Greek Revival architecture

In 1841, the University of Michigan opened its doors in Ann Arbor with just seven students, six freshmen and one sophomore, taught by two professors.

The first structures on the campus were four faculty residences built in the Greek Revival style, along with Mason Hall and South College, which served as both classrooms and dormitories.

Only one of these original buildings survives today, a faculty home that was renovated in the Italian style to serve as the president's house.

It is the oldest structure on campus, a physical link to the university's beginnings.

The traditions, the maize and blue colors, the fight song of the victors, the winged helmets, create an experience that binds generations of Michigan faithful together in a spectacle unlike any other in American sports.

iconic campus landmarks.

The University of Michigan campus is home to some of the most distinctive architecture in American higher education, with buildings spanning styles from Greek Revival to Modernist.

At the heart of the original 40 acres is the DAIE, the central green space that serves as the social hub of the campus.

So the Charleston County Dump is probably the next treasure that you'll discover.

Who knows how much Georgian and Adam and Greek Revival house interiors from the last 20 years that are now in the dump.

And that part kills me.

That depresses me some.

He founded that.

He was a poor boy from Chapel Hill, North Carolina who did well.

And he loved 1820s, 1830s, early Greek revival.

That was his thing.

The home stayed in the Weed family until 1914, after which it was vacant for nearly 30 years, before being opened to the public in 1940 by the Society for the Preservation of Savannah Landmarks.

It was designed by architect Charles Kluski in the Greek Revival style, and as I entered the main hallway, I was impressed by its beauty, although it was smaller on the inside than I had imagined.

Straight ahead was a stairway that led to the second floor, which is where the bedrooms were, but was roped off due to some recent weather damage.

To the right was the office, and to the left was the double parlor, divided by a large sliding door so that the men could smoke and drink on one side while their wives socialized on the other.

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This two-story Greek Revival-style brick residence in San Diego's Old Town was designed by Thomas Whaley and completed in 1857.

The home, acclaimed as the, quote, finest new brick block in Southern California, end quote, by the San Diego Herald, contained mahogany and rosewood furniture, damask drapes, and Brussels carpets.

Thank you.

In 1855, he purchased the property where outlaw Yankee Jim Robinson had allegedly been hanged.

More on him later.

He built a granary and then constructed the two-story Greek Revival brick house in 1856, with the project being finished in 1857.

The Whaley family experienced many hardships in their time in both San Francisco and San Diego.

Yeah, and that building sufficed for a few years.

And then later on in 1836, actually, we built what we call the Little Greek Temple, which was a beautiful little Greek revival building.

It's still sort of the core of this building.

And, you know, the vault... from that original bank building is still the core vault of this building.

Why, why, why was it called the little Greek temple? Were there a cadre of Greeks there?

I'm going to tell you this.

It was in fact a Greek revival building.

It had the columns that you would think were

Known as Lakemont, the historic property is located down in the heart of Vicksburg's old residential district, where a number of 19th century homes still stand as reminders of the Mississippi River City's prosperous antebellum past.

Built sometime around 1835, Lakemont is a beautiful example of Greek revival architecture, with a broad front gallery supported by six fluted columns, a symmetrical arrangement of windows, and an elaborate classical entrance.

Although the house appears rather modest compared to some of the grander mansions built throughout the South during this period, its elevated foundation and handsome architectural details reflect the wealth and social standing of the family who once called it home.

And like many of those old places in Vicksburg, Lakemont has witnessed quite a bit of history.

You got that look about it.

Well, the columns were added when they switched it over to Greek Revival in the 1880s.

So that big side porch with all those big columns wouldn't have been there, and they would have had a very small front porch.

And the front porch wasn't added, which actually the front porch goes up to the second level of the house.

Two foot tall stacked, just different profiles of molding that's stacked up to make this fancy looking molding.

It's pretty neat.

The house was changed from the federal style to the Greek revival.

Like I was saying with the columns and things on the side and they changed the of the fireplaces too.