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  2. County courthouse architecture in colonial America - Wikipedia

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    King William County Courthouse, King William, Virginia. Court justice was administered during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the territories that would become the United States subsequent to the American Revolution in buildings that comprised colonial, county, and municipal structures. The most common local and regional territorial ...

  3. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chester Courthouse: Chester: PA 1724 Government Oldest public building in Pennsylvania. Served as Chester County Courthouse from 1724 until 1795, the Delaware County Courthouse from 1795 until 1850, and Chester Borough/City Hall from then until sometime in the 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

  4. List of the oldest buildings in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Old Queen Anne's County Courthouse Queenstown, Maryland: 1708 Governmental Kent County: Carvill Hall: Chestertown, Maryland: 1694–1709 Residence Charles County: Sarum: Newport, Maryland: 1717 Residence Constructed spring–summer 1717. Previously believed to be of 17th century origin. [8] Howard County: Richland Farm: Clarksville, Maryland ...

  5. Category : Buildings and structures completed in the 17th century

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    17th-century buildings and structures in the Ottoman Empire (1 C) T. Theatres completed in 1634 (1 P) Theatres completed in 1660 (1 P) Pages in category "Buildings ...

  6. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Academic architecture was evident, but it was relatively scarce. The best example of Mid-Atlantic Colonial academic architecture is the 1774 Hammond–Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. This house was modeled on the Villa Pisani in Montagnana, Italy, as exhibited in the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1570

  7. Gournay Court - Wikipedia

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    Gournay Court in the parish of West Harptree, Somerset, England, is a country house built circa 1600. The house, along with the manor of West Harptree, was owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. During World War I, it became a hospital. In 1928, it was bought by Sir Edward Geoffrey Hippisley-Cox.

  8. Architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment. Since its founding in 1916, the NPS sought to design ...

  9. Category:17th-century architecture - Wikipedia

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    17th-century architecture in South America (1 C) * 17th-century architecture by country (19 C) A. 17th-century architects (13 C, 3 P) B. Baroque architecture (6 C, 9 P)