We also include several fun stories about all-metal Lustron homes. Stories about historic house styles - how to identify your home.
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Housing Styles: The Bungalow
The house of the common man becomes an American classic. -
Housing Styles: Italianate, 1850-1890
Brackets and wide cornices distinguish these Victorian homes -
Housing Styles: Queen Anne 1880-1910 (Part 1)
Elaborate Victorians captured imaginations, hearts of Americans -
Housing Styles: Queen Anne (Part 2)
Popular Turn-of-Century houses had towers, rich ornamentation -
Housing Styles: Queen Anne (Part 3)
Virginia family trades modern home for this jewel in the rough -
Housing Styles: Saltbox 1650-1830
Practical style defined by sloping gable roof -
Vernacular Farmhouse 1700-1910
Simple and functional, this house often has a characteristic "L" or "T" shape -
False Front 1860-1905
Giving buildings an illusion of grandeur -
Greek Revival, 1820-1850
Style celebrating the birth of Democracy sweeps the nation -
Octagon House: 1850-1860
Eight-sided architectural style enjoyed brief popularity -
The Carpenter Gothic, 1840-1870
The advent of power saws and balloon framing spawned colorful cottages. -
Cracker Farmhouses: 1840 - 1920
Practical style makes a comfortable comeback in 21st century -
The American Foursquare, 1890-1930s
American as apple pie -- and just as popular -
Lustron Homes: Part 1
All-steel, post WWII homes were an engineering marvel -
Lustron homes: Part 2
Metal homes without wheels -
Lustron Homes: Part 3
Proving their mettle 50 years later -
Moving (and saving) an historic Lustron house
Lustron homes, Part 4: Home is disassembled; awaits reassembly -
Lustron Homes of St. Louis
Part 5: Midwest city home to large collection of post-WWII steel homes -
Living in a Lustron
"It's so much fun to own a Lustron," says Gail Rock -
The Prairie Style house, 1900-1920
Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural revolution -
Victorian Shingle Style Houses, 1880-1900
Queen Anne Victorians take a Summer Retreat -
Renovate With Elaborate Details Of Victorian Style
Planning to renovate a Victorian home? Here's a look at the major style influences that can guide your historic renovation. -
Stately Brick, Symmetrical Lines Define Georgian Style
In the 18th Century the Georgian style of architecture played a dominant role in Great Britain - and later the American colonies. -
Renovating the English Cottage
Longing for an English cottage home? Here are some interesting ways to renovate and add this style to your home.
