Architectural Styles
Antebellum
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1780-1860
[Between the American Revolution & the Civil War]
- Greek Revival
- Gothic Revival
- Italianate styles
- Flutred columned porticos
- grand porches
- symmetrical façade
- evenly-spaced windows
- high ceilings
- large rooms,
- open layouts
- Steeply pitched gabled roofs
- dormer windows
- decorative moldings
- cornices
- USA Southern states
- Virginia
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- Louisiana
- Alabama
- urban centres
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Plantation houses
- manor houses
- public buildings
- taverns
- inns
- Oak Alley Plantation Louisiana
- Monticello, Virginia
- Virginia State Capitol, Richmond
- U.S. Capitol, Washington
- Greek Revival Style Houses Richmond
- Hermitage, Nashville
- Magnolia Plantation, South Carolina
- Barrington Hall Georgia
- Belle Grove Plantation Louisiana
- Rosedown Plantation Louisiana
- Plantation guesthouse hotels / inns
- Historic mansion B&Bs
- Townhouse guesthouses
- Historic inn / early hotel buildings
- Stagecoach/Carriage house
- Historic civic buildings reused as accommodation
- Heritage “estate stays” (mixed fabric)
- Taverns,
- The Marshall House — Savannah, Georgia
- Planters Inn — Charleston, South Carolina
- John Rutledge House Inn — Charleston, South Carolina
- Wentworth Mansion — Charleston, South Carolina
- The Planters Club — Tallahassee, Florida
- The Kenmere Inn — Savannah, Georgia;
- Kingsley Plantation (Preserved antebellum site) — Jacksonville, Florida
- St. Francisville & Natchez Historic Inns (Multiple antebellum homes)
Adaptive Reuse –
- The Myrtles Plantation — St. Francisville, Louisiana
- Oak Alley Plantation Guest Rooms — Vacherie, Louisiana
- Houmas House Plantation — Darrow, Louisian
- Monteleone Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation