Folk Houses
Named after forts and has an overhanging second story.
What is the Garrison style?
The open space covered with a roof supported by columns.
What is a portico?
Strong horizontal lines, pitched roofs, & overhanging eaves.
What is Prairie Style?
A house built into a hill with a "walkout" basement.
What is hillside ranch style?
Boxlike construction, projecting roof beams, flat roofs.
What is Pueblo style?
Two story columns that extend across the entire front of the house WITHOUT a triangle at the top.
What is Southern Colonial?
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
What is Prairie Style?
This type of house is not the best for those who have physical disabilities.
What is Split-Level?
Built on raised brick or stone to aid with flooding.
What is Louisiana French style?
The different types of Victorian houses.
What is Italiente, Gothic, Gingerbread, Queen Anne?
Stone porch supports with thick square, or round columns.
What is Craftsman style?
House type that is built to separate traffic for social and quiet spaces.
What is Split-level?
Filling gaps with a mixture of sticks and wood chips and then covering with mud.
What is Chinking?
Paired chimneys at each end of the house.
What is Georgian?
Emphasizes the simplicity of design and eliminated unnecessary elements.
What is International style?
The house type with concrete-pipe columns and/or dark colored walls to absorb the heat
What is Passive Solar Energy?
Windows projecting out of the roof and used to be used for light and air ventilation.
What is a dormer?
Small room of the roof used as a lookout.
What is a belvedere?
What is Tudor style?
Unexpected and playful elements are used for this house.
What is Postmodern Unique?