American Architecture
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Architecture By Style
Colonial Vernacular
Colonial with Gambrel Roof (popularly called Dutch Colonial)
Jacobean
Georgian
- An overview of Georgian Architecture
- Characteristics of Virginia Georgian Architecture, by P. L. Anderson, Jr.
- Examples:
- Eltham, New Kent County, Virginia (burned)
- Gunston Hall, Mason Neck, Virginia
- Kenmore, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Shirley Plantation, Virginia
- Stratford Hall, Stratford, Virginia
- Tebbs House, Dumfries, Virginia (destroyed in a storm)
- Westover, Charles City County, Virginia
Federal and Adam
Jacobean Revival
Classic Revival
Greek Revival
Gothic Revival
- Chatham, Virginia's Gothic Revival Architecture
- Northern Pennsylvania's Gothic Revival architecture
- Pictures of Assorted Gothic Revival Structures
- A Child's Guide to the Gothic Style
- Forms of Gothic Architecture:
- Castellated Gothic:
- Examples:
- Pratt's Castle, Richmond, Virginia (now demolished): Photograph 1 and Photograph 2
- Staunton Hill, Brookneal vicinity, Charlotte County, Virginia
- Grey Craig, Newport Rhode Island
- Architectural drawings for the Virginia Military Institute, the first American college planned entirely in the Gothic style
- Woodcliff Castle (also known as Libby Castle), Manhattan, New York (now demolished)
- Design for "Villa in the English Collegiate Style" by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1837
- Pointed Gothic:
Italianate and Italian Villa style
Exotic Revivals and Styles
Egyptian Revival
Oriental and Indian Style
Less Common Victorian Styles
Ornamental German
Swiss
Second Empire
Romanesque Revival
Queen Anne
Stick and Shingle Styles
Victorian and Edwardian with Gambrel Roof
Colonial Revival
Beaux Arts
Tudor
Arts and Crafts/Bungalows
Foursquare
Dutch Colonial Revival
Southern Plantation Revival
Miscellaneous Homes and Buildings
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