Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover , George I , George II , George III , and George IV , who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830.
Wilton is built in the Georgian style of architecture, which was the prevailing style during the Colonial era in New England and the Southern colonies.Colonial Georgian architecture differed slightly from region to region, depending on climate and locally available building materials, but generally followed a symmetrical, rectangular plan with simple, dignified lines ultimately deriving from ...
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 ...
As is the case with Colonial architecture, “Georgian” technically refers to a time period, not an exact aesthetic.The Georgian Era ran from 1714 to 1837, and covered the reign of Hanoverian ...
After falling into foreclosure, this historic home rediscovers its roots, thanks to owners who couldn’t bear to walk away.
Jeremiah Lee, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, 1769. Wadsworth Atheneum Mrs. Jeremiah Lee, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, c. 1769. Wadsworth Atheneum. The mansion is a large wooden house in the Georgian style, with imitation stone ashlar facade, built in 1768 by Colonel Jeremiah Lee, at that time the wealthiest merchant and ship owner in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Elmwood is a historic plantation house located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia.It was built in 1774, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling with a hipped roof and shallow central projecting pavilion in the Georgian style.
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.