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Styles and Movements

Colonial Revival Architecture

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Colonial Revival is an architectural style that seeks to revive elements of American colonial building, with its beginnings often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which renewed American interest in the architectural traditions of the colonial past. Relatively few Colonial Revival houses were built between about 1880 and 1910, a period when Queen Anne style architecture dominated American building, but the movement became ascendant between 1910 and 1930, when roughly forty percent of American houses were built in the Colonial Revival style. Beyond architecture, the term is also applied to related movements in historic preservation, landscape and garden design, and the decorative arts, and it produced its own regional variants, including the Dutch Colonial Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles.

Connections

Influenced By

Georgian Architecture, Styles and Movements

American Colonial Revival, beginning around the 1876 centennial, explicitly revived the symmetrical facades and detailing of British colonial Georgian architecture.

Notable Examples

Anthony-Buckley House, Buildings and Structures
Source Anthony-Buckley House (Wikipedia)
Bates-Englehardt Mansion, Buildings and Structures
Source Bates-Englehardt Mansion (Wikipedia)
Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion), Buildings and Structures
Source Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion) (Wikipedia)
Boone Hall, Buildings and Structures
Source Boone Hall - Wikipedia
Box Hall Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Box Hall Plantation (Wikipedia)
Box Hill Estate, Buildings and Structures
Source Box Hill Estate (Wikipedia)
Carr's Hill, Buildings and Structures
Source Carr's Hill (Wikipedia)
Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia), Buildings and Structures
Source Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Chapman House (Syracuse, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Chapman House (Syracuse, New York) (Wikipedia)
Chase-Hubbard-Williams House, Buildings and Structures
Source Chase-Hubbard-Williams House (Wikipedia)
Chester Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Chester Plantation (Wikipedia)
Chesterwood (Massachusetts), Buildings and Structures
Source Chesterwood (Massachusetts) (Wikipedia)
Chetolah, Buildings and Structures
Source Chetolah (Wikipedia)
Cliffside (Palisades, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Cliffside (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
Curles Neck Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Curles Neck Plantation (Virginia Landmarks Register 043-0035)
Distin Cottage, Buildings and Structures
Source Distin Cottage (Wikipedia)
Edward A. Diebolt House, Buildings and Structures
Source Edward A. Diebolt House (Wikipedia)
Government House, Canberra, Buildings and Structures
Source Government House, Canberra (Wikipedia)
Harlinsdale Farm, Buildings and Structures
Source Harlinsdale Farm (Wikipedia)
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings, Buildings and Structures
Source Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (Wikipedia)
Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland), Buildings and Structures
Source Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland) (Wikipedia)
Hobcaw Barony, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Hobcaw Barony
Hunter Museum of American Art, Buildings and Structures
Source Hunter Museum of American Art (Wikipedia)
Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex, Buildings and Structures
Source Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex (Wikipedia)
John E. Parry House, Buildings and Structures
Source John E. Parry House (Wikipedia)
John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, Buildings and Structures
Source John Ellis Roosevelt Estate (Wikipedia)
Mandeville House, Buildings and Structures
Source Mandeville House (Wikipedia)
Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House, Buildings and Structures
Source Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House (Wikidata)
Additional Source Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama
Morrocroft, Buildings and Structures
Source Morrocroft (Wikipedia)
Old Welbourne Farm and Dulany Family Cemetery, Buildings and Structures
Source Old Welbourne Farm and Dulany Family Cemetery (Wikipedia)
Pebble Hill Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Pebble Hill Plantation (Wikipedia)
Pleasant View Home, Buildings and Structures
Source Pleasant View Home (Wikipedia)
Pope Estate, Buildings and Structures
Source Pope Estate (Wikipedia)
Potts Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Potts Plantation (Wikipedia)
Raspberry Plain, Buildings and Structures
Source Raspberry Plain (Wikipedia)
Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland), Buildings and Structures
Source Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland) (Wikipedia)
Rippavilla Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Rippavilla Plantation (Wikipedia)
Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), Buildings and Structures
Source Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Shaker Farm, Buildings and Structures
Source Shaker Farm (Wikipedia)
Villa St. Rose, Buildings and Structures
Source Villa St. Rose (Wikipedia)
Warner Hall, Buildings and Structures
Source Warner Hall (Wikipedia)
Wayne Morse Family Farm, Buildings and Structures
Source Wayne Morse Family Farm (Wikipedia)
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Sources
Government House, Canberra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Government House, Canberra, Infobox style field: Colonial Georgian revival, Australian non-residential architectural styles#Inter-war Stripped Classical, Inter-war Stripped Classical]View the Source
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Romanesque
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Boone Hall - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Boone Hall, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Boone Hall, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Pebble Hill Plantation (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Pebble Hill Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Pebble Hill Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
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Rippavilla Plantation (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Rippavilla Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Rippavilla Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
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Chesterwood (Massachusetts) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chesterwood (Massachusetts), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chesterwood (Massachusetts), Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Chetolah (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chetolah, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chetolah, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Queen Anne
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Warner Hall (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Warner Hall, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Warner Hall, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Colonial, Greek Revival
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Pleasant View Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Pleasant View Home, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Pleasant View Home, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Carr's Hill (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Carr's Hill, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Carr's Hill, Infobox: architecture
Southern Colonial Revival
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Morrocroft (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Morrocroft, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Morrocroft, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
