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Architecture in America
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Colonial Era
The Colonial Era had influences from the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish. Most of the homes found in the American Colonies were of the English Colonial style, which they brought with them. These homes were primarily made of wood. Salt Box and Cape cod style homes were most often seen in the colonies. Some of the early homes reflected architectural traditions and colonial powers of the area. -
French Colonial Style
This style was developed in French areas of North America with the founding of Quebec and later in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Valley area.
Houses were called the poteaux-en-terre, constructed of heavy upright cedar logs set vertically into the ground. These houses featured double-pitched hipped roofs and were surrounded by porches. The Ursuline Convent in New Orleans is the oldest building from the French colonial period built in 1752. -
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Victorian Era
The Victorian Era contains Queen Anne, the Gothic Revival, and the Second Empire styles. The Queen Anne style has influences from Richard Norman Shaw, circular towers, corbelled chimneys, and decorative windows and entry doors with glass panels. The Gothic Revival has a signature style drawn from medieval ideas. It contains Western European influences, multi colored textured walls, steeply pitched roofs, and asymmetrical facades. The Second Empire is urban architecture inspired by Paris. -
Victorian Houses
In the Victorian America, homes were built drawing influence from Gothic Style, Romanesque architecture, the Queen Anne architecture, and Second Empire. Houses were painted with bright colors, there were false fronts, false chimneys, gables, mahogany for making furniture. Houses had curtains and wall-to-wall carpeting.
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Victorian Vaile Mansion
Built in 1881 for businessman Harvey M. Vaile, it is a locally significant example of Second Empire architecture. -
Victorian Carson Mansion
The Carson Mansion is a large Victorian house located in Old Town, Eureka, California. Regarded as one of the highest executions of American Queen Anne Style architecture, the house is "considered the most grand Victorian home in America. -
Dutch Colonial Style
With the arrival of Dutch colonists, initially the settlers built small, one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs to allow a second floor loft. By 1670 or so, two-story gable-end homes were common in New Amsterdam. The Dutch farmhouse evolved into a linear-plan home. Around 1720, the distinctive gambrel roof was adopted from the English styles. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School of the Children's Aid Society at 256–258 Mott Street in New York. -
Spanish Colonial Style
This style can be traced back to St. Augustine in Florida, the oldest established city in the country. The early type of dwelling was the "board house", a small one-room cottage constructed of pit-sawn softwood boards. The "common houses" were whitewashed in lime mortar with an oyster shell aggregate. The California Tower was designed by Bertram Goodhue in Spanish Colonial Revival style for the Panama. -
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Modernism
Modernism originated in Europe and was brought to America through refugees escaping WW2. It focuses on new technology and materials with less decorations and distractions. -
Modernism Farnsworth House
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname. The Farnsworth House was a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting. -
Modernism Glass House
The Glass House or Johnson house, is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. This was built by Phillip Johnson, a famous American Modernist architect, as his personal residence. The house is an example of early use of industrial materials such as glass and steel in home design. -
Modernism Dallas City Hall
Leoh Ming Pei is a Chinese American architect. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New York City real estate. Dallas City Hall is the seat of Dallas municipal government, located at 1500 Marilla in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas.
