American colonial architecture

An American Colonial house in The Belle Meade neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee

A primer in Colonial American architecture, so you can act like you know what you're talking about.

Be an architecture detective. Print out the worksheets in this article and take them with you as you explore your neighborhood and city. See if you can identify the architectural styles of the buildings around you, using the clues in the worksheets. Take photographs of the most interesting buildings and make a note of their street number and address. When you get home, take out your photographs and examine all the clues you can find. Make notes on the architectural evidence that lets you…

A primer in Colonial American architecture, so you can act like you know what you're talking about.

Now the J. Verne Wood Funeral home, this beautiful house was built by Benjamin Franklin Webster who built many of the Victorian homes in Portsmouth.

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A primer in Colonial American architecture, so you can act like you know what you're talking about.

Between 1600 and 1800, people came to Colonial America from England, Germany, France, Spain, and Latin America, bringing their architectural styles.

Murphy & Co. Design along with John Kraemer and Sons has created this colonial style lakeside home nestled on Wayzata Bay, Minnesota.