- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Colonial architecture: Overview
- Creator:
- Williams, Robin B.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-17
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia
Fortification--Georgia
Church buildings--Georgia
Architecture, Colonial--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article providing an overview of colonial architecture in Georgia. Colonial Georgia witnessed a stark contrast between impressive town plans motivated by Enlightenment and philanthropic idealism and relatively limited architectural development hampered by economic hardships and a paucity of skilled craftsmen. Georgia developed along a unique trajectory compared to other states, with most early settlement and architectural development occurring within towns. Although few buildings remain from eighteenth-century Georgia, the town plan of Savannah and its urban progeny--Augusta, Brunswick, Darien, and New Ebenezer--attest to the lofty ambitions of James Edward Oglethorpe and the other Trustees.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/colonial-architecture-overview/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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