Home›Residential Buildings›Building Type›MansionConceptMansionBuilding Types and Traditions as ConceptsReference and ClassificationDevelopingA mansion is a large dwelling house. The cited article says the word itself derives through Old French from the Latin mansio, meaning dwelling, an abstract noun derived from the verb manere, to dwell, and that the English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, whereas a mansion is usually no longer self-sustaining in this way, compare a Roman or medieval villa. It adds that manor comes from the same root, territorial holdings granted to a lord who would remain there, and that after the fall of Rome the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Buildings recorded in the atlas as mansions are grouped under this concept.FactsMansionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsConcept DomainWell-attestedResidential 1MansionFilter Results59 entriesBuilding FamilyAllCentral Virginia (3)Farmsteads and Homesteads (3)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Northeastern United States (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Southern United States (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States (1)Historic Homes and Farms (Misfiled) (4)Historic House Museums (4)Historic Houses (Individual Landmarks) (5)Historic Houses of Upstate New York (5)Manor and Country Houses (21)Northern Virginia (4)Plantation Houses (17)Plantation Houses: Alabama (1)Plantation Houses: Georgia (2)Plantation Houses: Louisiana (2)Plantation Houses: Maryland (1)Plantation Houses: Other Regions (2)Plantation Houses: Tennessee (1)Plantation Houses: Virginia (7)Villas (8)Villas of North America (1)Villas of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1)Villas of Western and Northern Europe (6)PlaceAllBrazil (1)Canada (1)France (6)Georgia (1)Germany (1)India (1)Nicosia (1)Pakistan (1)Switzerland (1)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (41)StyleAllArchitectural Eclecticism (1)Chateauesque Architecture (1)Colonial Architecture (1)Federal Architecture (5)Georgian Architecture (7)Gothic Architecture (1)Gothic Revival (2)Greek Revival Architecture (10)Haveli (1)International Style (1)Italianate Architecture (4)Mediterranean Revival Architecture (1)Modernist Architecture (1)Neoclassical Architecture (1)Octagon House Architecture (1)Ottoman Architecture (1)Pacific Lodge (1)Palladian Architecture (2)Queen Anne Style Architecture (2)Renaissance Architecture (1)Renaissance Revival architecture (1)Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture (1)Rustic Architecture (5)Scottish Baronial Architecture (1)Second Empire Architecture (2)Shingle Style (1)Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture (1)Tudor Revival Architecture (1)Victorian Architecture (5)Completed YearAll1710 (1)1726 (1)1759 (1)1771 (1)1774 (1)1790 (1)1799 (1)1800 (1)1801 (1)1807 (1)1822 (2)1829 (1)1839 (1)1840 (2)1849 (1)1850 (1)1853 (3)1857 (1)1859 (2)1860 (1)1871 (1)1872 (2)1873 (1)1875 (1)1880 (1)1884 (1)1885 (1)1890 (1)1892 (1)1893 (2)1895 (2)1897 (1)1899 (1)1904 (1)1907 (1)1910 (1)1914 (2)1919 (1)1923 (1)1928 (1)1932 (1)1947 (1)2005 (1)Standing StatusAllDemolished (3)Ruined (2)Standing (54)GroupAllCentral Virginia (3)Farmsteads and Homesteads (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Northeastern United States (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads of the Southern United States (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States (1)Historic Homes and Farms (Misfiled) (4)Historic House Museums (4)Historic Houses of Upstate New York (5)Manor and Country Houses (21)Northern Virginia (4)Plantation Houses (1)Plantation Houses: Alabama (1)Plantation Houses: Georgia (2)Plantation Houses: Louisiana (2)Plantation Houses: Maryland (1)Plantation Houses: Other Regions (2)Plantation Houses: Tennessee (1)Villas of North America (1)Villas of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1)Villas of Western and Northern Europe (6)MaterialAllBrick (16)Concrete (1)Fieldstone (1)Glass (1)Limestone (2)Marble (2)Masonry (2)Mortar (1)Rammed Earth (1)Sandstone (1)Steel (2)Stone (4)Stucco (3)Timber (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Villa HügelMansionVilla La Reine JeanneMansionVilla Torre ClementinaMansionVithalbhai HaveliMansionWappocomo (Romney, West Virginia)MansionWard Hall (Georgetown, Kentucky)MansionWhite Pine CampMansionWinchester Mystery HouseMansionWoodlawn (Austin, Texas)MansionShowing 51 to 59 of 59, page 2 of 2.← Previous12ConnectionsAssociated WithAntebellum Architecture, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Antebellum Architecture (Wikipedia)English country house, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source English country house (Wikipedia)French Provincial Architecture, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source French Provincial architecture (Wikipedia)Great House, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Great House (Wikipedia)Haveli, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Haveli (Wikipedia)Neo-Andean Architecture, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Neo-Andean (Wikipedia)Swiss chalet style, Styles and Movements Well-attested Source Getty Vocabularies (Art and Architecture Thesaurus): AAT concept record: Swiss chalet styleBuilding Type OfAlexander Brown House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Alfred E. Clarke Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Ammende Villa, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Andrew Dickson White House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Archibald Rogers Estate, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Avon Tyrrell House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Bagore Ki Haveli, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Barboursville (James Barbour), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Belle Grove Plantation (Iberville Parish, Louisiana), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Belle Meade Plantation, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Bellevue (LaGrange, Georgia), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Belmont Manor House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Belmont Mansion (Tennessee), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Berkeley Plantation, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Bill Gates's house, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Bygdøy Royal Estate, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Calderstones House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Camp Topridge, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Camp Uncas, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Camp Wild