Course Description

House Styles at a Glance is a 6 hour continuing education course for agents taught by Maurie Van Buren. In this course, Ms. Van Buren discusses different house styles ranging from the single pen to the Greek Revival and the Ranch. This course presents the different characteristics for each style and the keys to their identification.

Course Outline

1. Intro
   1. Intro
2. Colonial
   1. Colonial
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Identify tabby and adobe as Colonial construction materials.
      • Identify planking, corner notching, and heavy timber framing as Colonial construction techniques.
      • Identify the Single Pen, the Double Pen, and the Hall and Parlor and their characteristics.
      • Identify the English Medieval and the Pennsylvania Dutch styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Dutch Colonial and French Colonial styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Early Georgian and the Late Georgian styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Charleston Single House style and its characteristics.
   2. Colonial Lesson Test
   3. Colonial Chapter Test
3. Antebellum
   1. Antebellum
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Identify the Plantation Plain style and its characteristics.
      • Identify the Federal style, its characteristics, and its approximate dates of popularity.
      • Identify the Greek Revival style, its characteristics, and its approximate dates of popularity.
   2. Antebellum Lesson Test
   3. Antebellum Chapter Test
4. Victorian
   1. Victorian
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Identify the Victorian Gothic, Italianate, and Steamboat Gothic styles and their characteristics.
      • Distinguish the difference between Shotgun, Saddlebag, and Pyramidal Roof houses.
      • Identify the Victorian Romanesque and the Second Empire styles and their characteristics.
      • Name the three main characteristics of early in-town neighborhoods and the predominate form of construction in the Victorian era.
      • Identify the Gabled Ell and Queen Anne styles and their characteristics.
   2. Victorian LessonTest
   3. Victorian Chapter Test
5. Historical Revival
   1. Historical Revival
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Identify the Neo-Classical and English Tudor styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Early Georgian Revival, Late Georgian Revival, and Colonial Revival styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Dutch Colonial and Spanish Colonial styles and their characteristics.
      • Identify the Chateauesque, English Regency, and Neo-Baroque styles and their characteristics and classify them as the three different styles of "European Stucco" houses.
   2. Historical Revival Lesson Test
   3. Historical Revival Chapter Test
6. Arts and Crafts Movement
   1. Arts and Crafts Movement
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Recognize the father of the American Arts and Crafts Movement and the movements characteristics.
      • Identify the Basic Bungalow style and its characteristics.
      • Identify the American Four-Square and the Front Gable Bungalow and their characteristics.
   2. Arts and Crafts Movement Lesson Test
   3. Arts and Crafts Movement Chapter Test
7. Contemporary Architecture
   1. Contemporary Architecture
      Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
      • Identify the Ranch style and its characteristics.
      • Identify the Split-Level and its characteristics.
      • Identify the Art Deco style and its characteristics.
      • Identify the California Contemporary (Contemporary Rustic) style and its characteristics.
   2. Contemporary Architecture Lesson Test
   3. Contemporary Architecture Chapter Test