Browse Colonial Farmhouses for sale in Los Angeles, CA.
Colonial farmhouse style is a subcategory within classic American farmhouse architecture homes which were originally developed to function as residences in rural settings allowing farmers to be closer to their workplace, however, over the years they have evolved and transformed for the modern homeowner.
This style of home blends classic farmhouse design with traditional colonial design.
Farmhouses date back to the fields and working-class families of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries and hit American shores after appearing in the Canadian countryside.
Early settlers and pioneers of the Colonial period brought this new architecture to the East Coast and so Cape Cod and Colonial styles were born. They are functional, livable, and practical homes above all else with features like front porches, board and batten exteriors, exposed beams, rustic-looking woods, cathedral ceilings, and galvanized steel.
Colonial farmhouses feature lots of charming and old-world accents, colonial grid windows and cabinet doors, and brick fireplaces and flooring - all in a simple, natural, muted color scheme.