The United States is a melting pot, and all the many countries who colonized the land left behind evidence of their own styles. There is Spanish, French, Dutch, and British Colonial architecture ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their roomy size and eye-pleasing symmetry, Colonial-style homes remain one of the most enduring ...

Colonial-style homes are something you've seen many times, even if you don't know what they're called. First built during the era between 1565 and 1783, Colonial homes were built by settlers from ...

Colonial houses are our heritage: physical evidence of the people who first traveled to North America and settled here. Today, “Colonial” has come to be a generic mashup of old and new stylistic ...

On the outside, this handsome classic near the center of Wayne exudes French flair. But its builder included one exterior element that reveals its true character. It’s that broken pediment over the ...

Tastes can change; So, too, can an owner’s requirements of their home. In the early 1960s, for instance, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to the demands of modern life than the ...

A little piece of the country still exists just to the northeast of the now-bustling intersection of Gravois and Jefferson avenues. It has a history that stretches back to the French Colonial period ...