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 ...

Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

The owners of the Fay Avenue house believe it qualifies for designation as a notable example of the Colonial Revival style. But city staff members disagree.

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, ...

If you’ve ever wandered around Prospect Park South, you’ve probably noticed this mansion at 1305 Albemarle Road. Arguably the most prominent house in the area, we have described it as “Colonial ...

A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

"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 ...

The Panama-California Exposition in 1915 was an unparalleled World’s Fair created ostensibly to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and its first stop at San Diego on the way north up the ...

Thanks to its exquisite Spanish colonial-revival architecture, a Terrell Hills home recently listed for just under $2.5 million looks like it was constructed during the gilded age of San Antonio ...

A Colonial Revival house designed by respected architect Roscoe Hemenway in Portland’s Southwest Hills is for sale at $1.6 million. The three-level home, built in 1931 at 2505 S.W. Hillcrest Drive, ...