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The revived Georgian style that emerged in Britain during the same period is usually referred to as Neo-Georgian; the work of Edwin Lutyens [40] [41] and Vincent Harris includes some examples. The British town of Welwyn Garden City , established in the 1920s, is an example of pastiche or Neo-Georgian development of the early 20th century in ...
Built in 1765 in the Georgian style, [1] and embellished by second owner Samuel Powel (1738–1793), it has been called "the finest Georgian row house in the city." [2] As with other houses of this type, the exterior facade is understated and simple, but the interior was elaborately appointed. [1]
The house is considered one of the nation's best still-standing examples of 18th century American Georgian architecture. [7] In January 1965, in recognition of the house's historical value and notability, Stenton was designated a National Historic Landmark. The mansion lends its name to nearby Stenton Park and Stenton Avenue.
A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf, 2013. ISBN 978-1400043590. Reiff, Daniel D. Houses from Books. Penn State Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-271-01943-7. Scully, Vincent. American Architecture and Urbanism. New Revised Edition. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.
Josiah Dennis House, Dennis, Massachusetts, built 1735, Georgian colonial Hope Lodge, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, built 1750, Georgian colonial. Georgian buildings, popular during the reigns of King George II and King George III were ideally built in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and painted white. In what would become the United ...
Westover Plantation, an example of Georgian architecture on the eastern James River, in Virginia. British colonial architecture are most visible in North America, the British West Indies, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. North America. American colonial architecture. Federal Architecture; First Period; Colonial Georgian ...
Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSAScot FSA FRSA (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him.
The first major Second Empire structure designed by an American architect was James Renwick's gallery, now the Renwick Gallery designed for William Wilson Corcoran (1859–1860). Renwick's gallery was one of the first major public buildings in the style, and its favorable reception furthered interest in Second Empire design. [13]