Architectural
Review #7
Architectural Terms &
Residential Architectural Styles
#1: What is the
name of this
style of Early
American house
with its plain
windows,
flattened entry,
and chimneys
located on the
ends of the
house?
Georgian
style
Colonial
#2: What is the style of this bungalow?
Early 20th Century
Tudor Revival Bungalow
Early 20th Century
#3:
What is the
square
footage of
this
bathroom?
9 fee
t
6 feet
9 feet x 6 feet
= 54 square
feet
9 fee
t
6feet
#4: What is the style of this house?
American Foursquare
#5: What is the name of this
palace located outside of London?
I spent a
fortune on
this
place!!!
Hampton Court: A Tudor Palace
Originally built for Cardinal
Wolsey, Archbishop of York,
at the time of King Henry VIII
(1514)
Cardinal Wolsey spent
extravagant amounts of money
on the palace before King
Henry took it away from him
I spent a
fortune on
this
place!!!
#6: What is this large French
countryhouse called?
A chateau
#7:
What is the
name of this
type of Tudor
window?
What is the
name of this
type of Tudor
window?
Oriel
window
#8: What style of roof is seen on
this manor house?
Mansard roof
#9: What is this architectural
feature?
A window set
vertically in a
small gable
projecting
from a sloping
roof
A Dormer
A window set
vertically in a
small gable
projecting
from a sloping
roof
#10:
What is the name
given to this style
of early 20th
century home
with its horizontal
lines, brick porch
columns and
handcrafted
detailing?
Early 20th Century
This style is often associated with
American architect,
Frank Lloyd Wright.
Prairie Style
(Craftsman)
Early 20th Century
#11: What is the style of this
Victorian house?
Gothic Revival
#12: What is the name of this style of house,
found throughout the Mid-Western
United States?
Post-War Homes
Split-Level Ranch-style house
Post-War Homes
#13: What is the architectural style
of this 1930’s house?
English Tudor Revival
#14: What is the name of this
type of window?
Quatrefoil
(pronounced kwot-ruh-foyle)
#15: What did Frank Lloyd Wright call his series of
L-shaped homes which served as the inspiration
for the American ranch-style house?
Early 20th Century
The Usonian house
#16: What do we call the triangle
formed by a sloping roof?
?
?
A Gable
A gable is the
triangle formed by
a sloping roof
?
#17: What is the name of this
architectural feature?
The Balustrade
Baluster
#18: What type of siding
is used on this cottage?
Board and batten • A type of siding
• Alternates foot-wide boards with narrow strips which cover the seams between the boards
#19: What is the style of this
20th century bungalow?
Early 20th Century
Cape Cod Revival with
dormers
The Cape Cod style
house became popular
again in the US in the
1930’s and 1940’s.
Early 20th Century
#20: What style would be
given to this home built in the
early 1930’s intended to look
like an Early American home?
Early 20th Century
Colonial RevivalEarly 20th Century
Barn-like
roofline
Early
American
Colonial
#21: What is the name of this style of Early
American Colonial home with a barn-like
(gambrel) roof?
Dutch Colonial
Many of the
Dutch colonists
built brick
homes to
remind them of
their roots in the
Netherlands.
Many Dutch
colonists settled
in New York
along the
Hudson River
“This
house
reminds
me of
Holland!”
Barn-like
roofline
Early
American
Colonial
#22:
What is the
proper
name of this
style of
roof?
Mansard
A-Frame
#23:
What is the name of
this style house?
Post-War Homes
A-Frame
A-frame
Post-War Homes
#24: What is the name of the architect who
designed these “mid-century modern” houses
in Southern California?
Post-War Homes
Joseph Eichler
Post-War Homes
Walter Gropius House
Lincoln, Massachusetts,
1938
Early 20th Century
#25: What is the style of this house
built by architect, Walter Gropius?
Walter Gropius House
Lincoln, Massachusetts,
1938
Early 20th Century
International style
#26: What is
the name of
the window
grouping
above the
door?
