Architectural Styles Georgian CA.1740-1790

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Overview	Colonial	Georgian	Federal
Greek Revival

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As the first formal style in American architecture, Georgian combines big, blocky outlines with bold, classically inspired ornament and rigid symmetry.

SIZE AND SHAPE	Rectangular or nearly square 2 to 3 stories high
ROOF LINE	Gable, hip (or deck-on-hip), sometimes gambrel Lower roof slope than Colonial ones Prominent, gable or hip dormers Possibly balustrades
CHIMNEY	Prominent
DOORWAYS & DOORS	Often heavily ornamented frontispieces or "ensembles" of classical columns, pilasters, and broken pediments with semi-circular fanlights
WINDOWS	Double-hung with muntins Palladian windows appear Classical ornament and heavy tracery Voussiors (lintels with angled, wing-like stone ends) common
PORCHES	Square entrance porch, Occasionally, a portico
FACADE	Very symmetrical placement of doors and windows
ORNAMENTATION	Formal classical ornament Large cornices with modillions; corner pilasters or quoins
WATCHWORDS	Bold, formal, decorative

 

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Source: Overview by Bryan Wright; tables adapted from an article by James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell

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Related Links:

Colonial Sense: Houses
Colonial Sense: Towns

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