Architectural Styles
Orlando has some beautiful homes and businesses that were built in many architectural styles. We have created this page to provide examples of different styles that have been built locally since people started settling here. Almost all the structures you see locally, and which remain today for us to share, have all been built since the civil war. Our selection starts since then.
We have to acknowledge our debt to Virginia and Lee McAlester who wrote “A Field Guide to American Houses” which has helped us classify many of these structures. If you are curious about the style of a house this book is a great helpful reference. Our listings below follow their categories.
Romantic Houses (1820-1880)
GREEK REVIVAL
GOTHIC REVIVAL
Church of the Good Shepherd
331 Lake Avenue, Maitland FL 32751
1883 Charles C. Haight architect
ITALIANATE
EXOTIC REVIVALS
Victorian Houses (1860-1900)
SECOND EMPIRE
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STICK
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QUEEN ANNE
Miller Residence
801 South Park Avenue, Sanford FL 32771
1900, builder/architect not known
SHINGLE
John B. Stetson Mansion
1031 Camphor Lane, DeLand FL 32720
1886 George T. Pearson architect
RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE
Southern and Coastal Railroad Station
76-78 West Church Street, Orlando FL 32801
1889 architect not known
FOLK VICTORIAN
William H. Waterhouse Residence
820 South Lake Lilly Drive, Maitland FL 32751
1884 William Waterhouse builder
Eclectic Houses (1880-1940)
COLONIAL REVIVAL
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R.D. (Dolf) Keene Residence
1030 Lake Adair Boulevard, Orlando FL 32804
1937 James Gamble Rogers II architect
NEOCLASSICAL
First Congregational Church of Winter Park
225 S. New Interlachen Avenue, Winter Park FL 32789
1924 W.H.Nicklas, Howard M. Reynolds architects
TUDOR REVIVAL
Capen-Showalter Residence
675 Osceola Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789
1885 Royal Rollins Thayer, 1920’s Howard Showalter
CHATEAUESQUE
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BEAUX ARTS
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FRENCH ECLECTIC
Dr. L.C. Ingram Residence
842 Laurel Avenue, Orlando FL 32803
1935 James Gamble Rogers II architect
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Wescott Beardall House
214 S. Lucerne Circle, Orlando FL 32806
1912 Murry S. King architect
MISSION
Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station (Amtrak)
1400 Sligh Boulevard, Orlando FL 32806
1926 A.M.Griffin architect
SPANISH ECLECTIC
Nat Claybaugh Residence
205 East Copeland Drive, Orlando, FL 32806
1927 James Gamble Rogers II architect
MONTERY
PUEBLO REVIVAL
PRAIRIE
Usonian House, FSC Sharp Center
111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland FL 33801
1939 Designed, 2013 Built, Frank Lloyd Wright architect
CRAFTSMAN
Lake Lucerne Plaza Apartments (Hovey’s Court)
545 S. Delaney Avenue, Orlando FL 32801
1913-19 architect not known
MODERNISTIC
Jewett Residence
1280 Park Avenue North, Winter Park FL 32789
1939 James Gamble Rogers II architect
INTERNATIONAL
American Houses (Since 1940)
MODERN
Reeves Residence
255 Sylvan Boulevard, Winter Park FL 32789
2009 I.S.K.Reeves/ADG architects
NEOECLECTIC
CONTEMPORARY FOLK
DeSanctus Residence
1659 N. Atlantic Avenue, New Smyrna Beach FL 32169
2010, Kevin Schweizer architect
Please respect the privacy of these home owners and stay out of their yards. We thank them for permission to list them in our guidebook and related materials.
(We will be adding more in the future. Please check back again.)