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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you've heard of a split-level home, you may not know what exactly makes it split-level. There are also numerous notable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Jacqueline Marque Credit: Jacqueline Marque Aspiring homeowners have to sift through several styles while looking for ...

There’s a lot to love about the common ranch-style house. Most of the horizontal, ground-hugging ramblers built for middle-class families in the 1950s and 1960s boom years had hardwood floors, brick ...

To flatlanders on Portland's Eastside, the western hills present navigational challenges. (Why can't they just have a sensible grid?) The Southwest neighborhood of Hillsdale certainly qualifies as a ...

This home is priced to sell. On an amazing, quiet, scenic and private setting in beautiful Bethel, this split-level ranch with four bedrooms, three full baths and a two-car attached garage was built ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When I arrived at the 1950s split-level ranch home of Mark and Christine Zust, she was wearing a 1950s embroidered skirt and sweater, Mark was in a short-sleeved 1950s shirt and ...

After living in various urban locations around Boston, and later a condo in Arlington Heights, Ava Li and Michael Datta went on to purchase a 1960s split-level ranch in Arlington’s Morningside ...

Don’t mistake this week’s House of the Week for your run-of-the-mill, midcentury suburban split-level because the whimsical interior is anything but ordinary. Stylish and sophisticated, 4 Boyle Road ...