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26 Architectural House Styles That Built America

House styles have evolved for centuries to accommodate changes in taste, lifestyle, and environment. Exploring the house styles that create American neighborhoods allows you to envision your dream home and know exactly what you’re looking for before you’re ready to buy.

Understanding the foundation of your home’s design can also help you plan your decor and landscaping — making a house your home.

Learn more about the history of home design and choose your ideal architectural style before you move.

You can view the full infographic here or read on below to learn about the most popular American house styles.

1. Colonial Style

Colonial-style houses are simple rectangular homes that became popular in the 1600s as colonists settled the East Coast. These homes have many variations due to the fact that new communities all over the world built Colonial-style homes to suit their culture.

These homes are also some of the cheapest types of houses to build.

British Colonial style is the most common and recognizable Colonial home. Its key features include:

The rectangular shape and interest in symmetry are seen in other Colonial house styles, too. Materials and decorative features can vary by region, as some Colonial houses sport brick exteriors and ornate trim, while others showcase shingle siding and simple shutters.

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2. Cape Cod Style

Cape Cod homes are similar to the British or American Colonial homes, though they originated further north in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. These are often seen as the classic American family home since the style’s revival in the 20th Century.

Cape Cod homes are identified by their:

Cape Cod homes are built of local wood and stone to withstand the northeastern weather. This exterior weathering provides an iconic weathered-blue color to these homes.

3.  Dutch Colonial Revival Style

Most Dutch Colonial homes you find today are actually from the Colonial Revival period of the early 20th Century. Original Dutch Colonial homes feature flared roof eaves and creative wood and brickwork. They are much more ornamental than classic Colonial homes, though the Dutch Colonial Revival style tends to be more subdued than the original Dutch Colonial homes.

Dutch Colonial Revival houses feature:

The large barn-style roofs are the most identifiable feature of a Dutch Colonial home and even became known as “Dutch roofs.”

4. Federal Colonial Style

Federal-style homes became popular after the American Revolution and were a refined upgrade to the popular Georgian house style. They have the same recurring shape and symmetry as other Colonial house styles, but their delicate ornamentation sets them apart.

Federal Colonial homes often feature:

The elliptical fanlights and paladin windows are key distinguishing features from Georgian-style homes.

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5. French Colonial Style

The French Colonial house style can be seen around the world and has significant variety among its sub-styles.

French Colonial houses have the same symmetry as other Colonial homes with these distinct features:

French Colonial houses are most similar to Spanish Colonial houses and easily identified by their elaborate iron balconies, stairs, and entrances.

6. Georgian Style

Georgian-style homes were one of the most common styles in the 18th century and showcased formal and classical details that previous homes didn’t. Georgian houses are similar to Federal houses, though they can be distinguished by:

You can also find regional variations with hooded front doors and pent roofs between levels.

7. Contemporary Style

Contemporary homes resemble the modern homes of the mid-20th century with a renewed emphasis on sustainability. Current contemporary styles are rooted in minimalism, which you can see in these key features:

Contemporary homes aim to find beauty in a simple and appealing design with ties to nature and more warmth than modern home styles offer.

8. Cottage Style

Cottage-style homes are often quaint and cozy — emphasizing charm and comfort over ornamentation. Cottage houses come in a variety of styles and can mimic bungalows, Tudor house styles, and more.

Look for these designs to identify a cottage:

A cottage house style is extremely versatile, and its small size makes it great for small families or guest houses.

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9. Craftsman Style

There was a renewed interest in handcrafted art and design following the industrial revolution. This became the “Arts and Crafts” era and paved the way for the Craftsman home, or “arts and crafts” home.

Craftsman homes focus on simplicity to counter the ornate stylings of Victorian homes. They’re also designed to highlight the craftsmanship of its builders and include:

Craftsman homes are favored for their character and are another versatile style that may borrow common elements from other home styles.

10. Farmhouse Style

The American Farmhouse is a simple and timeless style. Farmhouses are designed to be practical first and foremost. They’re common across the US and often showcase regional variations, like wrap-around porches in the South.

Farmhouses have evolved with time and location, but often feature these elements:

Of course, the easiest way to identify a farmhouse is that they’ll often be situated on a large plot of farmland.

11. French Country Style

A French Country home has a rustic yet upscale charm. French Country architecture is designed after French chateaus and became popular with American soldiers returning from World War I.

