Architecture: Georgian Colonial

This architectural style was named for King Georges and was popular throughout the thirteen colonies, mostly in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most Georgian style houses were symmetrical one or two story buildings that were two rooms deep. Traditionally, they have symmetrical paned windows as well, five across and two vertically, with the door in the center of the bottom row. The door would usually be panalled with mock-pillars on either side of it supporting a “simplified entablature” above the door, whitch would often be very detailed. Most of the houses were covered in clapboard, which would be painted if the colonist who owned the house in question was of the wealthier variety. There would either be two chimmenys located on both sides of the roof, symmetrically of course, or a single chimmeny in the center of the roof, like earlier styles. The inspiration for this style of home was obtained from the British, who had in turn obtained it from the Greeks and Romans (hence the fake columns).