With their roomy size and eye-pleasing symmetry, Colonial-style homes remain one of the most enduring residential architectural styles across the United States. Timeless in design, their exteriors ...

Colonial-style homes are known for their historic roots and elegant, symmetrical designs. Typically free of extra ornamental details, the stately facades can often benefit from a little sprucing up.

One of the charming aspects of California beach towns is that homes can be funky and fun. Almost anything goes. A Craftsman bungalow can sit next to a Spanish Revival hacienda across the street from a ...

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 ...

​Colonial-style architecture has evolved into an umbrella of designs, all influenced by the original settlers in the U.S.​ ...

This popular revival style takes its cues from 17th- and 18th-century colonial architecture, when early Dutch settlers built homes with a broad gambrel roof and flared, overhanging eaves. Original ...

<p>Originally created by the Dutch colonists in New York (known as New Amsterdam at the time), the Dutch Colonial home design features a sloping roof designed to let the snow slide away. That makes it ...

American Colonial architecture dates back to the 1600s, originating during the colonial period of the United States. Though the style technically encompasses English Colonial, French Colonial, Spanish ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When I think of the Dutch Colonial house, I see the big red barn, like in children’s books or in paintings of upstate landscapes. They are one of the most distinctive ...

American colonial is a type of architecture that embodies a mixture of styles that came into being throughout the 1600s and 1700s, when America was under colonial rule and those who settled in the ...

Editor’s note: Barre is rich with history, especially in its buildings. The architecture of our city is unique. In Building Blocks, researcher and writer Kathryn Eddy explains the major styles of ...