ranch house

One-level dwelling

A ranch house is a single-story home with a long, low profile, typically featuring an attached garage and an open floor plan.

The style dominated American suburban construction from the 1940s through the 1970s: They bought a three-bedroom ranch house in the suburbs.

Also called a rambler or ranch-style home.

Opposites
architectural style

ranch housecolonial

Of occupied territories

Victorian · Georgian · Tudor · Queen Anne · saltbox

verticality and scale

ranch househigh-rise

Multistory tall building

skyscraper · tower · mansion · brownstone · row house

dwelling type

ranch houseapartment

Rented unit in building

condo · high-rise apartment · tenement · flat · penthouse

Family

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Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G