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Historical Concepts looks to the South’s designs of the past to create a new old house in Savannah, Georgia.

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An 1835 Greek Revival house in the region’s vernacular is the center of a compound.

Greek Revival Houses

The 1836 Greek Revival house, built by a member of the prominent Taft family, remains under the diligent care of Umbrian-born preservationists with a light touch.

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After restoring the dilapidated house, the owner filled it with relics of the past, saving "significant, resounding things."

Old-House Kitchens

Never out of style…that can be said of Windsor chairs or a blue-and-white color scheme—and of this recent kitchen in an 1868 Greek Revival house.

Architect John Day worked with Connor Homes to design the perfect pared-down Greek Revival for his young family.

Greek Revival Houses

LDa Architecture & Interiors melds tradition and modern life in New England.

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The picturesque downtown is packed with artists and craftsmen, antiques shops, and restaurants, occupying spaces once claimed by millers, tanners, and blacksmiths.

Historic Neighborhoods

Visit colonial-era homes in the Old South of Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

The Ohio house was built of local sandstone.

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before: The temple-style Greek Revival building had been sheathed in vinyl and was long abandoned. after: New windows were set in panels to mimic original proportions. Stacked stone steps topped with granite slabs replaced a concrete pad.

Greek Revival Houses

A handsome building in desperate need of rescue provides an open-plan interior.

Board walls, inset cabinets, beadboard accents, and freestanding kitchen furniture are historical details in the old house. Carrara marble countertops and subway-tile backsplash are practical and timeless.

Kitchen Furnishings & Appliances

A kitchen in the American vernacular suits this restored Minnesota cottage.

The warmth of the old floor anchors the crisp blue-and-white kitchen. The owner painted her antique English Windsor chairs blue.

Old-House Kitchens

Southern Historic Sites

The Cherry Mansion was built to face the river, but when roads supplanted water transportation, the back façade became the front, facing Savannah’s main street.

Greek Revival Houses

The Hervey Ely House, fronted by a prominent portico and Doric columns, is textbook high-style Greek Revival.

Northeastern Historic Sites

President Woodrow Wilson’s 1846 Greek Revival birthplace sits on a hill overlooking the town of Staunton, Virginia. A brick terrace, added in the 1960s by landscape architect Ralph Griswold, leads from the house down to the gardens.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

The rear façade of the Lanier Mansion in Madison, Indiana, highlights its octagonal cupola. Greek Revival house

House Museums

These Greek Revival house museums offer plenty of renovation inspiration.

THIS PAGE: The imposing Lanier House, with its grand Greek Corinthian portico, is the masterwork of architect Francis Costigan. It sits high above formal gardens that descend to the Ohio River.

Historic Neighborhoods

The restored home is picture-perfect today, but it took a lot of work to get it there.

Greek Revival Houses

Mark Reuter designed this Greek Revival farmhouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Greek Revival Houses

After some renovations, this Greek Revival Farmhouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was just the spot to settle down.

Greek Revival Houses

Although this Greek Revival needed a major overhaul, a professional couple looking for a weekend getaway fell in love with the historic 120-acre farm complete with pond, open fields, and evergreen forest.