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Building group gathers buildings into broad families that serve a similar purpose, such as religious, civic or residential structures. Wikipedia notes that "historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements," and those achievements cluster naturally around a handful of recurring building purposes. This grouping lets a visitor compare buildings that were raised to do the same kind of job.

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Comparison

Era of Emergence

5000 BCE 1

Origin Region

Iraq (Mesopotamia) 1

Group

44 entries

Building Type

Building Family

Place

StyleShowing the 100 most common of 101 options.

Completed YearShowing the 100 most common of 273 options.

Standing Status

Architect

Material

Era of Emergence

Origin Region

Apartment and Multi-Family Buildings

Architecturally Significant Houses

Central Virginia

Coastal Virginia

Cottages and Small Houses

Executive, Head-of-State and Diplomatic Buildings

Farmsteads and Homesteads

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Midwestern United States

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Northeastern United States

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Southern United States

Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Western United States

Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States

Historic Districts (Multiple Buildings)

Historic House Museums

Historic Houses of the Midwestern and Western United States

Historic Houses of the New York City Region

Historic Houses of the Rest of the Northeastern United States

Historic Houses of the Southern United States

Historic Houses of Upstate New York

Historic Houses Outside the United States

Manor and Country Houses

Northern Virginia

Plantation Houses

Plantation Houses: Alabama

Plantation Houses: Florida

Plantation Houses: Georgia

Plantation Houses: Louisiana

Plantation Houses: Maryland

Plantation Houses: North Carolina

Plantation Houses: Other Regions

Plantation Houses: South Carolina

Plantation Houses: Tennessee

Plantation Houses: Virginia

Residential Building Types and Terms

Rowhouses and Terraced Housing

Shenandoah Valley

Southern and Southwest Virginia

Vernacular and Traditional Dwellings

Villas of Eastern Europe

Villas of Italy

Villas of North America

Villas of the Rest of the World

Villas of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Villas of Western and Northern Europe