French Country homes offer a unique house style featuring:

French Country homes are designed with their environment in mind. They often feature neutral colors with soft, nature-inspired pops of color like sunshine yellows and grass greens.

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12. Greek Revival Style

Around the 1820s, Americans experienced a renewed interest in classic Greek and Roman culture. This cultural shift was a natural fit for architects, who brought the Greek Revival house style to life.

Greek Revival architecture became popular in homes as well as businesses, banks, and churches. Prominent features include:

Greek Revival homes often have decorative trim and moulding around the front door and windows. These ornate features and columns are easy ways to identify Greek Revival architecture.

13. Mediterranean Style

Mediterranean home styles are made of stucco, so they’re most common in warm climate states like Arizona and California. These homes grew in popularity in the 1920s and ‘30s after being featured as homes for the rich and famous on the silver screen.

Mediterranean-style homes include Spanish and Italian architectural elements. These key features make them easy to spot:

Mediterranean homes still carry the feelings of class and luxury they were built with over 100 years ago, with an added element of history and charm.

14. Modern Style 

Modern home design became popular in the early 20th century and has a heavy influence on today’s contemporary designs. The core of modern designs can be seen in their:

These styles attempt to connect with nature through minimalism and fluid design between outdoor and indoor spaces. Modern house styles branch into a few key sub-styles.

15. Mid-century Modern Style

Mid-century Modern designs are nothing new and have influenced interior design, graphic art, and house styles. Mid-century Modern homes are designed to embrace minimalism and nature. They’re also often modeled to appeal to a futuristic or abstract concept.

Mid-century Modern homes can be identified by their:

Mid-century architecture is still widely popular today, as are Mid-century Modern interior design and furniture trends.

16. Prairie Style

Prairie-style homes were made famous by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. These homes celebrate and complement the natural beauty of the Midwestern landscape with low and long shapes in the floor plan and building elements.

Prairie-style houses showcase:

Prairie houses inspired the flat planes and natural elements popular in Mid-century houses.

17. Pueblo Revival Style

The Pueblo Revival was inspired by the indigenous Pueblo people’s architecture in the Southwestern US. Pueblo homes were made of adobe or stucco and designed to handle the extreme temperatures of the desert.

Architects in California began to explore the Pueblo style in the late 19th century and the Pueblo Revival style spread across New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado.

The Pueblo Revival hit its peak in the 1930s in Santa Fe, and these Pueblo-style elements are still popular in the Southwest:

The Pueblo Revival style is also commonly called Adobe or Santa Fe style architecture.

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18. Ranch Style

Ranch house styles are the most searched style in the US today and are common in cities and suburbs across the country. There are various ranch house styles, including California and split-level ranch homes. The main distinguishing features between these styles are living space and home layout.

Ranch style homes feature:

Ranch homes are the most popular homes in 34 US states — particularly in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

19. Townhouse Style

Townhomes are common in cities and densely populated neighborhoods. Townhouses are tall and narrow homes designed to make the most out of vertical space without too much of a yard or garden area.

Homes are considered townhouses when they:

Townhouses can be built to mimic other architecture styles, like Italianate and Greek Revival, while maintaining the condensed, vertical floor plan.

20. Tudor Revival Style

Modern Tudor homes are inspired by Medieval European Tudor homes and often have a charming cottage aesthetic. They’re popular on the East Coast and in parts of the Midwest.

Tudor homes are an easy style to identify. They feature:

The Tudor Revival reached peak popularity in the 1920s and is still widely popular today.

21. Victorian Style

Victorian homes were built between 1837 and 1901 while Queen Victoria reigned in Britain. “Victorian” actually refers to multiple styles that vary in influence, but each features ornate detailing and asymmetrical floor plans.

The key features of a Victorian-era home include:

Victorian homes are all about ornamentation — industrialization allowed these homes to be produced en masse and across a variety of architectural styles.

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22. Gothic Revival Style

Gothic Revival architecture grew in the mid-19th century and was one of the early styles of Victorian-era homes. The Gothic Revival style takes influence from Medieval Europe and was designed as a country home. Architects believed the asymmetrical design and ornamentation complemented the nature of rural America.

Gothic Revival homes can be identified by their:

Gothic Revival architecture was a popular style for schools and churches as well as rural homes.

23. Italianate Style

Italianate architecture continues the trend of asymmetrical design, romanticism, and Medieval influence — this time borrowing features from Medieval Italy. Italianate style is common up and down the East Coast and peaked in popularity between 1850 and 1880.

