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Italianate Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

The Italianate style is a nineteenth century architectural fashion that drew its vocabulary from sixteenth century Italian Renaissance buildings while combining it with a more picturesque, informal sensibility than earlier classical revivals such as Palladianism and Neoclassicism. It was first developed in England around 1802 by the architect John Nash, whose villa Cronkhill in Shropshire is generally regarded as the first Italianate villa built in the country, and the style was later popularized more widely in the 1830s by the architect Sir Charles Barry. From Britain it spread rapidly through continental Europe and, from the early 1840s, to the United States, where it became one of the most widely built styles of the mid nineteenth century, remaining popular for roughly forty years even as American architects adapted it into a distinctly local idiom with only echoes of its Italian origins. Italianate buildings are also known by the alternative names Tuscan, Lombard or bracketed, the last referring to their low pitched roofs, often topped by a square cupola, with deep projecting eaves carried on large decorative brackets.

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1802 to 1890 1
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Britain 1
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The 19th century Italianate style directly revives Italian Renaissance villa and palazzo forms.

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  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italianate_architecture, development sentence (start year)
    The Italianate style was first developed in Britain in about 1802 by John Nash, with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italianate_architecture, United States popularity sentence (end year)
    from the late 1840s to 1890, it achieved huge popularity in the United States, where it was promoted by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italianate_architecture, development sentence (origin region)
    The Italianate style was first developed in Britain in about 1802 by John Nash, with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire.
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Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia
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Chatsworth House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chatsworth House, infobox architectural_style field: English Baroque, ItalianateView the Source
Fairfield House, Bath (Wikipedia)
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Glen Building (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Glen Building, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Metz Ice Plant (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Metz Ice Plant, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Jerdone Castle (Wikipedia)
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Italianate
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Craig Ailey (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Craig Ailey, Infobox: architectural_style
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Lombardic Italianate
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Wikipedia: Casa Rosada
Notable Examples: Casa Rosada, Infobox: architectural_style
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Italianate-Eclectic
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Nottoway Plantation - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Nottoway Plantation, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Belle Grove Plantation (Iberville Parish, Louisiana), Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Belle Grove Plantation (Iberville Parish, Louisiana), Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival and Italianate
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Belmont Mansion (Tennessee) (Wikipedia)
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Annandale Plantation (Wikipedia)
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Italianate
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Kenworthy Hall (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Kenworthy Hall, Infobox: architecture
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Italian Villa, Italianate
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Rocky Hill Castle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Rocky Hill Castle, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate and Gothic Revival
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Samuel Gwinn Plantation (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Samuel Gwinn Plantation, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Ammadelle (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Ammadelle, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Villa Louis (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Louis, Infobox: architecture
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Late Victorian Italianate
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Hoard's Dairyman Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hoard's Dairyman Farm, Infobox, architecture
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architecture: Italianate
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Westwood (Uniontown, Alabama) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Westwood (Uniontown, Alabama), Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival; Italianate
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Mansion House (Trenton, New Jersey) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Mansion House (Trenton, New Jersey), Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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White Hall Plantation House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: White Hall Plantation House, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Belle Alliance Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Belle Alliance Plantation, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, Greek Revival
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Carrie Pierce House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Carrie Pierce House, Infobox: architecture
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Rundbogenstil / Romanesque Revival + Gothic Revival, Italianate
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Dr. John R. Drish House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Dr. John R. Drish House, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Boardman House (Ithaca, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Boardman House (Ithaca, New York), Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Boardman-Mitchell House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Boardman-Mitchell House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Don Francisco Galindo House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Don Francisco Galindo House, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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American Peace Society House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: American Peace Society House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Ebenezer Watts House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Ebenezer Watts House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, Federal
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Bragdon-Lipe House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bragdon-Lipe House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Glen Dale Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Glen Dale Farm, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, English barn
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Villa Anneslie (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Anneslie, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge, Infobox: architecture
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Federal, Colonial, Italianate
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Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Moussa Sursock Palace, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate Lebanese architecture
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Jacob Sloat House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Jacob Sloat House, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Heermance House and Law Office (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Heermance House and Law Office, Infobox: architecture
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Picturesque Italianate
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John McGeer House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John McGeer House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Kirkwood (Eutaw, Alabama) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Kirkwood (Eutaw, Alabama), Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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D. W. Heagy Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: D. W. Heagy Farm, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, Cross-plan
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J. R. Bryson House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: J. R. Bryson House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, Italian Bracketed
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The Cottage (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: The Cottage (Upper Marlboro, Maryland), Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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James B. Stephens House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: James B. Stephens House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Carlheim (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Carlheim, Infobox: architecture
