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Types Of Houses Flashcards

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Urban or rural
​Steep pitched roof
One story
Tall, narrow doors & windows
Porches
Louisiana
Elevated
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French Colonial

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Little or no roof overhang
​Saltbox
Small casement window
​New England and East Coast area

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Post-medieval English

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​Low pitched roof or parapet walls
​Stucco over adobe
​Multiple exterior doors
​Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

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Spanish colonial

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Side gable
​Paneled door with decorative crown
​Dentil cornice
​East coast

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Georgian

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​Front Porch
​Forward facing gable
​Square or round prominent columns
​Mainly East of Mississippi

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Greek revival

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​Decorative fascia
​One story entry
​Cross gable
​Steep pitch roof
​Finials
​Battlements
​Gingerbread house
​Scattered around the country
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Gothic revival

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​Tower or cupola
​Two or three story
​Low pitched roof
​Paired brackets
​Elaborate window crowns in an inverted u-shape
​Tall narrow windows
​Found in Midwest, some Eastern Seaboard, and San Francisco

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Italianate

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​Mansard roof
​Molded cornices
​Decorative bracketry at Eaves
​Northeastern and Midwestern US

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Second Empire

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​Irregular steep pitched roofline
​Extensive porches
​Continuous shingle wall cladding
​Multi-level Eaves
​Asymmetrical
​Curved wall surfaces
​Coastal New England
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Shingle

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​Asymmetrical partial or full porch
​Steep roof
​Textured shingles
​Elaborate coloring “Painted lady”
​Gable ornament
​Roof cresting
​Patterned masonry
​Palladian window
​“God’s eye” window
​Eastern, Midwestern, southern, and pacific southwest
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Queen Anne

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​Asymmetrical
​Towers with Conical roof
​Heavy masonry walls with rough face
​Round-topped arches over windows
​Used often in Texas as county courthouses
​New England
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Richardsonian Romanesque

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​Simple farm houses

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Folk Victorian

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​Accented front door
​Multi-pane windows
​Paired windows
​Symmetry
​Found throughout US
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Colonial Revival

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​Dominant full-height porch (usually curved)
​Classical columns
​Symmetrical
​Found throughout US

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Neoclassical

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​Massive chimneys
​Cross gable with prominent front gable
​Waddle and daub simulation
Curved roof end at front gable
​False thatched roof
​Asymmetrical
​Found throughout US
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Tudor

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​Shaped dormers/parapet
​Red tile roof
​Wide overhang
​Large square pier columns support porch
​Stucco/ brick
​Arcade (series of arches)
​Bell tower
​Southwest US
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Mission

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Low pitched roof
L-shape common
Elaborate doorway
​Barrel tile roof
​Spiral columns
​California, Arizona, Texas, Florida
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Spanish Eclectic

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​Flat roof with parapet wall
​Vigas
​Stucco
​Earth colored
​Arizona, New Mexico
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Pueblo revival

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​Frank Lloyd Wright
​Low pitch roof
​Super wide overhang
​Large square columns
​Ribbon windows
​Horizontal appearance
​Primarily Midwest
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Prairie

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​Antonio Gaudi
​Imitation of nature
​Masonry exterior
Fluid, organic design
Rare
Scattered
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Art nouveau

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​Low pitched gables
Columns or column and base to ground
Gabled or shed dormers
Stick work in gables and porches
Exposed rafters
​Throughout US
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Craftsman/bungalow

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​Frank Lloyd Wright
Created to control construction costs (no attic, no basement, minimal ornamentation, brick, and natural material)
One story on slab (radiant floor system)
Kitchens incorporated into living area
Carports instead of garages
Scattered around US
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Usonian

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​Mass produced
​Early versions were “style-less” (1950-1970)
​Later versions were more patriotic (1970s)
Found everywhere

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New Age

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​Sub-style: Art deco
​Flat roof
​Stucco exterior
​Horizontal grooves
​Asymmetrical
​Towers and Projections
​Glass Block
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Modernistic

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International

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​No decorative detailing
​Smooth exterior
​Flat roof
​Metal framed windows
​Asymmetrical
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​Revival of period styles
Allusion to the past
​​Older details made more economical and easier to mass produce
​​Neo-mansard
​​Neo-colonial
​​Neo-French
​​Neo-Tudor
​​Neo-Mediterranean
​​Neoclassical revival
​​Neo-Victorian
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Post-modern

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​Variety of styles
​Semi-permanently located
​Affordable
​HUD-compliant=less quality
​Can be placed almost anywhere
​Delivery fees
​Requires special lenders
​Must be leveled occasionally
​Prone to wind damage
​Burns quickly
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Mobile homes

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​Affordable
​Factory construction- good quality
​Universal building code
​Multi-story available
​Quick construction
​Energy and resource efficient
​Can include granite, brick, etc
​Delivery fees
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Modular housing

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​Made it illegal to discriminate against disabled people (doesn’t apply to residential)
Need ramps into buildings, elevators, wheelchair friendly doors, bathrooms, installing flashing alarm lights and telecommunications devices for deaf and braille writing

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American Disabilities Act (July 26, 1990)

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