Identifying feature
Steep gable The triangular upper part of an end wall, framed by the two slopes of a steep roof. Steep gables are common on Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival and Queen Anne houses.
a sign of these styles A-Frame c. 1950–1975 A roof that is the whole house: one dramatic triangle with glass gable ends and a loft under the peak. Brick Gothic c. 1200–1550 Pointed arches and buttresses in red brick, patterned with glazed bricks, under stepped gables and steep roofs. Cape Cod c. 1690–1955 A compact story-and-a-half cottage: steep gable roof, central chimney, dormers, and minimal fuss. Carpenter Gothic c. 1840–1890 Wooden churches and cottages with board-and-batten walls, steep gables trimmed in sawn bargeboards, and pointed-arch windows. Dutch Renaissance c. 1550–1700 Tall skinny brick canal houses competing gable by gable: stepped, bell, and scrolled tops trimmed in white stone. Folk Victorian c. 1870–1910 Plain folk house shapes dressed up with porch spindles and jigsaw-cut gable trim. Gothic Revival c. 1740–1900 Medieval drama revived: pointed arches, steep gables, patterned stone window bars, and strong vertical lines. Half-Timbered c. 1300–1700 Exposed oak skeletons filled with plaster: crooked black and white frames, overhanging upper floors, and steep roofs. High Victorian Gothic c. 1855–1885 Pointed arches and steep roofs on walls banded in contrasting red brick and light or dark stone, with heavy towers. Modern Farmhouse c. 2010–present White vertical siding, black window frames, metal gable roofs, and a big friendly porch. National Romanticism c. 1890–1920 Rough granite or brick walls, steep roofs, towers and carved animal or plant ornament, with medieval and folk forms. Neo-Eclectic c. 1980–present The builder's-catalog house: brick and stone veneer, mixed arches and gables, and a grand two-story entry. Pennsylvania German Stone House c. 1720–1850 Thick fieldstone walls, a steep roof, a central chimney and small, irregular windows; later houses have symmetrical Georgian fronts. Scandinavian Vernacular c. 1000–present Log and carved timber buildings under steep roofs, sometimes topped with turf, painted deep red. Shotgun House c. 1840–1930 One room wide and several rooms deep: a narrow gabled house with a full-width front porch. Southeast Asian c. 800–present Timber houses on stilts and stone temple mountains, under steep roofs with soaring horn-like gable tips. Stick Style c. 1860–1890 Flat decorative boards laid in grids and diagonals over clapboard walls, with big trussed gables. Tudor Revival c. 1890–1940 Storybook medieval English: decorative dark timber over stucco, steep gables, and massive patterned chimneys. Workers Cottage c. 1870–1910 A one-and-a-half-story house with its gable facing the street, raised basement, front stoop, and trim only at windows and cornice. 
