Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840.
Georgian Architecture
Their first homes were log houses. These were replaced by solid stone, brick or clapboard buildings as soon as possible.
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For an example of Georgian architecture, see Governor's Palace, Williamsburg
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Used generally for the late Georgian architecture of c. 1800-30, which favoured thinner or more summary classical detail than the 18th-century norm.
Late Georgian architecture was often eclectic, with buildings in a variety of architectural styles, inspired by Indian, Islamic and medieval architecture. Late Victorian architecture was also said to be eclectic.
Georgian architecture shows up in North and South during the first quarter of the 18th century. The first high-style examples are Southern, built usually by big business tobacco planters.
This can take the form of a natural looking roughness as the term implies, which gives an impression of strength and is frequently used at the base of buildings, a practice common during the Renaissance and in Georgian architecture.
 See also: Georgian, Architecture, House, Classical, Neoclassical
  
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