Adam style/Adamesque
Later version of European Neoclassicism based on Robert's Adam's studies of excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Colonial ...
Adam style 1770 England
Adirondack architecture 1850s New York, USA
Anglo-Saxon architecture 450s-1066 England and Wales
American colonial architecture 1720-1780s USA
American Craftsman 1890s-1930 USA, California & east ...
Federal or Adam Style homes often have fanlights.
Examples:
The picture on this page shows a door with a fanlight above.
His reputation and finances were damaged when he attempted to develop a scheme of 24 grand houses on a site by the Thames christened "The Adelphi" (adelphoi is Greek for brothers). For the best work on the subject see Steven Parissien's "Adam Style" ...
 See also: Adam, Architecture, Greek, Federal, Classical
  
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