Historical Housing Style Timeline Kirby

By KirbyJ
  • 3800 BCE

    Adobe

    Adobe
    -Walls made out of mudd (Creates heat and isolation)
    -Soil, Mudd, Water, Straw
  • 1400

    Half timber

    Half timber
    -External and internal walls are made out of timber
    - the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle.
  • 1500

    Swedish Log cabin

    Swedish Log cabin
    -Manly only one room
    -Made out of wood

  • Spanish Stucco

    Spanish Stucco
    -Asymmetrical
    -Arched window and doors

  • Salt box

    Salt box
    -Flat front
    -Central chimney

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    Decorative trim, high porches, long halls, tower, high ceilings

  • Hogan

    Hogan
    -Timber Walls
    -Bark roof

  • Cape Cod

    Cape Cod
    -Steep roof
    -High windows

  • Georgian

    Georgian
    -Have simple exterior lines
    -Dignified appearances and symmetry
    -Windows with small panes of glass and either gable or hip roofs.

  • Adams

    Adams
    -Box like shaped
    -Symmetrical

  • Early Classic Revival

    Early Classic Revival
    -Made of Brick, Stone, & Wood, Large Front Porch, Rectangular shape
    - Four Front Columns

  • French Normandy

    French Normandy
    -Arched Door Frame
    -Has brick stone and stucco walls

  • French Provincial

    French Provincial
    -Delicate, dignified appearance
    -Symmetrical
    -Windows are a dominant part of the design
    -Tops of windows break into eaves

  • French Manor

    French Manor
    -Brick Exterior
    -Steep roof

  • Southern Colonial

    Southern Colonial
    Gable roof, Symmetrical, framed doorways, shutters, columns

  • Bungalow

    Bungalow
    Low-pitch roof line, Overhanging eves, Front porch, Small interior, Single story or has a second story built into sloping roofs

  • Tidewater South

    Tidewater South
    -Large wrap around porch
    -Broad hipped Roof

  • Greek Revival

    Greek Revival
    -Large porch
    -Many windows

  • Gothic Revival

    Gothic Revival
    Very pointed roofs and many slim chimneys.

  • German

    German
    -Light exterior with dark wood
    -More than one story

  • Italianate

    Italianate
    *2 story building
    *ornamented windows, porches, and doorways

  • Tudor

    Tudor
    Tudor homes are characterized by their steeply pitched gable roofs, playfully elaborate masonry chimneys

  • Dutch Colonial

    Dutch Colonial
    -Gable Roof
    -Side lights

  • Prairie Style

    Prairie Style
    Open floor plan.
    Low-pitched roof.

  • Garrison

    Garrison
    -Second story bigger than the first
    -Lots of windows

  • international

    international
    open interior spaces; and a visually weightless quality engendered by the use of cantilever construction. and light

  • Split-Level

    Split-Level
    Two short set of stairs, staggered floors, one upstairs and one to basement

  • Solar

    Solar
    The techniques of passive solar building design were practiced for thousands of years, by necessity, before the advent of mechanical heating and cooling.

  • Ranch

    Ranch
    Long, Close to ground, wide open layout

  • Solar Earth Sheltered

    Solar Earth Sheltered
    Partyly in gound or side of hill or soil on sides, Many are solar powerd, covered partaily with soil to protect from elements and climate extreams