#greekrevival

March 7, 2023

The two-story Isaac Hipple House is a restrained study of the Greek Revival style in Kentucky. Pilasters separate the bays on the facade of the brick dwelling, and a one-story porch extends across the entry door and two windows, hiding much of the first story. (The original porch was centered on the house, extending out (read more)

Category: Mercer County

Tags: #greekrevival, #harrodsburgky, #touristhome

October 25, 2020

A few years ago, I started an occasional series aimed at looking behind the perfection of the façade of a historic house. Sometimes the story that is told by the backside of a building varies greatly from the staid front! In 1939, Frances Benjamin Johnston, an American photographer, captured beautiful black and white images of (read more)

Categories: Alabama architecture, Other Places

Tags: #bartonhall, #francesbenjaminjohnston, #greekrevival, #nationalhistoriclandmark

November 21, 2017

Architecture is more than just shelter – and to those of us who love historic buildings – architecture is more than just ornament. Architecture is imbued with symbolism by the people that create and shape it, and historic buildings serve as artifacts of the time in which they were built. In that way, historic buildings represent (read more)

Categories: Abandoned Kentucky, Greek Revival Style, Historic architecture, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, Nelson County

Tags: #abandonedhouse, #greekrevival, #nelsoncountyky

April 30, 2017

The vernacular front gable church with two entry doors has great appeal to a wide audience. I love the simplistic, almost austere beauty of these buildings. As a historic type, they were built in Kentucky through almost every stylistic period and decade, up into the 20th century. The Ghent Baptist Church, constructed in 1843, is (read more)

Categories: Carroll County, Churches, Greek Revival Style, Kentucky architecture, Kentucky churches, Kentucky history

Tags: #elijahcraig, #ghentky, #greekrevival, #kentuckychurch, #travelingchurch, #twodoorchurches

Harrodsburg’s First Tourist Home: Three Elms on East Lexington Street

Back(stories): The Cunningham Plantation (Barton Hall), Colbert County, Alabama

One Ruin Among Many: Duncan Hall, Nelson County, Kentucky

Ghent Baptist Church, Carroll County, Kentucky

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