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Architectural Styles
Beach House: These homes are designed for coastal areas. Many of these plans offer large window openings designed to showcase their location and floor plans that adapt well to elevated construction.
Bungalow: The Bungalow is an American standard in construction. It is summarized by its low simple, compact, and convenient styling.
Cape Cod: This style is characterized by its small overhangs and simple roof lines. The Cape Cod is usually 1 to 1-1/2 stories, often with cedar shake siding and fireplaces located in the end walls.
Colonial: Colonial is the classical American architectural style. Colonial became a popular home style in the 20th century. It is typically 2-stories and marked by Brick masonry veneer with uniform and balanced doors and windows trimmed with pediment heads.
Contemporary: Contemporary plans have large open spaces and an obvious lack of ornamentation. They usually are irregularly shaped with sharp angles.
Country: The Country home is normally 1-1/2 stories with front facing dormers and a shed roof over a wrap around porch.
Craftsman: The Craftsman home has a low-pitched roof with wide eaves and triangular brackets. Porches have large diameter columns or tapering square post with masonry supports. Craftsman homes have many windows with some containing stained or decorative glass.
European: This refers to a combination of several home styles normally associated with English Tudor, French country, or German Bavarian styles of homes.
Farm House: The Farm House is typical of a class of simple rural wood clad Bungalow built across America in the mid 20th century. They are marked by a couple of simple roof gables and wood lap or patterned siding.
French Country: This style can be recognized by its arched roofed dormers and symmetrical room configurations. It is also referred to as French Eclectic which combines features from several French inspired styles.
Garrison: The name Garrison refers to the military garrisons from the early 1700's. These buildings were constructed with end walls extending above the roof gables and typically had one or two fireplaces built in each gable.
Georgian: Georgians feature a very symmetrical 2-story construction with a centrally located front door that is often trimmed with fluted pilasters and a pediment head. Similar to other colonial styles, the Georgian features twin chimneys and a small overhang from a medium pitched roof.
Log Home: Modern log homes are kit built Bungalow style homes from logs manufactured in a factory. They are very rustic in appearance and reflective of their early American frontier origins.
Mediterranean: Spanish and Italian styling combine to form the Mediterranean style home. This style has a low pitched hip roof normally covered in clay tile, arched openings, and often incorporates a lanai or other large outdoor living area.
Plantation: Plantation homes are very reminiscent of the Greek Gothic style with tall front columns and a forward facing, ornate front gable and cornice. This style has well balanced window, door, and room placement. Plantation homes often have large front porches.
Ranch: The American ranch plan is a single level or 1-1/2 story plan featuring an unadorned facial and soffet below a medium pitched gable or hipped roof.
Southwestern: These homes feature round-edged walls with low or flat roofs and deep set windows and doors. They are reminiscent of homes built by Native Americans in the southwest United States.
Spanish: Spanish styles are similar to Mediterranean homes with heavy iron appointments, arched doorways, and heavy wood doors and beams. They will normally have low pitched simple tile roofs.
Traditional: The Traditional style of a home refers to a classic form of design with multiple gabled roofs, divided light windows, and paneled doors. They are generally symmetrical in appearance with medium roof pitches and overhangs with small front and side porches. They harken back to traditional Greek or Roman architecture.
Tudor: The Tudor or English Tudor home has decorative half-timbering, steeply pitched roof with prominent cross gables and tall, narrow windows with small window panes.
Victorian: Victorian styles incorporate fancy, decorative spindles and scrolls. They generally have steep pitched roofs with round turrets covered with a "witches hat" roof and wide or wrap-around porches. They most often have 2 to 2-1/2 stories and are pained in multiple bright colors.
