The following list of architectural styles was produced by the City of Ontario in conjunction with the Office of Historic Preservation. Links to the common California styles will provide descriptions of the features that define each style.

Common Architectural Features

Gothic Revival 1850s-1900s

Italianate 1860s-1870s

Late Carpenter’s Gothic Revival 1860-1900s

Eastlake 1870-1880s

Richardsonian Romanesque 1870s-1890s

Second Empire 1870s-1880s

Stick 1870s-1890

Victorian Eclectic 1880s-1900

Commercial 1883-1900

Queen Anne 1885-1900

Shingle 1890s-1920

Beaux Arts 1890-1930

Colonial Revival 1890-1915

Dutch Colonial Revival 1890-1915

Mission Revival 1890-1912

Late Gothic Revival 1895-1940

Craftsman (Arts and Crafts) 1895-1920

American Foursquare 1900s

Bungalow 1900-1940

French Eclectic Revival 1900-present

Mediterranean Revival 1900-present

Pueblo Revival 1900-1930

Tudor 1900-present

Neoclassical Revival 1905-1920

Prairie Style 1905-1920

Spanish Colonial Revival 1915-present

Art Deco 1920-1941

Art/Streamline Moderne 1920-1941

Usonian 1920s-1960s

Monterey Revival 1928-1941

Minimal Traditional 1930s-1950

California Ranch 1935-present

International /Modern Style 1935-present

Early Post-War Tract 1940s-1960s

Prefab/Modular 1940s-present

Corporate International Style 1945-present

Googie 1950s

Brutalism 1960-present

New Formalism 1960-present

Post-Modern 1970-present

Deconstructivism 1975-present