fcsarch 20 georgian & federal buildings in america
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Georgian & Federal buildings in AmericaTRANSCRIPT
Georgian & Federal
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg aerial
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA c.1700 Sir Christopher Wren (probably)
College of William & Mary, Wren Building plan
College of William & Mary, map
The Brafferton Building, 1723The 1693 charter of the College of William and Mary stipulated that it educate
Native Americans for the church as clergymen or missionaries.
The entrance gate pillars have the lion of England and the unicorn of Scotland carved in imported Portland stone. The complex is surrounded by a brick wall.
The roof with dormers, a deck with a balustrade, and a high cupola.
George Wythe House, by Richard Taliaferro? (c.1750) Georgian Williamsburg
Common Georgian Features
• symmetrical
• central entrance
• rectangular windows
• two chimneys
• hipped roof
• dormer windows
• half-floor below ground
•string course between floors
Mount Pleasant Mansion, (1761) Fairmont Park.
Mount Pleasant. Most elaborate Georgian style Mansion in the colonies. Note: high basement, central pavilion, elaborate window heads, balustrade, quoins, brick
covered in stucco to resemble stone.
Independence Hall (c.1730)
Northwold, Norfolk, VA c.1760
Derby House, Salem , MA (1762) Georgian
Georgian Style 1720 – 1780
Late-Georgian = Federal Style 1780 – c.1830
Key difference aside from dates: Federal style ornamentation is more delicate/more refined
FEDERAL (late-Georgian), “Characterized by balance and symmetry, lightness, and delicacy.”
Congress Hall (1787, next to Independence Hall, c.1730).
Misc. Federal Style houses on Delancy Street
Federal Style furniture
Georgian/Federal Revival on City Avenue
Georgian Revival KFC