American Architecture
& Decorative Arts

• General References

• The Built Environment

• Architects

• Historic Places

• Articles of Interest

• Native American Architecture

• Early American (Post & Beam Construction)

• Early American (Colonial)

• Georgian (1690-1790)

• Federal (1790-1830)

• NeoClassical (1780-1850)

• Greek Revival (1820-1860)

• Gothic Revival (1830-1870)

• Egyptian Revival (1820-1850)

• Victorian (1830-1920)

• Italianate & Italian Villa (1840-1890)

• Second Empire (1855-1885)

• Stick (1860-1880)

• Richardson Romanesque (1870-1900)

• Queen Anne (1870-1910)

• Beaux-Arts Classicism (Academic Classicism) (1885-1920)

• Shingle Style (1874-Present)

• Chicago School (1885-1915)

• Colonial Revival (1890-Present)

• New York Style Skyscrapers (1875-1910)

• Bungalow Arts & Crafts (1890-1920)

• Gothic (Collegiate Gothic) (1885-1930)

• Prairie School / Frank Lloyd Wright (1895-1930)

• American Foursquare (1895-1930)

• Georgian Revival

• Roadside Architecture and other assorted attractions

• Historic Preservation and the Problem with Postwar Domestic Architecture

General References

• Architectural Glossary

• Architectural Styles--a list of the most promenant architectural styles American and otherwise.

• Historic House Architecture

• Digital Archive of American Architecture

• Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey (1933-Present)

• Southeastern Architectural Archives (Tulane University, New Orleans)

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation

• The National Building Museum

• Links to the Past (National Park Service)

The Built Environment

• CYBURBIA--INTERNET RESOURCES FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Perhaps one of the best planning and architecture sites available online. Cyburbia provides current news, as well as links to a borad range of online resources.

• edesign

  Site provided by the state of Florida. It includes materials on sustainability and "best practices" in architecture and construction.

• CENTER FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Site provided by the University of California, Berkeley. The site offers information on a borad range of architectural and building construction topics, including benchmarking, underfloor air, mixed mode ventilation, and occupant feedback

Architects

• Robert Adam (Neo-classicism)

• Sir Christopher Wren

• William Butterfield (Gothic Revival/British)

• Alexander Jackson Davis (Gothic Revival)

• Thomas Jefferson (Jeffersonian Federal)

• Frank Furness (Philadelphia School--Romanesque & Shingle Style)

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Wilson Eyre (Philadelphia, 1858-1944)

Historic Places

• New Bedford, Massachusetts

• Salem, Massachusetts

• Richmond & Wayne County, Virginia

Articles of Interest

• "Setting a Standard in Design: The Sir Christopher Wren Building" (William & Mary Campus) by Poul E. Olson

Native American Architecture

• Archaeological Sites of the Southwest (Anasazi)

• Cahokai Mounds (Illinois State Historical Site)

• Domestic Architecture in the Medicine Creek Comanche Village (Comanche, 1872-73)

• Ancient Indian Ruins in the Four Corners Area (Anasazi & Navajo)

• Native American Architecture (Various tribes)

• Pawnee Indian Village (Kansas State Historic Site)

• Pre-Columbian Architecture in Eastern North America (William Morgan)

• History of Meso-American Architecture

Early American (Post & Beam Construction)

• New England Architecture: Post & Beam

• First Period (New England--1626-1725)--includes architectural detail

Early American (Dutch, Dutch Colonial, and Colonial)

• Dutch Colonial (1624-1820)

Georgian & Georgian Colonial (1690-1790)

• Antique American Architecture--Georgian Style (1698-1720)

• "In Small Things Forgotten" James Deetz (article)

• Palladian/Georgian Revival--includes architectural detail

• Georgian Colonial (1725-1775)--includes architectural detail

• Stratford Hall Plantation (built between 1730 & 1738 by Thomas Lee--Robert E. Lee's Birthplace)

Federal (1790-1830)

• Antique American Architecture--Federal Style (1780-1820)

• Federal (1790-1820)--Includes architectural details.

• Federal (1780-1830)--includes architectural details.

Neoclassical (1780-1850)

• Neoclassical Architecture (1780-1850)

Greek Revival (1820-1860)

• Antique American Architecture--Greek Revival (1820-1860)

• Greek Revival (1825-1860)

• Greek Revival (1825-1850)

Gothic Revival (1830-1870)

• Antique American Architecture--Gothic Revival (1830-1875)

• Gothic Revival (1840-1880)--includes architectural detail

• Gothic (1840-1880)--Introduced by Alexander Jackson Davis

• Gothic Revival (1830-1880s)

Egyptian Revival (1820-1850 / Resurrected in the 1920s)

• Egyptian Revival

Victorian: Eclectic (1875-1920), Gothic (1865-1880)

• High Victorian Gothic

• Late Victorian Eclectic (1756-1920)--includes architectural detail

Italianate & Italian Villa (1840-1890)

• American Architecture--Italianate (1840-1890)

• Italianate (1830-1880s)--includes architectural detail

• Italianate (1845-1860)--includes architectural detail

Second Empire (1855-1885) (Baroque)

• Antique American Architecture--Second Empire (1860-1880's)

• IInd Empire Baroque (1860-1880)

• Second Empire Mansard Roof--includes architectural detail

• Second Empire (1860-1880) -- includes architectural detail

Stick (1860-1880) -- designed by Andrew Jackson Downing

• Stick (1860-1880)

Richardson Romanesque (1870-1900)

• Richardson Romanesque (1870's - 1900)

• Richardson Romanesque (1870-1895)

• Victorian Romanesque (1870-1890)

Queen Anne (1870-1910)

• American Architecture--Queen Anne (1870-1910)

• Queen Anne (1880-1910)

Beaux-Arts Classicism (Academic Classicism) (1885-1920)

• Academic Classicism (1885-1920)

• Beaux-Arts (including Union Station in Washington, D.C.)

• Desire Despradelle (architect & professor)

Shingle Style (1874-Present)

• American Architecture--Shingle Style (1874-1900's)

• Shingle (1880-1900)

Chicago School (1885-1915)

• Chicago School/Chicago Landmarks (1880s & 1890s)

• Chicago School

• From Louis Sullivan to SOM

Colonial Revival (1890-Present)

• Colonial Revival Style (1900-1920)

New York Style Skyscrapers (1875-1910)

• 19th Century Architecture: Skyscrapers (1873-1900)

Bungalow Arts & Crafts (1890-1920)

• Arts and Crafts Style--American Architecture (1890-1920)

• Arts & Crafts Design in America

Gothic (Collegiate Gothic) (1885-1930)

Prairie School / Frank Lloyd Wright (1895-1930)

• Frank Lloyd Wright

Georgian Revival

• Georgian Revival (1895-1930) --includes architectural detail

American Foursquare (1895-1930)

• American Foursquare (1895-1930)

Roadside Architecture and other assorted attractions

Note: A discussion of American architecture isn't complete without a nod to those structures within the built environment more likely to be described as "kitsch" rather than in more traditional architectural terms.

• Diner City: An Online Guide to Classic Diners and other Roadside Attractions

• Classic Gas Stations

• Route 66 (including the Cadillac Ranch)

• Roadside Online (An e-zine dedicated to roadside architecture)

• The American Diner Museum (self-explanatory)

• Motel Americana (more roadside architecture)

• On the Road Again (roadtrip tours of roadside architecture)

• Roadside Peek (exploring the intricacies of roadside architecture and the signage used to advertise them)

Historic Preservation and the Problem with Postwar Domestic Architecture

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