Temple Front
2-3 stories
Greek and Roman temples inspired this style, which first appeared in the U.S. during the Greek Revival movement from 1820-1830s. These buildings were used for public, institutional, and religious purposes.
Temple Front
Imposing Classical columns
Facades derived from Greek, and Roman temples
Used only for banks ...
The temple front is attached to a fairly plain Georgian style building with a large double front door with elliptical fanlight and a similar design on the window above. The building is capped with an ornate cupola.
Picton Ontario
Ancaster ...
classicizing interiors of the Baroque, or the most "Roman" rooms of William Kent were based on basilica and temple exterior architecture, turned outside in: pedimented window frames turned into gilded mirrors, fireplaces topped with temple fronts, ...
portico : roofed entrance to a house that is columned like a temple front
hip roof: a roof with sloping ends instead of verticle ends and sloping sides that meet at a ridge.
References: ...
PORTICO - A roofed entrance to a house that is columned like a temple front.
PREFABRICATION - The manufacture of whole buildings or components cast/assembled in a factory or off-site before placed in position.
Aedicule - A niche or opening framed by columns (or pilasters) supporting an entablature, usually with a pediment. Also known as: temple front.
(French): The lower courses of a vault or arch which are laid horizontally.Tempietto(Italian, little temple): A small temple-like building, usually round and domed.Temple front
Brighton, Sussex ...
 See also: Temple, Ornament, House, Portico, Door
  
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