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Second Empire, Italianate
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John P. Kane Mansion (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John P. Kane Mansion, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Bates-Englehardt Mansion (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bates-Englehardt Mansion, Infobox: architecture
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Colonial Revival, Italianate
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Larchmont (Worcester, Massachusetts) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Larchmont (Worcester, Massachusetts), Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Christopher Willis House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Christopher Willis House, Infobox: architecture
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Greek Revival, Italianate
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Chase-Crowley-Keep House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chase-Crowley-Keep House, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office, Infobox: architecture
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Italianate
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Whitney Mansion (Glassboro, New Jersey) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Whitney Mansion (Glassboro, New Jersey), Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Whitney Mansion (Glassboro, New Jersey), Introduction
Originally the home of the Whitney family, it was the first of its kind in South Jersey, setting a precedent with its Italianate architectural style.
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E. B. Morgan House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: E. B. Morgan House, Introduction
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Morgan House at 431 Main Street, Aurora, New York, was designed in the Italianate style by New York architect Joseph C.
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Hawkwood (Gordonsville, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hawkwood (Gordonsville, Virginia), Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Hawkwood (Gordonsville, Virginia), Introduction
Hawkwood is an Italianate-villa style country house near Gordonsville, Virginia, United States.
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Ethan Flagg House-Blessed Sacrament Monastery (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Ethan Flagg House-Blessed Sacrament Monastery, Introduction
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The house is a two-story, five-bay wide brick building on a rock faced, random ashlar base in the Italianate style.
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Baston Lodge (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Baston Lodge, Introduction
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The architecture is in the Italianate style, with coursed stone, chamfered quoins, and plain stone architraves and bands.
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Peterson-Dumesnil House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Peterson-Dumesnil House, Lead section
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The Peterson-Dumesnil House is a Victorian-Italianate house in the Crescent Hill neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
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Birdsville Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Birdsville Plantation, Lead section
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The modifications added Greek Revival and Italianate elements in an unusual design.
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John and Sarah Sheffield House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John and Sarah Sheffield House, Lead section
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Built in a Classic Revival architectural style with Italianate decorative elements, the two-story structure was augmented in the early 20th century by two single-story additions to the rear.
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Fountain Elms (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Fountain Elms, Lead section
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The original block was completed in 1852 in the "Italian Style".
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James and Mary Forsyth House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: James and Mary Forsyth House, Lead section
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It is a brick Italian villa-style house designed by Richard Upjohn in the mid-19th century.
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Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama), Lead section
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Hawthorne, also known as the Browder Place, is a historic Italianate plantation house and historic district in Prairieville, Alabama, US.
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Inverlochy House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Inverlochy House, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: Italianate architecture
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David Davis Mansion
Notable Examples: David Davis Mansion, Infobox: architecture
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Victorian, Italianate
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Prospect House (Princeton, New Jersey) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Prospect House (Princeton, New Jersey), Infobox: architecture
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Italian Villa
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Imbrie Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Imbrie Farm, Infobox: architecture
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Italian Villa
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Goodwood Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Goodwood Plantation, Wikipedia article
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The house, whose Italianate design with ornate burgundy railings Hardy may have chosen before his death, was also built by slave labor.
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Allan Bank (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Allan Bank, Wikipedia article
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Allan Bank is designed in a "bleakly Italianate" style according to Pevsner, faced with scored stucco and roofed with slate; it has been described as "large, though not handsome".
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Port Hope station (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Port Hope station, Wikipedia article
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Architecturally, its Italianate design is typical of many of the 34 stations originally on the main line.
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Asahel Warner House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Asahel Warner House, Lead
Quote, Notable Examples: Asahel Warner House, Lead
It was remodeled in the 1860s / 1870s and in 1907 and features Italianate details.
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Liverpool Street station, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Liverpool Street Station, Article text
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The main train shed was to be a two-span wood construction with a central void providing light and ventilation to the lower station, and the station buildings were to be in an Italianate style to the designs of the GER's architect.
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Bungarribee Homestead Site (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bungarribee Homestead Site, Article text
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The style of the homestead is described as "subtly Italianate" and its character "unashamedly picturesque".
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Lee Hall Mansion (Virginia Landmarks Register 121-0016)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesNotable Examples: Lee Hall Mansion, Virginia Landmarks Register description
Quote, Notable Examples: Lee Hall Mansion, Virginia Landmarks Register description
Lee Hall is a stately Italianate plantation house built in what is now the northern part of the city of Newport News ca. 1850 for Richard Decatur Lee.
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Farmington (St. Stephens Church, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 049-0023)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesNotable Examples: Farmington (St. Stephens Church, Virginia), Virginia Landmarks Register description
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His son, John N. Ryland, substantially enlarged and remodeled the King & Queen County house in the Italianate style in 1859-60, leaving little trace of the former appearance.
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Jonathan Child House & Brewster-Burke House Historic District (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Jonathan Child House & Brewster-Burke House Historic District, Wikipedia category: Italianate architecture in New York (state)
Quote, Notable Examples: Jonathan Child House & Brewster-Burke House Historic District, Wikipedia category: Italianate architecture in New York (state)
Category:Italianate architecture in New York (state)
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Italianate architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of Europe, Lead paragraph
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Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture with picturesque aesthetics.
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