If you are looking for real estate in Ann Arbor you may find a wide range of housing styles available to buy. Homes in Ann Arbor are often described by real estate agents using specific terms that you will find listed below. Great houses in Ann Arbor are often a combination of styles due to additions and alterations of the home. In order to help you find the type of house you are interested in purchasing, we have compiled this list of links to various house styles. Ann Arbor is a great city to find older homes and new construction. A Picture Dictionary of House Styles may also be useful for you in trying to determine what type of Ann Arbor house you are most interested in.
1600s - 1800 American Colonial House Styles
1600s - 1800 American Colonial House Styles
Picture Dictionary of House Styles may also be useful for you in trying to determine what type of Ann Arbor house you are most interested in.
1600s - 1800 American Colonial House Styles
American Colonial House StylesWhen North America was colonized, settlers brought building traditions from many different countries. Architecture from America's colonial period continues to influence the houses we build today.
New England Colonial House Style
Colonial Cape Cod House Style
Spanish Colonial House Style
German Colonial House Style
Dutch Colonial House Style
Georgian Colonial House Style
French Colonial House Style
1780 - 1860 Classical House Styles
Classical House StylesDuring the founding of the United States, many people felt that ancient Greece expressed the ideals of democracy. Architecture reflected classical ideals of order and symmetry.
Federal and Adam House Style
Greek Revival House Style
Tidewater House Style
Antebellum Architecture
1840 - 1900 Victorian House Styles
Victorian House StylesMass-production and factory-made building parts made large, elaborate houses more affordable. A variety of Victorian styles emerged, each with its own distinctive features.
Gothic Revival House Style
Italianate House Style
Second Empire or Mansard House Style
Victorian Stick House Style
Folk Victorian House Style
Shingle House Style
Richardson Romanesque House Style
Queen Anne House Style
Eastlake House Style
1880-1929 Gilded Age House Styles
Gilded Age House StylesThe rise of Industrialism brought the period we know as the Gilded Age. Business leaders amassed enormous wealth and built palatial, elaborate homes.
Beaux Arts Style
Renaissance Revival House Style
Richardson Romanesque House Style
Queen Anne House Style
Tudor Revival House Style
Neo-Classical House Style
1901-1955 Frank Lloyd Wright House Styles
Frank Lloyd Wright House StylesFrank Lloyd Wright revolutionized the American home when he began to design houses with low horizontal lines and open interior spaces. Prairie Style Usonian Style Hemicycle Design Organic Design
1905-1945 Early 20th Century House Styles
Early 20th Century House StylesIn the early 1900s, builders sloffed off the elaborate Victorian styles. Homes for the new century were compact, economical, and informal. Arts & Crafts (Craftsman) Bungalow Styles Cotswold Cottage Spanish Mission House Style American Foursquare House Style Colonial Revival House Style
1945-1980 Post-War House Styles
Post-War House StylesSoldiers returning from World War II brought an enormous need for housing. Real estate developers purchased large tracts of land and constructed homes with an eye on simplicity and affordability. Ranch Style Raised Ranch Style Split-Level Ranch Style Cape Cod Revival House Style Lustron Houses Eichler Houses
1930-present Modern House Styles
Modern House StylesModernist houses broke away from conventional forms, while postmodernist houses combined traditional forms in unexpected ways. Art Moderne House Style Bauhaus Style International Style Contemporary House Style A-Frame Style Postmodern House Style
1965-present "Neo" House Styles
"Neo" House StylesNeo means new. Many new homes borrow details from historic styles and combine them with modern features. Neoeclectic House Style Neocolonial House Style Neo-Mediterranean House Style Neo-Victorian House Style McMansion
means new. Many new homes borrow details from historic styles and combine them with modern features. Neoeclectic House Style Neocolonial House Style Neo-Mediterranean House Style Neo-Victorian House Style McMansion1600s - present Spanish and Mediterranean House Styles
Spanish and Mediterranean House StylesSpanish settlers in Florida and the American Southwest brought a rich heritage of architectural traditions and combined them with ideas borrowed from Hopi and Pueblo Indians. Modern day "Spanish" style homes tend to be Mediterranean in flavor, incorporating details Italy, Portugal, Africa, Greece, and other countries.
Spanish Colonial House Style
Spanish Colonial Revival (Spanish Eclectic) House Style
Pueblo Revival House Style
Mission House Style
Neo-Mediterranean House Style
1700s - present French House Styles
French House StylesSpanish, African, Native American, and other heritages combined to create a unique blend of housing styles in America's French colonies. Two hundred years later, soldiers returning from World War I brought a keen interest in French housing styles. French Colonial House Style Tidewater House Style French Creole Cottages French Normandy House Style French Provincial House Style French Eclectic House Style
Prehistoric - present Earth Houses
Earth HousesArchitects and engineers are taking an new look at man's earliest building material: practical, affordable, energy-efficient earth.
Adobe Houses
Rammed Earth Houses
Cob Houses
Compressed Earth Block Houses
Straw Bale Houses
Earth Sheltered Houses
1906 - Present Prefab Houses
Prefab HousesFactory-made modular and prefabricated houses have been popular since the early 1900s when Sears, Aladdin, and other mail order companies shipped house kits to far corners of the United States. Today, "prefabs" are gaining new respect as architects experiment with bold new forms.
Sears Catalog Houses
Lustron Homes
Log Homes
Katrina Cottages
Manufactured Houses
Modular Houses
1954 - Present Dome Homes
Dome HomesThe idea of constructing dome-shaped structures dates back to prehistoric times, but the 20th century brought exciting new approaches to dome design. Geodesic Domes Monolithic Domes