18th Century Housing

Mrs. Wagner

Fashion & Interior Design

Georgian Period

Georgian Style – King of England – George I, II & III 1700 - 1780 Characteristics

- 2-3 Stories- Formal Symmetrical Design- Gable or Hip Roofs – roof with four sloped sides- Large windows with small panes- Pilasters – decorative flattened columns on each side of the doorway

- Topped with a Pediment – triangular or arched decoration

- Decorative panels in door

Cornice – decorative strip at the area where the roof and wall meet

Central Chimney – or at each end Contrasting Materials – red brick with white trim Square or rectangular – wings were added Interior:

- Plaster ceiling- Wood Paneling/wall paper- Fireplace with mantel – focus pt.- Central Staircase

Pediment & Pilasters

PilastersPediment

Federal Period

1770-1830 Finished American Revolution – turned away from

English style Sought architectural styles that expressed America’s

newly won freedom and independence Named federal after the new government 2 styles – Adam & Early Classical Revival Adam – borrowed from English but “Americanized” Early Classical – thoroughly American – but share

many of the same characteristics

Adam Style

1780-1820 Named after English architects James and

Robert Adams – took Georgian features and combined with elements from Greece & Rome

Features:- Rectangular Design – 1 or 2 stories – may have wings- Gable Roof- Decorative Cornice

Symmetrical Windows – many panes Fanlight – semicircular, round or oval

window with fan-shaped panes of glass – is often above the door or in the pediment

Decorative interiors – plaster and wood carvings in classical design on walls and ceilings

Mantels decorative

Adam Style

Early Classical Revival Style

1770-1830 Ancient Rome design Thomas Jefferson – architect,

President, statesman & inventor Designed Monticello & buildings for

University of Virginia Used for lots of government buildings Similar to Adams Style

Rectangular Shape – symmetrical windows

Fanlight Portico – Tall, open porch, supported

by columns over the front entrance – topped with a triangle pediment

Porch may be built on foundation and extends to roof

Georgian Style

Adam Style

Early Classical Style

Roof Styles

High/Low Pitched Gable- 18th

- Immigrant- Georgian- Adam

- 19th - Greek Revival - Gothic Revival- Queen Anne

- 20th - Tudor- Craftsman- Contemporary- Chateausque- Ranch

Gambrel- 18th – Immigrant- 19th – Dutch- 20th – Colonial Revival

• Hip- 18th – Georgian & Early Classical- 19th – Italianate- 20th – Colonial Revival, Mission, Prairie, Craftsman, Ranch

Mansard

- 19th – Mansard Style• Flat

- 18th – Immigrant

- 19th – Italian Renaissance

- 20th – International Contemporary