- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Early Victorian Architecture: Overview
- Creator:
- Funderburke, Richard D.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-06-18
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia--19th century
Buildings--Georgia
Architectural design--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about early Victorian architecture in Georgia. In the forty-five years from 1850 to 1895, architecture in Georgia advanced from simple Greek revival forms to the massive steel-frame skyscraper. In between, architects and builders used a myriad of styles as the state endured a disastrous war, Reconstruction, and economic depressions. Nevertheless, the entire postwar period was generally marked by increasing wealth due to urbanization, industrialization, expanding cotton production, and the rapid expansion of rail service into almost all areas of Georgia. From the 1850s to the 1870s, Italianate and Second Empire buildings were erected around the state, but most church buildings were in the less popular Gothic revival. From the late 1870s to 1895, Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles predominated. Both were soon replaced, however, by Neoclassical design work as the new century approached.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/early-victorian-architecture-overview/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Early Victorian Architecture: Overview," 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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