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Architectural styles…

Architectural styles…. Identifying American Architecture 1780-2000. 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. Federal 1780-1820.

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Architectural styles…

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  1. Architectural styles… Identifying American Architecture 1780-2000

  2. 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 Federal 1780-1820

  3. Boston: Harrison Gray Otis house:Charles Bullfinch 1802

  4. Louisburg square, boston

  5. Decatur House, Washington, D.C.

  6. Mother Elizabeth Seton Shrine, NYC

  7. Row houses, WashingtonSquare North

  8. 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 CLASSICAL REVIVAL

  9. Federal Hall, NYCGreek Revival style

  10. pediment Frieze with triglyphs and metopes Doric order

  11. Ionic columns

  12. Corinthian columns Federal court house, NYC Temple to Olympian Zeus, Athens

  13. New York Stock Exchange

  14. Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington National Cemetary

  15. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

  16. Rotunda, UVA

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