This guide to American house styles explains when your house was built, the features that define it – and how to restore it authentically ...

Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

The LaPointe-Krebs House is rarer than we originally thought, a historian and architects told Jackson County supervisors on Monday. Scientists have proven it’s old, but it’s also one of the very last ...

Interestingly, Dutch Colonial Revival style didn’t get its name directly from Holland or even Colonial architecture. Instead, it refers to the 17th-century Dutch colonists who settled in coastal New ...

It is estimated that from 1910 to 1930, 40% of all homes constructed in the United States were designed in the Colonial Revival style. Based on the aesthetics and charm of historic Georgian and ...

The Murat House is the oldest house on the complex now called The Collector in downtown St. Augustine. Today, through the efforts of retired lawyer and preservationist David Corneal, the little home ...

Colonial-style homes are something you've seen many times, even if you don't know what they're called. First built during the era between 1565 and 1783, Colonial homes were built by settlers from ...

In this monthly feature, New Orleans architects share their thoughts on the city's buildings. Today's topic explores how colonial architecture met the challenges of a flood-prone city. Architect and ...

The City of Poughkeepsie is filled with examples of first-rate architecture in a wide array of styles. And few are better to evaluate those examples than Town of Poughkeepsie resident Jeh Johnson Sr.