Home Architectural Styles of Long Beach, CA

Long Beach, California is known for it’s diversity in many ways, right down to the diverse home styles that can be found here. On any given street in the Long Beach area and cities surrounding.

Homes & Houses found in Long Beach California

Victorian Style Home - Long Beach, California
The Victorian style home reflects the technology of the era and borrows from a number of designs types from Gothic Revival to Queen Anne. Elaborately decorated, Victorian homes are elaborately adorned with fancy moldings, decorative spindles and vibrant paint colors.	| Long Beach Neighborhoods
Craftsman Bungalow Style Home - Long Beach, California
Inspired by homes in India, the Craftsman Bungalow home design is centered around the living room, with all the other rooms arranged around it. Low-pitched roofs, wide eaves and exposed rafters are common in these homes.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Foursquare Style Home - Long Beach, California
A simple box house with deep overhangs and wide porches, the Foursquare Style home is also referred to as a Prairie Box. Commonly featuring tiled roofs, the design gets its name from the basic layout, which included four rooms on each floor of the house.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Cottage Style Home - Long Beach, California
A form of Tudor Revival, the Cottage Style Home features sloping, uneven roofs, prominent chimneys, steep gables, small dormers and small windows. The homes are very asymmetrical and often have oddly shaped rooms with slanted walls.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Mission Revival Style Home - Long Beach, California
A truly Californian style home, the Mission Revival homes have low, tiled roofs, plastered walls, balconies and arches. Other decoration such as towers, decorated roof overhangs and front porch arcades with a series of arches are also common in these houses.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Spanish Colonial Revival Style Home - Long Beach, California
An eclectic mix of styles combined to form the Spanish Colonial Revival Home , which is marked by arches, courtyards and wrought-iron window grates on otherwise plainly decorate homes. This house style often has a heavy red clay tile roof.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Tudor Revival Style Home - Long Beach, California
A medieval feel permeates Tudor Revival homes, which often have huge chimneys and high-pitched roofs. Small windows and window panes are common in this style, as are exposed wood framing and prominent cross gables.	Long Beach Neighborhoods

Also known as a ranch house, Neo-traditional homes were the gold standard in suburbs across America after World War II. The homes are usually one story and L-shaped, and are sometimes made of stucco and feature bay windows.	Long Beach Neighborhoods
Streamline Moderne Style Homes
Perhaps better known as the Art Deco home style, Streamline Moderne architecture is about curves, modernism and anti-traditionalism. Simple, clean shapes and geometric patterns are the hallmark of this style, and horizontal lines are often emphasized.	Long Beach Neighborhoods

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