COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICA

• COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - a classification pertaining to any architectural style that is transplanted from a country to its overseas colonies.
• COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the building of settlements or colies in distant locations.
• COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - the architecture used by the first settlers in north america is traditionally known as.
• SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - largely based on spanish baroque architecture - which was the earliest style to appear in america, and extended across florida, new mexico, texas, arizona and california, from the mid-16th century onwards.
• NEW ENGLAND COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - characterized by oak frames and clapboard siding, and based on english models.
• DUTCH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - which employed more stone and brick, and was based on prototypes in flanders and holland.
• SWEDISH COLONIAL - seen along the lower delaware river, from which was derived the american 'log cabin' design, characterized by wide logs with protuding ends.
• PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL - founded on english prototypes, which swifty morphed into a sophisticated georgian-type style.
• FRENCH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE - which emerged in the northern maritime provinces in canada, quebec, and the st. lawrence valley. it also introduced the so-called quebec style to their settlements around the great lakes and the mississippi region.
• SOUTHERN COLONIAL - typically involving brick building structures with large projecting chimneys, which sprang up throughout virginia and the carolinas.
• FEDERAL HOUSES - commonly built in the late 1700s and early 1800s
• characteristics of french architecture in america - balanced and symmetrical structure, simple, rectangular shape, full poarches and balconies, steep and sloping roof, usually hipped, tall windows, shutter adorn large, double french windows, double french doors.
• CHATEAUESQUE STYLE - fench architecture has houses that look like french castles. these mansions have large towers that are built with red bricks to create a french castle-like effect
• HUGUENOTS STYLE - are the french protestants, who built stone houses. it is a combined architecture style of native france and the neighborhood countries. mainly the dutch architecture is combined with french architecture.
• CREOLE COTTAGE STYLE - the wood frames are in square and rectangular shape.