Italianate architecture features:

Pattern books were becoming a popular way for craftsmen to build homes in different styles. This flexibility meant Italianate features were accessible for a variety of homes including large estates and urban townhouses.

24. Queen Anne Style

Queen Anne homes were popularized in the later Victorian era, beginning around 1880. This style is the quintessential Victorian home for many, with ornate woodworking and decor inside and out.

Queen Anne homes have key regional differences across the country, but maintain these essentials:

Queen Anne architecture is most common in homes, but can also be seen in schools, churches, and office buildings.

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25. Second Empire

Second Empire homes were a modern Victorian-era style that started in France before spreading through the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Second Empire architecture features similar ornate Victorian trends, though generally offers a simplified Victorian aesthetic.

These elements help identify a Second Empire home:

Second Empire homes are also easy to identify since they’re the only Victorian-era style that often features a symmetrical, rectangular floor plan.

26.  Shingle Style

Shingle-style homes took influence from Colonial architecture rather than Medieval Europe. Ornamentation became simpler towards the end of the Victorian-era and Shingle-style homes are best known for their creative floor plans and signature shingles on exterior walls.

Shingle Victorian homes are identified by these interior and exterior features:

Shingle-style houses were designed as a work of art and encouraged creativity in their use of shapes and features.

House styles will continue to evolve with influences from history, culture, and our lifestyles. Choose the style that fits your lifestyle, location, and, of course, personal style best. Then check your credit score, get pre-approved, and start house-hunting.

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House Styles That Americans Love

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Today’s home buyers encounter a melting pot of architectural styles across the United States, ranging from sprawling Queen Annes to clean-lined contemporaries. But which styles reign supreme? For your shopping (and dreaming) pleasure, we've rounded up examples of the 12 most popular styles. Check them out, choose your favorite facade, and then head out on a house-hunting expedition.

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Craftsman Bungalow

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This house style emerged from the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s, which rebelled against industrial production and extravagance and instead embraced handcrafted elements and natural materials like wood, stone, and brick. Defining features of Craftsman bungalows include columned front porches, low-pitched roofs, and double-hung windows with divided panes in the upper sash and one large pane in the lower sash.

Related: 13 Striking House Styles from Around the World

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Cape Cod

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Originally built by English settlers in the 17th century, Cape Cod homes saw a resurgence in popularity during the 1940s. The quaint structures are recognized by their steep roofs, central chimneys, shingle siding, and symmetrical windows framing the front door.

Related: 13 Homes from the Original Colonies That Still Stand Today

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Ranch

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From the 1940s to the 1980s, ranch-style homes dominated new construction in the southern and western United States. Americans loved their open, single-story floor plans, attached front garages, sliding glass doors, and low rooflines.

Related: America's 50 Most Famous Houses

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Contemporary

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Many newly constructed homes incorporate a wide variety of architectural influences, giving them a “contemporary” look. Guiding principles of these modern dwellings include sustainability, energy efficiency, open floor plans, and plenty of natural light.

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Queen Anne

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This Victorian-era house style became mainstream in the United States after the Civil War. Often vibrantly colored and asymmetrical, Queen Annes stand out from the pack with their varied rooflines, turrets, spindlework, and prominent front porches.

Related: 11 Crazy Colorful Homes We Love

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Colonial Revival

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Colonial Revival houses emulate the simple residences of early American colonists, and their reputation boomed after the 1876 Centennial Exhibition instilled a sense of nationalistic pride in the family home. The symmetrical two-story brick dwellings often feature a grand entryway, dormers, and evenly spaced windows with shutters.

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Tudor Revival

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Half-timber framing and steeply pitched rooflines define Tudor Revival architecture. Vaguely modeled after English Tudor-era dwellings, this style of home was widely built in the Northeast and Midwest during the 1920s.

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Townhouses

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Townhouses, sometimes known as row houses, are multistory dwellings stacked side-by-side, often sharing walls with each other. Both space-conscious and practical, townhouses became popular in the early 19th century, and they still endure today, especially in big cities.

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Prairie

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Most famously associated with Frank Lloyd Wright, Prairie-style homes rely on a low, horizontal aesthetic to dissociate themselves from European influence. They’re usually built to flow with the natural expanses of the American Midwestern landscape.

Related: The 19 Most Photographed Homes in America

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Midcentury Modern

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Born of the forward-thinking mindset of the 1940s and '50s, midcentury modern is still one of the most celebrated architectural styles today. This aesthetic embraces open space, large glass windows, geometric lines, and the integration of nature.

