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US Architecture Styles By Year

Updated January 14, 2021 by Krista Leave a Comment

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Take a look at this time line of home styles in the US throughout the years. Learn more about house styles in the US from the early 1600s to the present.

Read about all the different styles and maybe even gain some insight into what you own home style has influences from.

American Home Styles 1600 to the Present

Click the name of the style to learn more.

Traditional/Vernacular Mode1638 – 1950
Log Buildings1638 – 1880
Postmedieval English1682 – 1730
Pennsylvania German Traditional1700 – 1870
Barns and Outbuildings1700 – 1930
Meetinghouses1695 – 1950
Colonial Period1640 – 1800
Georgian Style1700 – 1800
Early Republic Period1780 – 1830
Federal Style1780 – 1820
Roman Classical Revival Style1790 – 1830
Early Classical Revival Style1770 – 1830
Greek Revival Style1825 – 1860
Mid 19th Century Period1830 – 1860
Gothic Revival Style1830 – 1860
Exotic Revival/Egyptian Revival Style1830-1850, 1920-1930
Italianate Villa/Italianate Style1840 – 1885
Octagon Style1850 – 1870
Late Victorian Period1850 – 1910
Romanesque Revival Style1840 – 1900
Second Empire/Mansard Style1860 – 1900
High Victorian Gothic Style1860 – 1890
Chateauesque Style1860 – 1910
Stick Style1860 – 1890
Queen Anne Style1880 – 1900
Shingle Style1880 – 1910
Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revival Period1880 – 1940
Colonial Revival Style1880 – 1960
Tudor Revival Style1890 – 1940
Collegiate Gothic Style1890 – 1940
Italian Renaissance Revival Style1890 – 1935
Classical Revival Style1895 – 1950
Beaux Arts Style1885 – 1930
Spanish Colonial Revival Style1915 – 1940
Late 19th & Early 20th Century Movements1890 – 1930
Sullivanesque Style1890 – 1930
Commercial Style1890 – 1920
Bungalow/Craftsman Style1900 – 1930
Prairie School Style1900 – 1920
Modern Movements1925 – 1950
Art Deco Style1925 – 1940
Moderne Style1930 – 1950
International Style1930 – 1950

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