Built circa-1851 and on the National Register of Historic Places, the red brick house is Italianate with some Greek Revival elements, such as the classical pediments over the the windows and doors on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. The newly restored gardens at the Hampton-Preston Mansion ...

Developed by ancient Greeks as the decorative end to a gable roof, the pediment is widely used in classical, neoclassical, baroque and revival styles of architecture. The Parthenon, 432 B.C., is ...

Classical Revival is the first ... Added around 1830 are Corinthian columns with a pediment and an oval window. The Grubb Mansion, which houses the Lancaster Museum of Art on the edge of the ...

Alongside the capital, there are other constituent elements of the classical orders—cornice, frieze, pediment, architrave, shaft, podium, and pedestal. Here is a brief reference to the ...

People who fall into this camp seem to think slapping pediments and gilt-covered nonsense on a building magically imbues it with classical virtue. But Thomas Jefferson himself was constantly ...

Derived from buildings of Roman and Greek antiquity, Classical Revival houses include Greek Revival and Roman Revival styles and draw on common elements such as columns, pediments, and a strong ...