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Mandeville House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Mandeville House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Mandeville House, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Chase-Hubbard-Williams House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chase-Hubbard-Williams House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chase-Hubbard-Williams House, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland), Infobox: architecture
Colonial, Colonial Revival
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Harlinsdale Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Harlinsdale Farm, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Harlinsdale Farm, Infobox: architecture
Queen Anne and Colonial Revival
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Potts Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Potts Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Potts Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Federal, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
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Wayne Morse Family Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Wayne Morse Family Farm, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Wayne Morse Family Farm, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
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Distin Cottage (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Distin Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Distin Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Chapman House (Syracuse, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chapman House (Syracuse, New York), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chapman House (Syracuse, New York), Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Chester Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chester Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chester Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
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Box Hall Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Box Hall Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Box Hall Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
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Anthony-Buckley House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Anthony-Buckley House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Anthony-Buckley House, Infobox: architecture
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Stick/Eastlake
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Villa St. Rose (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa St. Rose, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa St. Rose, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Georgian
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Old Welbourne Farm and Dulany Family Cemetery (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Old Welbourne Farm and Dulany Family Cemetery, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Old Welbourne Farm and Dulany Family Cemetery, Infobox: architecture
Queen Anne; Colonial Revival
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Bates-Englehardt Mansion (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bates-Englehardt Mansion, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Bates-Englehardt Mansion, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Italianate
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Edward A. Diebolt House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Edward A. Diebolt House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Edward A. Diebolt House, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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John E. Parry House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John E. Parry House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: John E. Parry House, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
View the Source
Pope Estate (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Pope Estate, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Pope Estate, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Shingle Style
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Shaker Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Shaker Farm, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Shaker Farm, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Colonial
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John Ellis Roosevelt Estate (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival
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Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Chapel Hill (Berryville, Virginia), Infobox: architecture
Federal, Colonial Revival
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Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland), Infobox: architecture
Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
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Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion), History
Quote, Notable Examples: Beechwood (Vanderlip Mansion), History
Robertson employed the Colonial Revival style, intentionally compatible with the neoclassical Federal style of the original but more ornate.
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Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), History
Quote, Notable Examples: Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), History
White commissioned Richmond architecture firm Noland and Baskervill to design a Colonial Revival mansion, which was built between 1900 and 1902 and included part of the earlier house as a kitchen wing.
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Hunter Museum of American Art (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hunter Museum of American Art, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Hunter Museum of American Art, Wikipedia categories
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Tennessee
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Raspberry Plain (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Raspberry Plain, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Raspberry Plain, History
In 1910, copper millionaire John Guthrie Hopkins rebuilt Raspberry Plain in the Colonial Revival style.
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Wikipedia: Hobcaw Barony
Notable Examples: Hobcaw Barony, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Hobcaw Barony, Wikipedia categories
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
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Cliffside (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cliffside (Palisades, New York), Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Cliffside (Palisades, New York), Lead section
The estate house is a two-story, L-shaped, Flemish Colonial Revival style stone dwelling.
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Box Hill Estate (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Box Hill Estate, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Box Hill Estate, Infobox: architecture
Neo-Colonial
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Curles Neck Plantation (Virginia Landmarks Register 043-0035)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesNotable Examples: Curles Neck Plantation, Virginia Landmarks Register description
Quote, Notable Examples: Curles Neck Plantation, Virginia Landmarks Register description
features a ca.-1896 high-style Colonial-Revival mansion built in the long-standing tradition of the great Virginia plantation homes
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Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House, Wikipedia category: Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama
Quote, Notable Examples: Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House, Wikipedia category: Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama
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Colonial Revival architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of North America, Lead paragraph
Quote, In Group: Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of North America, Lead paragraph
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
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