A ranch is a ranch but not all ranches are created equal. The 700 sq ft Whitehall ranch has nothing on the 1900 sq ft Berwick Ranch with a full finished basement. Ranches are everywhere in and around Columbus but don’t mistake ranches for boring, you’ll often be surprised. Sometimes called the California ranch style, this home in the Modern family, originated there in 1930s. It emerged as one of the most popular American styles in the 1950s and 60s, when the automobile had replaced early 20th-century forms of transportation, such as streetcars.
Now mobile homebuyers could move to the suburbs into bigger homes on bigger lots. The style takes its cues from Spanish Colonial and Prairie and Craftsman homes, and is characterized by its one-story, pitched-roof construction, built-in garage, wood or brick exterior walls, sliding and picture windows, and sliding doors leading to patios.
I hope you are enjoying this home style primer while I’m on vacation. Credit: Information for this post was derived from REALTOR® Magazine Online’s Architecture Guide.
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The 700 sq ft Whitehall ranch has nothing on the 1900 sq ft Berwick Ranch with a full finished basement. Ranches are everywhere in and around Columbus but don’t mistake ranches for boring, you’ll often be surprised. Sometimes called the California ranch style, this home in the Modern family, originated there in 1930s. It emerged as one of the most popular American styles in the 1950s and 60s, when the automobile had replaced early 20th-century forms of transportation, such as streetcars.
