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Greek Revival --This style is predominantly found in the Midwest, South, New England, and Midatlantic regions, though you may spot subtypes in parts of California. Its popularity in the 1800s stemmed from archeological findings of the time, indicating that the Grecians had spawned Roman culture. American architects also favored the style for political reasons: the War of 1812 cast England in an unfavorable light; and public sentiment favored the Greeks in their war for independence in the 1820s. Identify the style by its entry, full-height, or full-building width porches, entryway columns sized in scale to the porch type, and a front door surrounded by narrow rectangular windows. Roofs are generally gabled or hipped. Roof cornices sport a wide trim. The front-gable found in one subtype became a common feature in Midwestern and Northeastern residential architecture well into the 20th century. The townhouse variation is made up of narrow, urban homes that don't always feature porches. Look for townhouses in Boston, Galveston, Texas., Mobile, Ala., New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., and Savannah, Ga. "Reprinted from REALTOR® Magazine January, 2004  (http://www.realtor.org/realtormag) with permission of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Copyright 2004. All rights reserved."   GREEK REVIVAL (c.1830-c.1875)      Alexander Faribault House ~ Faribault, MN Follett House 1840-41, Burlington Photograph taken by Thomas Visser Photograph taken by Russell Newton Allan Cogbill Home (circa 1847) Oak Alley Plantation on the Great River Road near New Orleans     This "Grande Dame of the Great River Road" was built in the classic Greek Revival style popular during the antebellum period and features a colonnade of Doric columns surrounding the house. Guides in period costume take guests through the antique furnished home, which is one of the most filmed plantations in Louisiana.  Visit Oak Alley Plantation Web Site  The restoration of Oak Alley Plantation began in the 1920s, which is noted for its quarter-mile avenue of 28 live oaks leading towards the Mississippi. The trees were planted in the early 1700s long before the mansion was built in 1839 by Jacques T. Roman, a French-Creole sugar planter from New Orleans.This "Grande Dame of the Great River Road" was built in the classic Greek Revival style popular during the antebellum period and features a colonnade of Doric columns surrounding the house. Guides in period costume take guests through the antique furnished home, which is one of the most filmed plantations in Louisiana. Three miles east of Oak Alley is Laura Plantation, a French-Creole plantation managed by women for 84 years. "Creole" originally referred to the children of European settlers (primarily French and Spanish) born in the New World, and became the non-Anglo-Saxon culture that developed before the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Boasting a large collection of original family artifacts and 12 buildings on the National Register, the guided tour is based on the "Memories of the Old Plantation Home" written by Laura Locoul. Laura's great-grandfather Guillaume Duparc built the house in 1805. The colorful Creole-style home was built high off the ground to protect it from flooding, and the raised basement was used as a wine cellar.   Visit Laura Plantation Web Site    Tate-Senftnberg-Brandon House Museum 616 Walnut Street - Columbus, TX 78934 (409) 732-5135 - 1-877-444-7339 Originally a four-room cottage built in 1869 in the Greek Revival style, the home includes four fireplaces with closets built into the chimney walls. The house was later expanded into a large Victoria style home with double porches, gingerbread trim, red heart pine wainscoting, and stained glass panels in the front doors. Artifacts from after 1895 when the Brandons owned the home include Mrs. Brandon's wedding dress, and a set of furniture bought by the Brandons when they married that was used for the remainder of their life. House is filled with furniture from early Columbus families including the walnut office desk of Dr. John Byars, bookcase desk and parlor chairs of the Julius Sandmeyer family, firehouse Windsor chairs from the Alleytown, Texas, depot, and a walnut whatnot shelf from the Steiner family. Upstairs is an extensive doll furniture collection, the Eastlake Victorian bed of Marcus Townsend, a local lawyer who served in the Texas Legislature and introduced the legislation to purchase the Alamo. This particular home is located in historic Irvine park just outside of downtown St. Paul on the Mississippi River bluff in Minnesota. In this part of the country these homes were built in the 1840's and 1850's, they are in most cases pre-victorian.   With details reminiscent of the Parthenon, stately, pillared Greek Revival homes reflect a passion for antiquity. Democratic ideals are reflected in the classical details of Greek Revival homes. This home is located in Saratoga, New York.  In the mid-19th century, many prosperous Americans believed that ancient Greece represented the spirit of democracy. Interest in British styles had waned during the bitter War of 1812. Also, many Americans sympathized with Greece's own struggles for independence in the 1820s.   Joanne L. 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