Illustration Gallery

Original drawings inspired by the house styles and rural scenes you'll find across the United States.

About these images: every illustration on this page was drawn specifically for Donuts Me. They are artistic impressions of common styles – not photographs, not real properties, and not tied to any real address. Curious about the styles? Read Architectural Styles You'll See in Old American Houses.

Original illustration: Queen Anne at dusk — **Queen Anne at dusk**A turreted Victorian with a wraparound porch and boarded windows – the classic silhouette many people picture when they think of an abandoned house.

Original illustration: Prairie farmhouse and windmill — **Prairie farmhouse and windmill**A gabled-ell farmhouse beside an old windmill, a common sight on the Great Plains where farms have consolidated over the decades.

Original illustration: Craftsman bungalow in the fog — **Craftsman bungalow in the fog**Low gables, exposed rafter tails and tapered porch columns, slowly disappearing under vines.

Original illustration: Weathered barn and silo — **Weathered barn and silo**A gambrel-roofed barn and silo at sunset – farm buildings often outlast the farmhouse they once served.

Original illustration: American Foursquare in winter — **American Foursquare in winter**A boxy two-story Foursquare with a hipped roof and dormer, its windows boarded against the snow.

Original illustration: Colonial Revival with a loose shutter — **Colonial Revival with a loose shutter**Symmetrical windows, a centered door and paired chimneys – and one shutter hanging by a single hinge.

Original illustration: The empty porch swing — **The empty porch swing**A porch swing still hanging between columns, with a railing missing a few balusters.

Original illustration: Light on the staircase — **Light on the staircase**Afternoon light falling across a dusty staircase – the kind of interior scene that should only be visited with the owner's permission.

Original illustration: Rusted mailbox on a country road — **Rusted mailbox on a country road**A rusted mailbox by a quiet road, with a distant farmhouse fading into the evening light.

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