Sources

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/architecture/index.html

http://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/ig/Colonial-and-Federal/

Pictures:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De_Turck_House.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hartford_Residence,_Bridgton,_ME.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Parlange_Plantation%2C_State_Highway_93%2C_New_Roads_vicinity_%28Pointe_Coupee_Parish%2C_Louisiana%29.jpg