

19. Other brand

20. Prairie Style Strong horizontal lines
Brick, rock or stone with heavy wood detailing
Frank Lloyd Wright influenced
Deep overhanging eaves

21. Prairie Style

23. The Ranch House Brick Suburban neighborhoods One story
Long and low—horizontal lines
Porches on the back of house

24. The Split Level Main level entry, kitchen, living ½ story up bedrooms
½ story down den and garage
Any material or combination

25. Contemporary Flat roof or shed
Elements of “Moderne” or International style—glass walls, concrete, steel

26. The Neo’s
Georgian, colonial, French, Tudor
McMansions
Faux Chateaux