Nowhere in the world can compare with the incredible array of domestic architecture in America. It sometimes seems that there are as many styles of homes as there are actual number of houses. While the earliest American houses were largely derived from Emglish or Ditch prototypes, the diversity for which America is so celebrated soon emerged reflecting mostly how Americans used their homes, as well as local and regional tasts as well as vernacular and folk origins from around the world. The variety and dynamism in the style of homes in that emerging, pluralistic society marches on today in homes designed by adventuresome architects and clients. — David Larkin, American Homes: from Colonial Simplicity to the Modern Adventure.
Below are residential and other architectural style categories that are clsssified by the National Register of Historic Places.