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Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of Andrea Palladio with several innovations on Palladian architecture by Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries.
The house had a three-bay front facade with five-bay side elevations in the Federal style. There is a central entrance and interior hall which opens into three rooms on each side, and a curved staircase was located at the back of this hall.
In the 1780s the Federal style of architecture began to diverge bit-by-bit from the Georgian style and became a uniquely American genre. At the time of the War of Independence , houses stretched out along a strictly rectangular plan, adopting curved lines and favoring decorative details such as garlands and urns.
The wood frame Federal-style house was built about 1827 and consists of five sections.The original house includes the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rectangular main section and the attached 2-story north and west wings.
The Seabury Tredwell House has a Federal-style facade and a Greek Revival interior, though sources disagree on which style is more predominant. [ 10 ] [ 105 ] Huxtable and Town & Country magazine described the Greek Revival style as being more prominent, particularly inside the house, [ 59 ] [ 74 ] and Diamonstein-Spielvogel and journalist ...
Its modest Federal-style facade is actually an early 20th-century alteration. Lining Essex Street east of the Liberty Tree Block are a collection of smaller late 19th-century commercial blocks, three of which have Gothic exteriors, and one has a rare surviving wooden facade from the 1870s.
The Carleton House is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, two interior chimneys near the side walls, and a granite foundation.The main facade, facing south, is five bays wide, with a central entry that has flanking sidelight windows, and a Federal-style surround that has pilasters supported in an entablature with cornice.
It was built about 1800 and is a two-story, five-bay frame building with a gable roof in the Federal style. Its front facade features a tripartite Palladian window. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a carriage barn, four sheds, and a garage. [2] The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. [3]