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Trinity Church, Boston, Massachussetts; 1872-1877; 18th and 19th Century Architecture in America Trinity Church was constructed by four men in Boston, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1872 through 1877 by Henry Hobson Richardson (Wieneke, "Victorian Architecture: Trinity Church"). This was Henry's first essentially recognized project, as he was the lead architect in this design. The approach of this structure was constructed with a  Romanesque characteristic, which has both French and Spanish styles (O'Gorman, pg 12 ). It is significant for establishing Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture, which focuses attention on demonstrating structures as clear and strong massing.  The distinctive approach of Richardson was inspired from the period of the Romans, but it also demonstrated his original and adaptive techniques. This style began to flourish immediately throughout history in many cities in the country. Henry's interpretation of the Romanesque ...

REDWOOD HARRISON The Redwood Library and Athenaeum are in Newport. It is the oldest community library still occupying its original building in the United States founded in 1747.  His way of the design was widely copied since then, it was the beginning of the New World.  Harrison had a lot of inspirations from those before him. He had the most stylistic and most advanced private library designs of his era. Harrison used Roman Doric temple with portico and wings, which was probably an inspiration from 1735 edition of Andrea Palladio’s architecture.  The building is crafted of wood, with a rustic appeal to look like stone. This was done to make use of local materials while mimicking the look of stone because that’s what’s was big at that time. Stone shows order and power which is meant to leave a statement. The two small projecting wings of the facade provided for office space and allowed for four large windows on the front as well as three small windows in the at...

Kings Chapel, (Boston, Massachusetts); 1749, 18 th and 19 th Century Architecture in America Named a historical landmark in 1960. The king’s chapel in Boston Massachusetts was one of the finest designs made in colonial America due to its use of granite as a new material not before used in the area. At the moment is an independent Christian congregation in ties with the Unitarian Universalist Association, and is used for Anglican worship. Although they share the same name the Kings Chapel Burying ground near the site is not affiliated with any church in the area and in facts dates back before the creation of kings chapel by over a century. It used to be called the “Stone Chapel” and was built by colonial Architect Peter Harrison, one of America’s first Architects. The Chapel’s congregation was founded in 1686 by the royal Governor, Sir Edmund Andros and was named the first Anglican Church in Colonial New England. Before it was made into stone the original Kings Chapel was a wood...

ANDALUSIA, PA This is an architectural style that mimics or is a copy of Greek motifs that is done by a lot of architects. Greek style usually consists of column and pilasters, round columns are commonly used but square or even octagon columns have also been used. The main reasons for the style’s popularity seem to have been the general intellectual preoccupation with ancient Greek culture at the time, as well as a new awareness of the actual nature of Greek art brought about through widely circulated illustrations of notable ancient temples and the Elgin Marbles. The door itself might be single whether or double, is then divided into one, two, or four panels. Almost invariably, a portico or porch was added in front of the entrance. Architects were coming up with interesting variations of Greek styles for about two decades of the mid-19th century. Whether it’s a townhouse or freestanding it comes in various materials. For example, in Brooklyn, they are materials like brick, brow...

PANTHEON    In the early 1760's several Noblemen and persons of Fashion had stated, that a place of public entertainment was wanted for the Winter Season similar to that of Ranelagh for the Summer. The Pantheon designed by James Wyatt opened in 1772. He was to become one of the most prominent British architects of his generation, but at that time he was unknown and aged just twenty-two. The Pantheon, was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street in London England. The main rotunda had a central dome which was said to be reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The main part of the site consisted of two rectangles of land, the smaller of these was towards Oxford Street. The masquerades and concerts which took place there were at first extremely successful, but in the 1780's the popularity of the Pantheon declined.  The Pantheon has gone through many changes within its time period. After the destruction of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket i...

King’s Chapel, (Boston, Massachusetts); 1749-1754; 18th and 19th Architecture in the United States Peter Harrison was a British- American architect. Harrison was born in York, England. He was a sea captain before he became an architect. Harrison followed Gibson’s Palladium ideas. Harrison set a pattern for “Colonial Architecture”. His famous works are Redwood Library, King’s Chapel, Touro Synagogue, Brick market and Christ Church. King’s chapel was the first Anglican Church in Boston. The chapel was finished in 1754 and is in Gregorian style. It was built on the oldest burying ground of Boston. The material of the first building was wood. But it was reconstructed in 1749 because they needed more space for the growing population. The second building was built with Quincy Granite. King’s chapel was built by Peter Harrison who also brought Gregorian style in England. The church purpose was to create a small place for a few Anglican families to pray. Later, the ch...