There are a variety of post-modern architectural styles utilized in the homes of Perkasie. Each style has advantages and disadvantages of use. Traffic patterns, energy efficiency, lighting design, and specially designed rooms are considerations that builders did not focus on in homes of the past. Today it is common for a home to be designed with a computer room or office with a separate entrance to be used by clients.

HIGHLAND TERRACE

Highland Terrace was the first modern development in Perkasie and was built by Mr. Stanley M. Horn. Originally the only entrance was from Fifth Street. This development originally was on the streets of Highland Drive and Old Post Road. With the building of the Miriam Wood residence on Blooming Glen Roads and Fifth street, other access was made to this housing area. Additional development in this area of town added streets in a series of stages. The development name is no longer used for this residential area.

This modern home at 630 Highland Drive has a front porch that includes classical influences with its stately columns. The home itself is a simple box shape.		This home design at 642 Highland Drive is basically a box of three floors (including the basement) and another box extending on ground level for the garage, and one out the back forming an "L" shape to the footprint of the house.
This ranch style home at 605 Old Post Road is a one-story dwelling with a low roof. This layout also uses the "L" shape		This two story colonial at 614 Shadywood Drive is a box type house with an extension on the first floor. Note how the second floor cantilevers or extends beyond the second floor.

GRANDE VIEW DEVELOPMENT

Grande View, the most recent development added to Perkasie is found just off Callowhill Street near the Ridge Road. This is one of the last undeveloped areas of residential property in Perkasie in the year 2000.

These homes are generally traditional in design. This home is located at 863 neighbors Way.		Some variety in roof line creates an interesting series of angles in some of these structures such as this home at 854 Neighbors Way.

DEVELOPMENTS OFF FIFTH STREET

Numerous housing developments between Callowhill Street and Blooming Glen Road have been built recently. Similarly a series of housing developments have been recently built off Fifth Street across from Pennridge High School in East Rockhill Township. Until this time these properties in both Perkasie and East Rockhill have been used as farm land.

This home at 21 Hillendale Road features a series of intersecting roofs. One roof appears to cut right through the other roof. Note the varied window placement and style.		Extra lighting is added to the vaulted open spaces of this home at 20 Hillendale Road using modern dormer windows. A variety of window styles is also used on this building.

SOUTH PERKASIE DEVELOPMENT

On the former Strassberger property located off Walnut Street, a new development has numerous homes that suggest influences of the past with new or Neo-Victorian styling.

This modern Victorian home features some traditional Victorian detailing, open porch, and formal aligned windows and shutters. Today the decorative work is done by machines (possibly in plastics) with mass production equipment; in the Victorian period, details often would have been carved by hand out of wood.

PENNY LANE

The area now known as Penny Lane was originally the site of the Strawser egg farm. This development is located between Fifth and Seventh Streets with entrance off of Fifth Street.

This home at 516 Penny Lane has a simple facade (front surface) that is flat.		A variety of roof lines and directions adds interest to the basic block shape of the house at 518 Penny Lane.
The main part of this home at 538 Penny Lane is a fairly formal structure with aligned windows on two floors. The garage at the left softens the formal quality of the design. The gable roof line over the entrance is also repeated in the line of the garage.		Traditional stone in the building surface is contrasted by landscaping made of manmade stone made of concrete.

HUNTER'S RUN

Hunter's Run features multi-unit housing. There is little space between the buildings or on the street. Such tight spacing between structures have raised questions about the ability to maneuver safety equipment, i.e. fire trucks, on these streets.

This housing design for 609 - 617 Hunters Run Road shows a repetitive layout pattern on the multi-unit buildings. Triangular roof forms, placement of doors, porches, and windows attempt to make the maximum use of space.		An improvised pole (a tree) down the street on Hunters Run Road is used for a game of street ball where space is limited.

WALKER'S ACRES

Another development featuring multi-unit housing is Walker Acres. The development got its name from the former Walker farm located on this property. The Walker barn was relocated; it was taken apart board by board to be reassembled at its new location.

These multi-unit housing units have more space between the homes and more driving space than found in the Hunter's Run development. (view from 100 Bramble Way looking E)		This section of Walker's acres has several culdesacs ( street passages open at one end only). Such street designs can make passage difficult for emergency vehicles. (view from 307 Kent Lane looking W)