Architectural styles…Architectural styles…

Identifying American ArchitectureIdentifying American Architecture

1780-20001780-2000

Federal 1780-1820Federal 1780-1820

Typified by ◦A low pitched roof◦Smooth façade◦Large windows◦Elliptical fan lights

Geometric forms◦Bowed or bay windows

Ornamental elements◦Lintel type window heads

Shutters Columns

Boston: Harrison Gray Otis house:Charles Bullfinch 1802

Louisburg square, boston

Decatur House, Washington, D.C.

Mother Elizabeth Seton Shrine, NYC

Row houses, WashingtonSquare North

CLASSICAL REVIVALCLASSICAL REVIVAL

Greek Revival 1820-1860◦Adaptation of the classical Greek temple front◦Uses one of the three Greek orders◦Full entablature & pediment

Roman Classicism 1790-1830◦Often one story Roman temple form◦Built on a podium or platform◦Columned portico with pediment◦Archs or arched window openings

Federal Hall, NYCGreek Revival style

Doric order

pediment

Frieze with triglyphs and metopes

Ionic columns

Corinthian columns

Federal court house, NYC

Temple to Olympian Zeus, Athens

Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington National Cemetary

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Rotunda, UVA