The Cape Cod.

This type home has a distinguishable high roof pitch.  This home maintains exterior symmetry and has dormers.  The windows have shutters

The contemporary home.  Homes with non-symmetrical layouts.  Observe the salt-box roof on this house.

The country house.  

This style of house is also known as the gambrel style house (has a barn style roof)  Usually is composed of two floors.  The roof can have dormers.

The Ranch house.

Usually has a horizontal layout with  single floor living.  The roof has large overhangs and is low pitched.  The garage is usually attached to the home and leads into the kitchen or laundry room.

The Southern Colonial house.

These homes usually are made with brick, some can have fancy carved wood on porch, they usually have hip roofs, small overhang and multiple but small paned windows.

The Victorian house.

This is usually a multi-storied home, many ornamental elements, turned posts, spindles, brackets under the eaves, turrets, towers, gables with louvered vents.  Also, these houses can have gothic elements.

The Southwestern house.

This type home has a flat roof, it is made of stucco with open space floor plans and exposed wooden beams frame the rooms.

The Georgian house.

This type of home has equally spaced windows and doorway trimmed with carved wood.
This home often has paired chimneys, two stories, and a moderately-pitched roof with little overhang.

The Craftsman house.

This home usually has low-pitched roof on the traditional one level plan but may have stepper roof line on bi-level style homes, chimney made with stone, open floor plans; few hallways, may have numerous but un-fancy windows, built-in cabinets, shelves, and seating.

The Tudor house.

This house plan features contrasting whitewashed plaster against diagonally placed heavy dark beams, a sloping roof, and the focal point of this house is the patterned stone or brick chimney.

The Beach house.

The beach or seaside houses are often raised houses suitable for the shoreline sites. They are adaptable for near water or even in mountain areas.

The Plantation house.

The hallmarks of plantation style home plans; they emulate the designs of homes of the civil war era with the tall bold columns and front porches

The Traditional house.

The most common style home in America.  This type house is found on almost every neighborhood.

The Spanish style house.

These homes usually have low-pitched red-tile roofs, stucco exterior walls (often in rich pastel hues), asymmetrical layout and open, airy living spaces with many archways.