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Neoclassical

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Neoclassical homes exude grandeur with their iconic full-height columned front porches. The style, which was extremely popular in the United States through the late 1800s, reflected the classical ideals of beauty found in Greek and Roman architecture.

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Mediterranean

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Drawing from the architecture of Spain, Italy, and Portugal, Mediterranean-style homes display red tiled roofs, stucco exterior walls, and elaborate arches. This aesthetic rose in popularity during the 1960s, particularly in warmer states like Florida and California.

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10 Legendary Styles of Architecture USA

Unfortunately, the truth is that the most popular houses in the US are one-story ranches and attic bungalows, which occupy more than 50% of the country's housing stock. But today we're going to talk about the styles that fire our imaginations and are known as "American" around the world - Victorian, English, Spanish colonial and others.

Queen Anne Style (1880-1910) - "Those Towered Houses"

Victorian Queen Anne House, California. Built in 1903 and now costs $900.000. Retrieved from www.wsj.com

The Queen Anne style is one of the most iconic, legendary styles of the Victorian line in the US. It is popular throughout the country, but most of all - in California and the southern states. It is characterized by a huge building area (about 450 square meters on average), large decorative moldings, a surrounding terrace, an asymmetric structure and a sloping roof. But the easiest way to recognize it is by the “princess tower”.

Style Second Empire (1855-1885) - "Nostalgia for Paris"

Second Empire house built in Auburn, Maine in 1880 by architect Charles A. Jordan. Source en.wikipedia.org

Amazing Second Empire style is the forerunner of the Queen Anne style. More French, more refined, with a longer and narrower front. Its main distinguishing feature is the "Parisian attic" - a mansard roof, which has an almost vertical slope with windows cut into it.

Italianate (1840-1885) - "Little Italy in the USA"

The Philip Chapin House, Italianate style, built in 1867 in New Hartford, Connecticut. Cost $699,900. Source: Historical-home.com

Parallel to the pro-French style of the Second Empire, the Italianate style developed in the USA. In fact, it is even surprising how colonists from different countries tried to bring architectural delights from their homeland to an ordinary American “base” from a simple wooden frame house. The Italian style houses are of the Victorian line and are sumptuous structures, with patterned inlays and openwork elements, with a slight elongated silhouette and sometimes arched windows. These houses have more detail in their exterior design than other Victorian houses, and they are smaller.

Edwardian (1900-1918) - Frisco Rhythm

Edwardian house in San Francisco. Source: Tony Mignot on Flickr

Edwardian originated from Victorian style and is best represented in San Francisco, because it was during its heyday that the Golden Age of this city was. If the Victorian style is the "seal" of the Gold Rush, when the owners of mines and deposits built themselves luxurious houses all over the country, then the Edwardian style went unnoticed throughout the United States, except for one city - San Francisco. And all because at 19In 08, a very large-scale fire broke out here, and after it, Edwardian houses appeared on the site of Victorian houses, built according to the latest architectural fashion for the same families.

Edwardian houses in San Francisco. Source: Paxson Woelber / Wikipedia Commons

Like Victorian, Edwardian was also present in Great Britain, and they got their names because of the time of their formation - parallel to the reign of Queen Victoria and King Edward VI (1837-1901 and 1901-1910)

Edwardian houses in San Francisco. Source: Alamy

It is easy to distinguish them from the Victorian ones: there is a large square, semicircular bay windows, huge crowns (high) with massive decorations. They are just as extravagant as the Victorians, but more minimalistic, since the era was already different. Some houses look like wedding cakes or cupcakes.

Gothic Revival (1825-1860) - "Dramatic Dracula"

Gothic Revival house in Durban. Source: vacations2discover.com

House in Yorkville, Toronto. Source: incomartour.com.ua

The Gothic Revival style was one of the most iconic styles in all European colonies - USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and others. Usually churches, city halls, courthouses, as well as mansions for judges, lawyers, and higher government officials were built in this style. You can recognize such a structure by an elongated silhouette, as if pointed, with sharp edges and details. Such a house even seems "sharp".

Tudor style (1890-1940) - The Hobbit House

Tudor house in USA. Source: Homedit

One of the most recognizable American styles - Tudor (Tudor Revival), popular in the northeastern United States and in the southern states. The style received the national nickname "stock broker Tudor" because houses in this style were usually chosen by representatives of the corresponding profession. It is popular mainly in the northeast of the country.

