Elegant, bold and simple, neoclassical Greek Revival home plans started appearing in America in the early 19th century when tastes turned toward the ideals of the ancient world. Typically two or three stories and clad in white clapboard, these spare, symmetrical houses often feature a temple-inspired pedimented front gable, a heavy cornice, wide plain frieze, imposing front columns, and narrow transom windows around the front door. Most recognizable in the form of stately antebellum plantation mansions in the deep South, Greek Revival home designs became popular all through the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Orderly interior floor plans feature a long central hall flanked by formal rooms flooded by sunlight from tall double hung, six pane over six pane windows. Stately and refined by design, this classical style is a natural for large family homes sited on estate sized properties but is also ideal for sophisticated in-town homes and neo-urban cottages.
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