Air, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Çankaya Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Çankaya Mansion (Wikipedia)Carlheim, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Casa Loma, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Castle Wemyss, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Catete Palace, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Chateau de Chenonceau, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Chatham Manor, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Claymont Court, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Clover Forest, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Coindre Hall, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Colross, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Cotroceni Palace, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Cranbrook, Bellevue Hill, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Culbertson Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Dervish Pasha Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Dervish Pasha Mansion (Wikipedia)Dodon (farm), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Dungeness (Cumberland Island, Georgia), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Fairholme (Newport, Rhode Island), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Fairview Plantation, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Fazenda Velha, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Flat Rock Camp, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Gaekwad Haveli, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Gunston Hall, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Hearst Castle, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Jacob Kamm House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested James C. Flood Mansion, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Johan Poulsen House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Showing 1 to 50 of 100 in Building Type Of, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. MansionWikipedia, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia, lead sectionA mansion is a large dwelling house.View the SourceDervish Pasha Mansion (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Dervish Pasha Mansion, Lead sentenceQuote, Building Type Of: Dervish Pasha Mansion, Lead sentenceis a historical mansion and ethnographic museum in the Arab Ahmet quarter of NicosiaView the SourceÇankaya Mansion (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Çankaya Mansion, Lead [building-type-concept]Quote, Building Type Of: Çankaya Mansion, Lead [building-type-concept]The Çankaya Mansion (Turkish: Çankaya Köşkü) is the official residence of the vice president of TurkeyView the SourceVahdettin Pavilion (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Vahdettin Pavilion, Lead paragraphQuote, Building Type Of: Vahdettin Pavilion, Lead paragrapha historical timber mansion which stood at the same locationView the SourceLeRay Mansion (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: LeRay Mansion, Second paragraphQuote, Building Type Of: LeRay Mansion, Second paragraphJames LeRay built the LeRay MansionView the SourceMeridian House (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Meridian House, Lead sentenceQuote, Building Type Of: Meridian House, Lead sentenceis a historic mansion in Washington, D.C.View the SourceRamazanoğlu Hall (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Ramazanoğlu Hall, LeadQuote, Building Type Of: Ramazanoğlu Hall, Leadit is one of the oldest examples of a mansion in TurkeyView the SourceLorenzo State Historic Site (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Lorenzo State Historic Site, Lead, building typeQuote, Building Type Of: Lorenzo State Historic Site, Lead, building typeLorenzo State Historic Site is a mansion built by Colonel John LincklaenView the SourceRagıp Pasha Mansion (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Ragıp Pasha Mansion, LeadQuote, Building Type Of: Ragıp Pasha Mansion, LeadRagip Pasha Mansion (Turkish: Ragıp Paşa Köşkü) is an Ottoman-era mansion in Istanbul, Turkey.View the SourceNeo-Andean (Wikipedia)Associated With: Neo-Andean Architecture, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Neo-Andean Architecture, Lead sectionNeo-Andean is a contemporary architectural movement primarily situated in El Alto, Bolivia, expressed in the city's many cholets (portmanteau of cholo and chalet), or mini-mansions, and dancehalls.View the SourceHaveli (Wikipedia)Associated With: Haveli, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Haveli, Lead sectionA haveli is a traditional townhouse, mansion, or manor house, in the Indian subcontinent, usually one with historical and architectural significance, and located in a town or city.View the SourceAntebellum Architecture (Wikipedia)Associated With: Antebellum Architecture, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Antebellum Architecture, Lead sectionAntebellum architecture is especially characterized by Georgian, Neo-classical, and Greek Revival style homes and mansions.View the SourceGreat House (Wikipedia)Associated With: Great House, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Great House, Lead sectionA great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff.View the SourceFrench Provincial architecture (Wikipedia)Associated With: French Provincial Architecture, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: French Provincial Architecture, Lead sectionFrench Provincial architecture, also known as French Eclectic architecture, is a revivalist architectural style based on manor houses or chateaux homes which were built by French aristocrats beginning in the 1600s.View the SourceEnglish country house (Wikipedia)Associated With: English country house, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: English country house, Lead sectionAn English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.View the SourceGetty Vocabularies (Art and Architecture Thesaurus): AAT concept record: Swiss chalet styleGetty Vocabularies (Art and Architecture Thesaurus)Associated With: Swiss chalet style, Scope noteQuote, Associated With: Swiss chalet style, Scope noteElements of the style are most often found in the construction of domestic single-family homes, but also mansions, hotel buildings, and other commercial structures.View the SourceLal Haveli, Rawalpindi (Wikipedia)Building Type Of: Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi, IntroductionQuote, Building Type Of: Lal Haveli, Rawalpindi, IntroductionLal Haveli (Urdu: لال حویلی) is a historic haveli located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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