Years ago, if you had asked me to describe the key features of Craftsman style homes I would have replied, "A Craftsman house has a big porch and lots of woodwork." To be completely honest, the first time I heard the term Craftsman style uttered in refere

When British colonists traveled to the "New World," they brought a housing style so practical that it endured through the ages. The modern day Cape Cod houses you see in nearly every part of North America are modeled after the rugged architecture of Colon

During the early 1700s, French colonists settled in the Mississippi Valley, especially in Louisiana. They learned building practices from the Caribbean and the West Indies to design practical dwellings for a territory prone to flooding.

Settling in Florida, California, and the American Southwest, settlers in the Spanish territories of North America built simple, low homes made using rocks, adobe brick, coquina, or stucco with many of features.