Spanish Renaissance (1915-1940) - "California Dream"

The Spanish colonial style in North and Central America dates back to the early colonists of Hernán Cortés. But modern houses built between the First and Second World Wars belong to the next style - the Spanish Revival (Spanish Colonial Revival), which is based on Mediterranean architecture.

House in Austin, Texas. Source: Refined-interiors.com

These houses typically range from 120 to 450 meters, with an average square of about 250 meters. The house is characterized by a tiled roof, small wooden windows with deglazing, arched openings, galleries and columns, as well as a stone plinth and an ocher palette of exterior and interiors.

Monterey house in California. Source: Clarum.com

The Monterey Colonial style, which was common in California in 1930-1950s Its main difference is a long forged balcony and blue windows and doors. Such houses were not popular throughout the Mediterranean, but only in the south of France.

Cape Cod (1650-1950) - "house by the sea"

Cape Cod house in the USA. Source: bostonmagazine.com

The English Colonial style includes buildings in the Cape Cod, Georgian Colonial and Federal styles. But they also have fundamental differences. Cape Cod is "an old coastal English cottage," Georgian is "an English doctor's cottage in a small town," and Federal is "an American status and patriotic home." As you can see, the first two styles gravitate very strongly towards the English specifics of design and atmosphere, while the federal style is trying its best to jump out of this line and become truly “American”.

Georgian (1690-1830) - "traditional cottage"

Georgian house. Source: robertmoffatt.com

Georgian Colonial is symmetry, caution, harmony. A "mundane" appearance, a narrow staircase in the main hall, and a "square floor plan" that often characterizes itself as "four bedrooms at four corners" on the second floor. Federal (1780-1820) - "truly American".

Federal style house in the USA. Source: galleryhip.com

Federal (Federal/Adam) - the style of becoming "New America" ​​during the reign of Confederates such as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and George Washington. The federal style implies that it is "better than Georgian", as is "Americans are better than the British." The Federal style house is getting even bigger, with an average area of ​​about 300 square meters. meters. It is complemented by verandas, winter gardens, it has a huge front hall, sometimes Greek columns. The windows are taller and more numerous, and there are blue shutters, moldings, and arches above the main door. Due to extensions and bay windows on the sides, the house itself becomes less symmetrical.

Eastlake (1860-1890) - "Witch's house"

Eastlake style house in San Francisco. Source: Tolka Rover on Flickr

The last style in our selection is Eastlake, which belongs to the Victorian line and is very popular in California. It is in this style that the house from the series “Charmed” is built, which according to the plot was located in San Francisco, but in fact it is a real house in Los Angeles, where the shooting took place.

Charmed Eastlake style home in Los Angeles. Source: TripSavvy

The Eastlake style is a bit like half-timbered: many details, beams, ceilings become visible here due to the contrasting color. They do not try to hide, but make an organic and very effective part of the composition. This style also has many openwork details and carved elements.

The main styles of American houses - Articles - A house in nature

These are not just houses - they are a symbol of the American dream

Houses in America are part of the history and culture of the United States. Houses began to be built en masse in America starting in the 1600s. Over several centuries, several enduring styles of private houses have developed on the continent: Spanish, Italian, English, Victorian, French and Federal. Each of the peoples who moved to the American continent made their own vision and their own national contribution to the formation of a particular style. A separate, special style was developed by the Americans themselves. Let's dwell on the most common (in other words, classic) characteristics of the houses of each of the styles.

Spanish style houses

Most of this style was formed in 1915-1940. This style is also called Mediterranean colonial. Its main signs and features have been preserved to the present. These are stone houses painted in light colors with brown or red tiled roofs.

The houses have window and door openings in the form of arches.

Another feature of such houses is the columns. Facades, foundations and some other parts of the houses are finished with wild stone.

One of the varieties of the Spanish style is called Monterey. In fact, it is a mixture of two independent styles - Spanish and French. The houses of this sub-style are two-story, with a balcony on the top floor located along the entire length of the house. Windows are arched or rectangular, with shutters.


Another subspecies called "Spanish missionary style". These are deliberately gloomy, squat one-story houses with stucco walls, dark tiled roofs, and deliberately rough wooden doors and windows.


