US Architecture Styles By Year
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 Mode | 1638 – 1950 |
| Log Buildings | 1638 – 1880 |
| Postmedieval English | 1682 – 1730 |
| Pennsylvania German Traditional | 1700 – 1870 |
| Barns and Outbuildings | 1700 – 1930 |
| Meetinghouses | 1695 – 1950 |
| Colonial Period | 1640 – 1800 |
| Georgian Style | 1700 – 1800 |
| Early Republic Period | 1780 – 1830 |
| Federal Style | 1780 – 1820 |
| Roman Classical Revival Style | 1790 – 1830 |
| Early Classical Revival Style | 1770 – 1830 |
| Greek Revival Style | 1825 – 1860 |
| Mid 19th Century Period | 1830 – 1860 |
| Gothic Revival Style | 1830 – 1860 |
| Exotic Revival/Egyptian Revival Style | 1830-1850, 1920-1930 |
| Italianate Villa/Italianate Style | 1840 – 1885 |
| Octagon Style | 1850 – 1870 |
| Late Victorian Period | 1850 – 1910 |
| Romanesque Revival Style | 1840 – 1900 |
| Second Empire/Mansard Style | 1860 – 1900 |
| High Victorian Gothic Style | 1860 – 1890 |
| Chateauesque Style | 1860 – 1910 |
| Stick Style | 1860 – 1890 |
| Queen Anne Style | 1880 – 1900 |
| Shingle Style | 1880 – 1910 |
| Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revival Period | 1880 – 1940 |
| Colonial Revival Style | 1880 – 1960 |
| Tudor Revival Style | 1890 – 1940 |
| Collegiate Gothic Style | 1890 – 1940 |
| Italian Renaissance Revival Style | 1890 – 1935 |
| Classical Revival Style | 1895 – 1950 |
| Beaux Arts Style | 1885 – 1930 |
| Spanish Colonial Revival Style | 1915 – 1940 |
| Late 19th & Early 20th Century Movements | 1890 – 1930 |
| Sullivanesque Style | 1890 – 1930 |
| Commercial Style | 1890 – 1920 |
| Bungalow/Craftsman Style | 1900 – 1930 |
| Prairie School Style | 1900 – 1920 |
| Modern Movements | 1925 – 1950 |
| Art Deco Style | 1925 – 1940 |
| Moderne Style | 1930 – 1950 |
| International Style | 1930 – 1950 |
