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Greek Revival architecture

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architectural style historic style

Greek Revival architecture is a 19th-century style that emulates the forms and details of ancient Greek temples, characterized by features such as tall columns, pediments, and strong symmetrical proportions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style → historic style →
countryOfPrevalence	Canada → Germany → Greece → Russia → United Kingdom → United States →
endTime	late 19th century →
flourishedIn	early 19th century → mid-19th century →
followedBy	Italianate architecture → Victorian architecture →
follows	Federal architecture → Georgian architecture →
hasAlternativeName	Hellenic Revival →
hasCharacteristic	Greek key and anthemion ornament → emphasis on columns and entablature → entry porches with columns → gabled roofs → heavy cornices → rectangular floor plans → simple bold moldings → strong symmetrical proportions → symmetrical facades → temple-front facades → transom and sidelights around main doors → use of pediments → use of tall columns → white or light-colored exteriors → wide friezes →
hasMotivation	admiration for ancient Greek democracy → association with classical ideals →
hasStyleElement	Corinthian order columns → Doric order columns → Ionic order columns → architrave trim → entablature → fluted columns → low-pitched roof → paneled doors → pilasters → plain wall surfaces → portico → sash windows → triangular pediment → wide cornice band →
influencedBy	Ancient Greek architecture → Classical architecture →
movementAssociatedWith	Neoclassicism → Romanticism →
periodOfUse	19th century →
startTime	late 18th century →
typicalFinish	stuccoed exteriors → white-painted surfaces →
typicalMaterial	brick → stone → wood →
usedFor	banks → churches → domestic houses → government buildings → plantation houses → public buildings →

Referenced by (67)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alabama State Capitol ("Greek Revival") → Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens ("Greek Revival") → Arlington Estate ("Greek Revival (Arlington House)") → Austrian Parliament Building → Beacon Hill ("Greek Revival") → Brooklyn Borough Hall ("Greek Revival") → Cannonball House → Central Troy Historic District ("Greek Revival") → Charles Street, Boston ("Greek Revival") → Charleston Historic District → Charlotte Mint ("Greek Revival") → Church of the Presidents ("Greek Revival") → Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York, United States ("Greek Revival") → Drumthwacket → Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York) ("Greek Revival") → Fauquier County Courthouse ("Greek Revival") → Fells Point → Fireproof Building (Charleston, South Carolina) → Florida Governor's Mansion ("Greek Revival") → Freemason Historic District → Gramercy ("Greek Revival") → Greek Theatre ("Greek Revival") → Greenwich Village Historic District → Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati) ("Greek Revival") → Kinderhook (village), New York → Maine State House → New Orleans Mint ("Greek Revival") → North Carolina State Capitol ("Greek Revival") → Old Capitol Museum ("Greek Revival") → Old Courthouse (St. Louis) ("Greek Revival") → Old Patent Office Building ("Greek Revival") → Old San Francisco Mint → Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.) ("Greek Revival") → Philadelphia Museum of Art ("Greek Revival") → Pilgrim Hall Museum ("Greek Revival") → Quincy Market ("Greek Revival") → Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill ("Greek Revival") → Texas Governor's Mansion ("Greek Revival") → The Granite Lady ("Greek Revival") → Treasury Building ("Greek Revival") → U.S. Marine Hospital (Charleston, South Carolina) ("Greek Revival") → United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts → Vermont State House ("Greek Revival") → Watertown Arsenal →	architecturalStyle
Brattle Street Historic District → Edgartown, Massachusetts ("Greek Revival") → Frederick Historic District → Hillhouse Avenue → Lenox Village Historic District → Litchfield Historic District → Milan Historic District → Newburgh, New York → Sandwich Historic District → Seville Historic District ("Greek Revival") → St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery →	hasArchitecturalStyle
Ballston Spa → Quincy, Florida →	hasHistoricArchitectureStyle
National Portrait Gallery ("Greek Revival") →	architecturalStyleOfBuilding
Royal Manchester Institution ("Greek Revival") →	architecturalStyleOfBuildingUsed
Second Bank of the United States ("Greek Revival") →	architecturalStyleOfHeadquarters
Italianate architecture →	contrastsWith
Alexander Jackson Davis →	fieldOfWork
Greek Revival architecture ("Hellenic Revival") →	hasAlternativeName
East Millstone, New Jersey →	hasBuildingStyle
Union Street Historic District →	hasStyle
Garden District →	knownFor
Alexander Jackson Davis ("Greek Revival") →	movement