In the United States, theNational Register of Historic Places classifies its listings by varioustypes of architecture. Listed properties often are given one or more of 40 standard architectural style classifications that appear in theNational Register Information System (NRIS) database. Other properties are given a custom architectural description with "vernacular" or other qualifiers, and others have no style classification. Many National Register-listed properties do not fit into the several categories listed here, or they fit into more specialized subcategories.^[1]

The complete list of the 40 architectural style codes in theNational Register Information System—NRIS follows:^[1]

Some selected National Register Information System (NRIS) styles, with examples, include:

Federal architecture was the classicizing architecture style built in the newly founded United States betweenc. 1780 and 1830. Examples include: theOld Town Hall in Massachusetts, andPlumb House in Virginia.

Greek Revival architecture is aNeoclassical movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. It emerged in the U.S. following theWar of 1812 and while arevolutionary war in Greece attracted America's interest. Greek Revival architecture was popularized byMinard Lafever's pattern books:The Young Builders' General Instructor in 1829, theModern Builders' Guide in 1833,The Beauties of Modern Architecture in 1835, andThe Architectural Instructor in 1850.

Greek Revival in the U.S. includes vernacular versions such as the 1839Simsbury Townhouse built by an unknown craftsman^[2] and theDicksonia Plantation, and high-style versions such as theSecond Bank of the United States, Philadelphia.

Plantation houses

Manyplantation houses in the Southern United States were built in Greek Revival variations, includingMillford Plantation,Melrose,Gaineswood, andAnnandale Plantation

Examples of the American revival of classicalPalladian architecture include:The Rotunda by Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia, and theHammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland.

LateVictorian architecture is widely distributed on the register's listings, for many building types in every state. TheCarpenter Gothic style was popular for Late Victorian wooden churches.

TheQueen Anne style was popular in later American Victorian architecture, after the earlierItalianate style, and is frequent on NRHP residential listings. TheShingle Style is an American variation of Queen Anne.

A grouping ofhistoricist architectureRevival styles, with the title Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, has been applied by the NRHP for many listings. There are numerous listed buildings designed in an amalgam of several to many revival styles that defy a singular or simpler classification title.

Mission/Spanish Revival is an amalgam of two distinct styles popular in different but adjacent eras: the primarily late-19th-centuryMission Revival Style architecture and early-20th-century (and later)Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. The combined term, or the individual terms, are often used in the style classifications of NRHP listed buildings.^[1]

Pueblo Revival Style architecture is arevival style based on traditional Native AmericanPueblo architecture of adobe dwellings–communities in thePueblo culture, primarily in present-dayNew Mexico, northeastern Arizona, and southwestern Colorado.

Examples include theInstitute of American Indian Arts,La Fonda on the Plaza, and theMabel Dodge Luhan House in New Mexico, and thePainted Desert Inn in Arizona.

Exotic Revival architecture is another style that may reflect a mix ofMoorish Revival architecture,Egyptian Revival architecture, and other influences. Just a few of many National Register-listed places identified with this style areEl Zaribah Shrine Auditorium,Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery,Fort Smith Masonic Temple, andAlgeria Shrine Temple.^[1]

Examples in California include Grauman'sChinese Theatre andEgyptian Theatre inHollywood, theCitadel Outlets inCommerce near Los Angeles, and theRosicrucian Egyptian Museum inSan Jose.

TheMayan Revival architecture style frequently blendsMaya architectural and artistic motifs with those of otherMesoamerican cultures, particularly ofAztec architecture.

Examples include: theMayan Theater inDowntown Los Angeles; theHollyhock House byFrank Lloyd Wright inEast Hollywood; and theAztec Hotel on historicU.S. Route 66 inSouthern California.

"Postmedieval English" architecture is a style term used for a number of NRHP listings, includingWilliam Ward Jr. House in Middlefield, Connecticut.

"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements" arerevival styles and other American architectural movements, that originated during increasing development in the United States during theSecond Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century, and continuing development and urbanization during the early 20th century beforeWorld War I.

Arts

'American Movements' is a broader design andart movement phrase used in thevisual arts of the United States. It refers to U.S. centric art and design movements that originated during any century of the country's history.

Bungalow/Craftsman is a term commonly appearing in NRHP listings, which reflectsAmerican Craftsman andBungalow styles.

American Craftsman is often a term used for theArts and Crafts movement works and philosophy expressed in the United States. It can include domestic architecture, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, decorative arts, and the fine arts. Many Craftsman and other style influencedCalifornia bungalow houses were popular and built nationwide into the 1930s.

Very large and well detailed custom residences are described asultimate bungalows, such as the works byGreene and Greene in California. Examples include: theGamble House in Pasadena, and theThorsen House in Berkeley. Smaller American Craftsman homes include:Batchelder House andHolmes-Shannon House. Bungalow examples include theBirthplace of Richard Nixon and theLanterman House.Bungalow courts include:Palmetto Court andGartz Court.

There are hundreds of National Register-listed buildings of the Early Commercial architecture type.^[1]

Plains Commercial architecture andPlains Commercial Style is another variant of theChicago School style.

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