Texas subsp. In this subspecies, in fact, more from a standard modern cottage, but at the same time there are some features of the classic Spanish style. Such houses are finished in sand colors, their general appearance is emphasized asymmetrical, there are many ledges in the houses, their roofs are usually low-pitched.


Houses can be with narrow facades or, conversely, spread out on the ground. Such houses can now be seen in almost the entire southern United States.

Italian-style houses


Basically, the only subspecies of the Italian style, Tuscan, has taken root in America. These houses usually have tall arched windows, and the walls are painted yellow or olive. The paths are stone or lined with ceramics.


Another feature is the small fountains in the front gardens.

English style houses


The English style of architecture from the very beginning of the development of the American continent was the most common. This is understandable: the first settlers were from the British Isles. Having moved to America, they built those houses that they had in their homeland and which they knew how to build.

One of the very first subspecies of the English style was called "pilgrim style". The beginning of their mass construction is 1600. They were simplistic English houses that looked unassuming and austere, with a rational rectangular shape, a roomy attic and small windows to keep warm. This unpretentious type of buildings has survived to our times, and is now called post-medieval.


Another widespread variation of the English colonial style is Cape-Cod. These are standard, one-story houses finished with siding with an obligatory attic. Currently, this style is one of the most common in the United States.

Georgian colonial houses. This variation of the English style was most popular in North America during the 17th and 19th centuries. But even now there are many lovers who build their homes in this style.

The Georgian style took a lot from the architecture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. "Georgian" houses are in many ways similar to ancient Greek and Roman buildings.

Victorian houses


The Victorian style of American homes has its origins in Classical Gothic, which was widespread in Europe during the Middle Ages. The Americans adapted this direction for themselves, that is, they introduced many of its characteristic signs and features into their cottages.

Thus, in particular, the first American subspecies of the Victorian style appeared on American soil under the name "Neo-Gothic".

Another popular sub-style is Second Empire. Its characteristic features: high attic floors, a lot of metal decorative ornaments on the roof.

Houses in this style are the favorite housing of today's American middle class.

Another popular variation of the Victorian style is Stik (translated as stick or branch). Such houses were built (and are being built) in a wooded area and, of course, from wood - as the cheapest material in those places.

Queen Anne style. This variety of Victorian style is distinguished by deliberate architectural complexity. In such houses, there are often a lot of all sorts of details and turrets, and the house itself is usually painted in different colors.

The Foursquare (square) substyle is, one might say, the exact opposite of the previous substyle. This is an ordinary standard square-shaped cottage without any architectural frills. Due to its low cost, it is most loved by the middle American class.

Houses in the French colonial style

Such houses were brought to the American continent, of course, by French settlers. These houses were distinguished by special elegance and grace. It was these houses that became the advertising personification of the "American dream".

Promotional photos of a happy American family have been and are still being made against the backdrop of such houses.


The most popular subspecies of the French style is Regence (regency). Currently, houses of this style are widespread in New York, Chicago and many northeastern American cities.

Low Country stilt house. Such houses began to be built at 18-19centuries in wetlands. They are being built in these areas at the present time.

American (Federal) Style Homes

The American architectural style is, for the most part, a mixture of different styles that Americans have adapted to suit themselves. However, there are architectural styles invented by the Americans, as they say, from scratch.

From the beginning of the 20th century to the present, pueblo style houses have been very popular among Americans. This is the name of one of the Indian tribes, from which the settlers adopted and adapted the architectural features of this house for themselves. It is a simple (sometimes an apartment building) with simple smooth walls and partitions, made of hewn stone or clay. Ceilings, doors and window frames are wooden. Such houses are squat, one-story, usually painted the color of sand or dry grass.

Southwestern style. This is a mixture of Indian and cowboy dwellings. To match these two styles is usually the interior, which is characterized by all sorts of Indian embroideries and patterns in half with cowboy leather furniture. The facades of such houses can be stone, or they can be plastered.

The American farmhouse is perhaps the most popular purely American architectural structure that has successfully survived to this day. Usually such a house is built in the middle of a field or garden belonging to their owner.


The house is two-storey, with a veranda and siding. A characteristic feature of the farmhouse is the periodic, as necessary, attachment of other buildings to the main part of the house. Therefore, old farm houses are striking in their asymmetry and chaotic accumulation of all kinds of residential and outbuildings. However, many see a special charm in this architectural confusion.

In this article, we tried to tell only about those American houses that are being built at the present time and, accordingly, in which our American contemporaries live. And in which you yourself can live if you want to go to America and settle there.

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