On the South Atlantic coast, Spanish mission architecture was very similar to that which had been built for centuries by the native Muskogean peoples of the Southeast Credit: VR Image - Richard Thornton, Architect & City Planner
- On the South Atlantic coast, Spanish mission architecture was very similar to that which had been built for centuries by the native Muskogean peoples of the Southeast
- A reproduction of the first settlement at Jamestown has be reconstructed near the actual site of the fort.
- Early Spanish colonial houses were virtually identical to Pueblo Indian houses, except that they had windows.
- A reproduction of the original village of the Pilgrims has been built near the site of the original village. It faithfully created the crude nature of the original architecture.
- The original houses built by the Pilgrims were basically small, one room hovels that often burned to the ground.
- This is one of the oldest houses still standing in St. Augustine because the entire town was burned by an invading force from the Colony of Carolina in 1701.
- Throughout the English Colonial Period, New England continued a tradition of building heavy timber-framed houses with clapboard siding.
- Dutch Colonial architecture was almost identical to that of the Netherlands. The Dutch settlers did not experiment with new forms of construction.
- This is one of the few log cabins built by Swedish or Finnish colonists that still survives today. It has been relocated to near a church in Swedeboro, NJ.
- Bacon's Castle is one of the oldest brick houses in Virginia and also one of the very few brick houses built in the 1600s. The wing on the right dates from the 1700s.
- The Governor's Palace is considered one of the finest buildings constructed in the American colonies prior to the Revolution. Bricks were primarily used to construct public buildings in Virginia.
- This house is typical of early 18th century residential architecture for the aristocracy of the Middle Atlantic colonies.
- Drayton Hall is considered to be South Carolina's finest surviving Colonial plantation. It is often used as a set for movies.
- Although built by a Moravian immigrant, this mid-18th century house more reflects American frontier architectural traditions.
- In contrast to the log farm house, this brick and stone Moravian town house, is almost identical to contemporary houses in Central Europe.
- Quebecois colonial architecture was very similar to what was being built in France during the late 1600s and early 1700s.
- Winchester, VA has one of the largest collection of Colonial and Federal Period houses in the Mid-Atlantic states.
- This was the most important Spanish mission on the South Atlantic coast until the 1680s.
- During the over 200 years of European colonization, a wide variety of residential architecture traditions developed.
- On large farms and plantations, this building served as both a kitchen and home for the cook.
- This is the style of Colonial house that most 20th century "Colonial Houses" tried to mimick - except that this one is not symmetrical
- Governor Tryon was run out of the Colony of North Carolina for building this big house!
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