A transom window
• A window above a door
• On an outside door, it is usually fixed and won’t open
• Inside the house, the window could be opened for ventilation in the days before central heat and air-conditioning
A transom window over
a door or window, in
the shape of a fan,
semi-circle or ellipse
Seen in
Federal
(Adam) style
architecture
#27: What is the proper name for
the elliptical shaped window above
the front door?
A Fanlight
A transom window over
a door or window, in
the shape of a fan,
semi-circle or ellipse
Seen in
Federal
(Adam) style
architecture
#28:
What is the
style of this
classically
styled house
with its
pediment,
columns and
symmetrical
shape?
Greek Revival• Pedimented
gables
• Symmetrical shape
• Columns
• Wide, plain frieze
• Style often seen in Southern antebellum homes
Classical Style
House
#29: What is the name of this style of
Early American house with its Palladian
window, fanlight, and shutters?
Federal Style (Adam) House
#30:
What is the name
of America’s first
large-scale
suburb?
American
“subdivision” of
affordable
houses built
after WWII
Early 20th Century
First large-
scale
American
suburb
Levittown,
New York
American
“subdivision” of
affordable
houses built
after WWII
Early 20th Century
First large-
scale
American
suburb
#31:
What is the name
given to a room
containing only a
toilet and a sink?
• Sink
• toilet
Half-bath or“Powder room”
• Sink
• toilet
#32:
What style is
this house?
Early 20th Century
Pueblo Revival
(Santa Fe Style
Architecture)
Early 20th Century
#33:
What type of
joint connects
the 2 pieces
of wood cut at
45 degree
angles?
Miter joint
#34:
What is the name of this
style of small, Early
American Colonial house?
Simple 1-story
home with
fireplace in
center
Based on English
architecture but
adapted for harsh
New England
weather
Early
American
Colonial
The Cape Cod
Simple 1-story
home with
fireplace in
center
Based on English
architecture but
adapted for harsh
New England
weather
Early
American
Colonial
#35:
What is the name
given to this style
of house from the
late 1800’s, which
often included lots
of “gingerbread”,
towers, and
irregular
rooflines?
Queen Anne
Victorian
#36:
What is the style of this ranch house?
Tile roof
Decorative
wrought
ironwork
Early 20th Century
#4: Spanish Colonial Revival
Tile roof
Decorative
wrought
ironwork
Early 20th Century
#37:
What is the
proper term
used to
describe a
sculpture or
rainspout
resembling a
grotesque
creature or
monster?
Gargoyle
#38:
What does the term
“Antebellum
Architecture” mean?
“before the
war”(usually refers to
large, classically
styled houses built in
the South before the
American Civil War)
#39: What is the name given to
this type of door?
French doors
#40:
What style of
window is seen
in the
farmhouse in
this painting by
Grant Wood?
Gothic Revival
American Gothic
Grant Wood
Gothic
window
• Pointed arch windows
• Steeply pitched roofs
• Called “Carpenter Gothic” when constructed of wood
Victorian
#41:
What is the
name given to
the style of this
early 20th
century
house?
American
Foursquare
#42:
What is the
name of this
style of Early
American
Colonial which
got taxed at a
lower rate
because of its
unique shape?Early
American
Colonial
“Saltbox”•Shaped like a
box once used to
hold salt
•Queen Anne of
England taxed all
American 2 story
homes. By being
1 story in the
back, owners of
salt box homes
could avoid this
tax.
Early
American
Colonial
#43:
What is the
name of this
style of home
built in the 20th
century?
Early 20th Century
Colonial Revival
(Dutch)
Early 20th Century
#44: What is the name given to
small, early 20th century American
homes with rooms often connected
without hallways?
Bungalow
#45:
What is the
name of
this style of
Victorian
house with
a Mansard
roof?
Mansard roof
2nd Empire
(Mansard)
Mansard roof
#46: What is the proper name for the
architectural features which jut out from
the wall to support this balcony?
Corbels