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Styles of Homes
 As
you shop for a new home, you will encounter a number of different architectural
styles. The following Home styles are some of the most popular Home Styles
that you will encounter.
A Frame Homes
 A-frame
houses have many of these features:
- Triangular shape
- Steeply sloping roof
that extends to the ground on two sides
- Front and rear
gables
- Deep-set
eaves
- 1½ or 2½ stories
- Many large windows on
front and rear façades
- Small living space
- Few vertical wall
surfaces
Cape Code Homes
Traditional,
Colonial era Cape Cod houses have many of these features:
- Steep roof (8"-12"
pitch) with side
gables
- Keeps weather out
- Allows attic as living space
- Small roof overhang
- 1 or 1½ stories
- Made of wood and
covered in wide clapboard or shingles
- Winter: Wood swells against wind
- Summer: Wood shrinks, allowing air to circulate
- Large central chimney
linked to fireplace in each room
- Symmetrical appearance
with door in center
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Dormers
for space, light, and ventilation
- Multi-paned,
double-hung windows
- Shutters
- Formal, center-hall
floor plan
- Hardwood floors
- Little exterior
ornamentation
Greek Revival Homes
 Greek
Revival houses usually have these features:
Many Greek Revival houses also have these features:
- Entry
porch with columns
- Decorative
pilasters
- Narrow
windows around front door
Federal Style Homes
 American
Federal houses have many of these features:
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Windows
arranged symmetrically around a center doorway
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Semicircular
fanlight
over the front door
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Narrow side
windows flanking the front door
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Decorative
crown or roof over front door
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Palladian window
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Circular or
elliptical windows
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Shutters
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Decorative
swags and garlands
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Oval rooms
and arches
Georgian Homes
Georgian
Colonial homes typically have these features:
- Square, symmetrical
shape
- Paneled front door at
center
- Decorative crown over
front door
- Flattened columns on
each side of door
- Five windows across
front
- Paired chimneys
- Medium pitched roof
- Minimal roof overhang
Many
Georgian Colonial homes also may have:
- Nine or twelve small
window panes in each window sash
- Dental molding (square,
tooth-like cuts) along the eaves
Gothic Revival Homes
Many Gothic Revival Homes have the following features:
Ranch Style Homes
Ranch style houses have many of these features:
- Single story
- Low pitched
gable
roof
- Deep-set
eaves
- Horizontal,
rambling layout: Long, narrow, and low to the ground
- Rectangular,
L-shaped, or U-shaped design
- Asymmetrical
- Large
windows: double-hung, sliding, and picture
- Sliding
glass doors leading out to patio
- Attached
garage
- Simple floor
plans
- Emphasis on
openness (few interior walls) and efficient use of space
- Built from
natural materials: Oak floors, wood or brick exterior
- Lack
decorative detailing, aside from decorative shutters and porch-roof supports
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