A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

For most of the early decades of U.S. history, the styles of homes built in this country were inspired by European ...

Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

Exterior of a row of colorful Victorian homes with intricate wood trim. The story of American architecture has followed much of the same path as art has over the past 400 years. Art, as a whole, tends ...

From St. Augustine to New York, explore America's oldest cities where colonial history, architecture, and modern life ...

I. Historical note:The background / Social, Political, Economic, Religious -- II. The Spanish architectural tradition -- III. Spanish-Colonial architecture in Florida -- IV. Spanish-Colonial ...

Despite its relatively small size -- at only 8.15 acres and just short of 20,000 residents -- Colonial Heights is a wonderful city at the intersection of the Piedmont plateau and Tidewater plain in ...