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Architectural Styles:

Beach Bungalow - a small structure usually having a single story with no heat.

Cape Cod - square or rectangular one-story structures with gabled roofs, dormers & unornamented fronts.

Colonial - feature a rectangular, symmetric design, second-floor bedrooms and gabled roofs.

Condominium - an attached home, you own the interior of that unit.

Contemporary - identifiable by their odd-sized windows, unsymmetrical design, open living spaces & lack of ornamentation.

Co-op - an attached home, you own the right to occupy the interior of that unit.

Cottage - a small house with a single story

Duplex - a house containing two legally livable units sharing a common wall.

Dutch Colonial - dominated by a barn-like broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves.

Expanded Ranch/Farm Ranch - was built as a ranch, part of the home was extended up or out.

Farmhouse - originally having barns on the same property, utilized for extended families that worked on the farm.

Federal Colonial - reflects Greek and Roman culture, as its classical ornamentation around cornices, doors, and windows demonstrate.

French Provincial - identified by balconies and porch balustrades; and rectangular doors set in arched openings.

Gatehouse - originally next the entryway of an estate.

Hi Ranch/Splanch - a split level Ranch style house, commonly has stairs from the foyer going up or down to a basement with large windows.

Italianate - symmetrical bay windows in front; roofline are almost flat, small chimneys set in irregular locations; tall, narrow, windows; and in some cases towers, typify Italianate houses.

Post Modern - encompasses a blend of regal styles.

Prairie - originated by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Prairie-style house comes in two styles--boxy and symmetrical or low-slung and asymmetrical.

Queen Anne Victorian - the style employs inventive, multistory floor plans that often include projecting wings, several porches and balconies, and multiple chimneys.

Raised Ranch - encorporates a ranch that has been lierally raised, basements are typically walk out with no steps, and front entries many steps.

Ranch - one story expansive homes with open, rambling floorplans.

Saltbox Colonial - has sharply sloping asymmetrical gable roof resembling antique boxes used for storing salt.

Split Level - A Modern style, Split level design sequesters certain living activities, such as sleeping or socializing on various levels throughout the house.

Townhouse - One of a row of houses connected by common side walls. You own the home and land that it sits on.

Tudor - Half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and facades that are dominated by one or more steeply pitched cross gables.

Victorian - often incorporates decorative details such as brackets, spindles, and patterned shingles. Rooflines typically are gothic in appearance and have more than one gable.



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