Architectural Styles

Antebellum

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Southern Colonial

Greek Revival

Plantation

 

Wikipedia

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