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Marcus Whiffen states that the "first building in the United States to incorporate a Greek order was the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1798". [1] Talbot Hamlin says that "The period called 'Greek Revival,' extend[s] roughly from 1820 to 1860." [2] The Millford Plantation, South Carolina, ca. 1840
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The original Greek orders were Doric, Ionic, and the Corinthian. The academic version of Greek Revival embraced the pure form of ancient Grecian architecture. Due to its popularity during a time of great wealth for many southern plantations, it was the Greek Revival that became permanently linked to the plantation legend.
Leo von Klenze's Walhalla in Regensburg, Bavaria (1842). In Germany, Greek Revival architecture is predominantly found in two centres, Berlin and Munich.In both locales, Doric was the court style rather than a popular movement and was heavily patronised by Frederick William II of Prussia and Ludwig I of Bavaria as the expression of their desires for their respective seats to become the capital ...
Though Costigan’s Greek Revival home isn’t as grand as some of his other works, the two-bedroom house features clear examples of innovative design choices made by an American architect in the ...
It emerged in the U.S. following the War of 1812 and while a revolutionary war in Greece attracted America's interest. Greek Revival architecture was popularized by Minard Lafever's pattern books: The Young Builders' General Instructor in 1829, the Modern Builders' Guide in 1833, The Beauties of Modern Architecture in 1835, and The ...