AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE

Colonial American Architecture covers a vast number of styles vrying from different influences, In our HISTARC2 class, we learned about the subtypes of this interesting period in Architecture.

The first one was the New England Colonial

This type of Colonial Architecture features a chimney and a steep roof.

Spanish Colonial

This type is characterized by the plastered exterior walls influenced by Spanish Architecture. Notice the presence of the Tegula Roof tiles.

German Colonial

The German Colonial style displays the different bricklaying techniques used for structural support.

Dutch Colonial

This style features the Jerkin's head roof or the Gambrel roof . They also have used brick laying techniques like the German Colonial.

French Colonial

This style is known for their use of Gable roofs, Porches and balconies. As we can see nowadays, American homes usually have gable roofs unlike local houses here in the Philippines.

Georgian Architecture

This style is said to be symmetric with panelled front doors, decorative crowns, and also their well known style of patterned fenestrations. The straight patterned windows give the structure a refined look and also unity and uniformity.

Greek Colonial

Greeks are well remembered for their orders. This style is similar to a Greek revival with the use of the Columns in different establishments and edifices.

This house reminds me of Elvis Presley's house where the highlight was the facade with the columns.

Federalist Style

This style is a blend between Georgian and Neo-palladian Architecture. I like the belnd of many styles in this period, like the medditeranean windows and the refined chimney as well as the brickwork.

Jefferson's idealist style

The University of Virginia's Rotunda built in 1826 by Thomas Jefferson is patterend after Rome's Pantheon. It was fascinating for me because I didn't know Thomas Jefferson was an architect.

High Victorian Gothic

This style is the Revival of the Gothic Era applied in our modern world.

2nd Empire baroque

Philadelphia City Hall

This style made use of the Mansard roof as well as marble.

Brick laying techniques

The different Brick laying techniques are as follows:

Stretcher

Header

Soldier

Sailor

Rowlock

Shiner

It was fascinating to learn about these techniques especially when you have a song and a dance number to go with it :>