History of Housing/Housing Styles

The earliest forms of shelter were used because they ________.

• Had plenty of room

• Provided protection and safety

• Used imported materials

• All of the above

The first log cabins were built by ________.

• Native Americans

• Slumlords

• Swedish and Finnish colonists

• Tenement house developers

The forerunners of modern apartments were __________.

• Dugouts and cliffs

• Log and sod houses

• Tenement and row houses

• Tract houses

The Industrial Revolution caused _________.

• A slump in the housing industry

• Homes to become family work centers

• Mass movement from the cities

• Mass movement to the cities

The average living unit moves every _______ years.

• Two

• Four

• Six

• Eight

Technology dates back to __________.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• The cave dwellers

• The Great Depression

• The Industrial Revolution

Centered big chimney, steeped pitched roof, second story protrudes over the first story, simple entrance, and narrow siding.

• Split-level

• Garrison

• Cape Cod

• German

One and a half stories, most living space is on the ground floor, low-pitched roof and horizontal shape, porch appears heavy and is built under the main roof.

• Bunglow

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Spanish

• Gothic

Fanciful irregular roof line and wide porch, towers, variety of siding, and bay windows.

• Gothic Revival

• Mansard

• Roman Empire

• Queen Anne

Elaborate entrance, porch with large columns, front door and windows are symmetrical.

• French

• Early/Greek Classic Revival

• Queen Anne

• Garrison