Contents
- Native American, to ca. 1900
- Pre-Railroad, before ca. 1850-1890; locally to ca. 1920
- National, after ca. 1850-1890
Colonial Houses, 1600-1820
- Postmedieval English, 1600-1700; locally to ca. 1740
- Dutch Colonial, 1625-ca. 1840
- French Colonial, 1700-1830; to ca. 1860 in New Orleans
- Spanish Colonial, 1600-1850; locally to ca. 1900
- Georgian, 1700-1780; locally to ca. 1830
- Adam, 1780-1820; locally to ca. 1840
- Early Classical Revival, 1770-1830; locally to ca. 1850
Romantic Houses, 1820-1880
- Greek Revival, 1825-1860
- Gothic Revival, 1840-1880
- Italianate, 1840-1885
- Exotic Revivals, 1835-ca. 1890
- Octagon, 1850-1870
Victorian Houses, 1860-1900
- Second Empire, 1855-1885
- Stick, 1860-ca. 1890
- Queen Anne, 1880-1910
- Shingle, 1880-1900
- Richardsonian Romanesque, 1880-1900
- Folk Victorian, ca. 1870-1910
Eclectic Houses, 1880-1940
- Anglo-American, English, and French Period Houses
- Colonial Revival, 1880-1955
- Neoclassical, 1895-1950
- Tudor, 1890-1940
- Chateauesque, 1880-1910
- Beaux Arts, 1885-1930
- French Eclectic, 1915-1945
- Mediterranean Period Houses
- Italian Renaissance, 1890-1935
- Mission, 1890-1920
- Spanish Eclectic, 1915-1940
- Monterey, 1925-1955
- Pueblo Revival, 1910-present
- Modern Houses
- Prairie, 1900-1920
- Craftsman, 1905-1930
- Modernistic, 1920-1940
- International, 1925-present
American Houses Since 1940
- Modern, ca. 1935 to present
- Neoeclectic, ca. 1965 to present
- Contemporary Folk, ca. 1945 to present
Sources Cited
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York, NY: Knopf, 1984.