This catch-all describes the homes you will find on many builders’ lots today. Even if the exterior looks like a colonial, craftsman or Tudor-style home or a Mediterranean villa, inside you are very likely to find a medley of greatest hits. Among the highlights.Read More

Cape-cod style homes were built as early as the 1700s but their modern heyday was in the first half of the 1900s. These are the modest but comfy family homes, typically with only one or one and a half stories as the second floor is actually converted attic space with dormer windows to let in...Read More

The British were not the only ones to establish colonies in the New World. In areas from Florida westward to Texas and on through most of California where the Spanish language prevailed among early settlers, Spanish is also the language of the architecture. Homes built with a Spanish/Mediterranean flair still are among the most popular...Read More

Ranch-style homes started to be built during the 1940s but they became the house of the postwar baby boom of the 1950s and 60s. The suburbs were expanding and land was still cheap enough that homeowners did not feel compelled to stack the bedrooms on top of the living space. Homeowners’ Manifest Destiny would be...Read More

Craftsman styles earned their first popularity around 1900 and remained a common choice until the Great Depression in the 1930s. They are very popular in new construction and remodeling today. Relatively few homes of any style were built during the hard times of the Depression and World War II. These are sturdy houses usually anchored...Read More