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WorksheetsHousing Styles
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 31mins
Housing built into caves and cliffs in the American Southwest
Native
Pueblo
Adobe
Stucco
A House with a high steep hip roof, towers, grillwork and large windows
Tudor
Georgian
Victorian
French
Plaster applied to the exterior of a home
Stucco
Adobe
Portico
Balcony
Clay formed into sundried bricks
Stucco
Adobe
Portico
Hip
Another name for the Tudor style
English Half Timber
Victorian
Dormer
Classic Revival
This style of home was originally built for hillside lots.
Earth Sheltered
Craftsman
Berm
Split-level
The log cabin style house originated in what region?
Victorian
Georgian
Scandinavian
Tudor
Characteristics of this home include: a bottom of brick or stone and a top with cross timbers.
English Half Timber
French
Pueblo
Garrison
Bundles of straw used for roofing
Stucco
Thatch
Berm
Cob
A door that opens separately on top and bottom
Gambrell
Grillwork
Balcony
Dutch Door
A small symmetrical house with 1 ½ stories, a central chimney and covered with clapboards…
Classic Revival
Contemporary
French
Cape Cod
The 1st part of a cape cod is called the half house and the addition was the called the….
Gable
Ell
Tower
Berm
This house has a long sweeping roof that extends over the porch
Scandinavian
Dutch
French
Mansard Victorian
This home is one story and was originally built for warm climates and has an open floor plan
Ranch
Pueblo
Adobe
Cape Cod
This style of home would have courtyards, balconies, and porches because it was hot
Mansard Victorian
Italianate
Spanish
Geodesic Dome
A flat roof with geometric forms and the use of glass are characteristic of this style…
Mansard Victorian
International
Contemporary
Earth Sheltered
Why did the Spanish style home include Native American influence?
Because they were trading partners
They thought the style was cool
They had the same materials
You will see a lot of this style of home in north central Springfield because they were built when the railroad came…
Craftsman
Cape Cod
Split level
International
Frank Lloyd Wright is a major architect of this style of design
Contemporary
Prairie
Geodesic Dome
Ranch
In energy efficient homes such as solar and earth sheltered, the trees should be on which side of the house?
North
South
East
West
Which of the following housing styles are considered “Energy Efficient”.
Solar
Earth Sheltered
Split Level
Geodesic Dome
This style of house had formal (symmetrical) balance, made of brick and has a chimney at each end
Dutch
English Half-Timber
Georgian
Cape Cod
A style with irregular steep roof with many gables, wrap around porches and railings
Mansard Victorian
Italianate
French
Queen Anne Victorian
Which American president had an interest in classic revival style buildings
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Why was a gambrel roof added to a cape cod?
To increase space
To decrease space
To help with weather resistance
To make it more stylish
This house began as a two story house, then later an addition was added to the bottom and a single roof was extended to cover both
Cape Cod
Salt Box
Contemporary
Tudor
The salt box home was named after what item?
The storage cellar
The kitchen salt jar
The bread box
The kitchen saltbox
This house was built for large families and is made of stone
German
Queen Anne Victorian
Classic Revival
Pueblo
After the revolutionary war, houses had increased elements of Greek and roman design such as columns, flat roofs, and domes
Tudor
Italianate
Classic Revival
Mansard Victorian
Identify the materials that were termed “Green Design”
Straw Bale Walls
Earth Walls: Rammed Earth or Cob
Adobe
Earth Bag Walls
The famous Missouri home that showed Italianate and Mansard Victorian influence
The MO Governors Mansion
Monticello
What kind of house is this?
Pueblo
Dutch
Scandinavian
Early English
Which of these houses are Cape Cod houses?
What kind of house is this?
Earth
Modern
Country
Adobe
Which of these houses are Victorian?
