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Lily of the Valley National Historic District |
The George Dickinson Home (Circa 1855) 106 West Main Street Greek Revival was the dominant style in America from 1820-1850. Also called "national style" due to its popularity. It was also known as the "Territorial style" in early Western towns, including Santa Fe, NM. The style diffused westward with settlers (especially New Englanders, across upstate New York), and was the first American architectural style to reach the West Coast. Thomas Jefferson inspired the Greek Revival movement, which became widely accepted throughout the early U.S. as a symbol of the new democracy. Greek place names, street names, and architecture became dominant throughout the Northeast. Curiously, Pennsylvanians adopted the Greek Revival style only in minimal ways, preferring instead the tradition of the Georgian row house, right up through the Civil War. Features include gable or hipped, low-pitch roof; dentil cornice emphasized with wide band of trim -- cornice represents classical entablature (includes cornice, frieze, architrave); porches: square or rounded columns (usually Doric), first style to use gable-front floor plan (gable end facing the street, representing Greek temple), temple-front entryway with entry door surrounded by rectangular transom and sidelights (never rounded like federal).
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