Housing Styles and Features

Thick adobe walls, flat roofs, arched and deep-set windows

Angled upside down “V” that creates the roofline

Simple square house – fireplace often in middle

Roof line that looks like it belongs on a Midwestern barn

Roof that slopes on all four sides

bay windows, wrap around porches, Often called “painted ladies”

Atriums, 1950’s, one story, lots of glass, open living spaces

Half circular windows above doorways or above another window

Two story porch supported by tall columns often on the front of a house

Horizontal lines, horizontal rows of windows, wide eaves, blends with the environment.

Rounded structure or tower often on Victorian houses

Large porches in front, chunky pillars, horizontal lines ,natural materials and colors. Dormers

Triangular piece above a doorway or under gable

Shakespeare looking, half timbers, lots of gables

Tall columns in front, portico, formal, often white or brick, symmetrical, pediments

Two story house, one side of roof line is longer to cover one story edition in back of house.

Cone shaped roof on top of a tower

Roof lines go all the way to the ground for easy snow removal

Shoji screens used to divide spaces as needed

Lots of stucco, glass and steel. Straight lines, no embellishment

A structure that projects (sticks out) through a sloping roof – usually has a gable

Garden area in the middle of a house often open to the sky-not covered by a roof

One story, picture window, attached garage. Patio in back

Long thin windows on either side of a door

Second story hangs over first story