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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).
Colonial architecture is a hybrid architectural style that arose as colonists combined architectural styles from their country of origin with design characteristics of the settled country. Colonists frequently built houses and buildings in a style that was familiar to them but with local characteristics more suited to their new climate. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Colonial architecture in the United States" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The house today is a museum and headquarters of the Uxbridge Historical Society. It is an excellent example of early New England colonial architecture. Buttolph-Williams House: Wethersfield: CT 1711 Residential One of the oldest surviving homes in Wethersfield, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968. [78] Randall–Hale Homestead: Stow ...
The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg - home of Virginia's colonial governors, reconstruction; Gunston Hall, 1755, Fairfax County — home of George Mason; Hartwood Manor, 1848, Hartwood - An unusual example of Gothic Revival architecture, constructed by Julia and Ariel Foote. Hidden Springs, 1804, Rockingham County — home of the John Hite II
British colonial architecture in North America (4 C, 5 P) U. Colonial architecture in the United States (7 C, 126 P) Pages in category "Colonial architecture in North ...
Classical architecture 600 BC – 323 AD; Colonial Revival architecture; Constructivist architecture; Danish Functionalism 1960s AD Denmark; Deconstructivism 1982–present; Decorated Period c. 1290 – c. 1350; Dragestil 1880s–1910s, Norway; Dutch Colonial 1615–1674 (Treaty of Westminster) New England; Dutch Colonial Revival c. 1900 New ...
The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish, French, Dutch and British rule. Architecture in the United States has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional distinctions.