A well-designed home can retain its classic features even as modern life forces updates. Take a look at a renovated, 114-year-old Colonial Revival mansion in Northeast Portland, which is for sale at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median ...

A quaint fence, a pair of cherry trees in the front yard and a columned portico add charm to this stately, brick-front home with its symmetrical architecture. Set in the Kentlands' Gatehouse District, ...

For most of the early decades of U.S. history, the styles of homes built in this country were inspired by European architecture such as Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Tudor Revival, ...

Colonial architecture has a rich past. During the 1700s, European settlers in North America incorporated the architectural styles of their native countries into their new homes. The styles that arose ...

Like so many public buildings in the nation's capital, the U.S. Supreme Court has fallen victim to the cultural vandalism of security consultants. To accommodate the space needed for visitor screening ...

Victorian or Colonial revival? Modern or contemporary? Even if you’re just curious, knowing the style of a home can be helpful for buying, selling, remodeling or decorating. Deborah Burns, executive ...

The timeless look and simple, symmetrical design of Colonial homes never goes out of style. Colonial houses have a classic and stately appearance, appropriate to their place in our country's history.