For more than 80 years, ranch-style homes have drawn us in with their flowing interior layouts and single-story floor plans. The style initially rose to popularity on the West Coast decades ago ...

If the words “ranch-style house” make you think of a single-story residence with a low, long profile perched relatively close to ground level and with outdoor space devoted to a patio or porch ...

Inside a Sprawling Texas Hill Country Ranch House Designed for a Multigenerational Family The 18,000-square-foot residence was built so that a sprawling family can spend time together under one roof.

See Jacqueline Kennedy’s photos, plans, and sketches for a ranch-style house she and the president built in Virginia hunt country By Mitchell Owens Photography by RR Auction January 31, 2015 ...

The ranch houses — built for cul-de-sacs, not catalogues from MoMA — comprised nine out of 10 new homes built in the 1950s; all they did was house most Americans for 50 years.