Category Archives: Architecture
A Field Guide to Georgetown Houses: The Late Victorian Period
This week GM is exploring the variety of historic architecture around Georgetown. Today he explores the late Victorian Period. For Georgetown that means primarily two styles: Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque. First up: Queen Anne. The Queen Anne style was … Continue reading
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Field Guide to Georgetown Houses: The Early Victorian Period
This week GM is exploring the variety of historical architectural styles around Georgetown. Today GM explores the early Victorian period. The two styles that dominated early Victorian architecture were Second Empire and Stick. However, there are no examples of Stick … Continue reading
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Field Guide to Georgetown Houses: Romantic Period
This week GM is exploring the varieties of historic architecture in Georgetown and offering a field guide to help you identify each particular style. Today: Romantic Period For American architecture, the Romantic period stretched from 1820s to the 1880s representing … Continue reading
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Field Guide to Georgetown Houses: Colonial and Federal Period
If there’s one constant in Georgetown real estate listings, it’s that every house, no matter its shape and style, is described as “Federal”. The problem is that only a small percentage of homes in Georgetown could fairly be described as … Continue reading
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