a very skillful adaptation of the Villa Pisani for the warmer climate of the Chesapeake Bay region. Colonial Georgian Georgian buildings, popular during the reigns of King George II and King George III were ideally built in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and painted white. In what would become the United States, however, one found both brick buildings as well as those in wood with clapboards. They were sometimes painted a pale yellow. This differentiated them from most other structures that were usually not painted. Mostly box shaped with multiple chimneys. Georgian architecture was based on classical architecture dating to an Italian Renaissance period. Architect Christopher Wren, who designed the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary, was a renowned Georgian architect in the colonies. A Georgian colonial house usually has a formally defined living room, dining room and sometimes a family room. The bedrooms are typically on the second floor. They also have one or two chimneys that can be very large. The Georgian architectural style was most common from the early eighteenth century until the Revolutionary War, after which the American Federal style of architecture emerged. Examples of remaining Georgian buildings include Gunston Hall and Hope Lodge. Identifying features (1700 – c.1780): Panel front door centered, topped with rectangular windows (in door or as a transom) and capped with an elaborate crown/entablature supported by decorative pilasters Cornice embellished with decorative moldings, usually dentilwork Multi-pane windows and fenestrations arranged symmetrically (whether vertical or horizontal) Other features of Georgian style houses can include – roof to ground-level: Roofs are Side-gabled, Gambrel, or Hipped Chimneys on both sides of the home A portico. Small six-paned sash windows or dormer windows in the upper floors, primarily used for servant's quarters. Larger windows with nine or twelve panes on the main floors See also American historic carpentry List of house types List of house styles Colonial Revival architecture Spanish Colonial Revival architecture Federal architecture Saltbox Cape Cod (house) References External links Two Dutch Houses: Meet the Schencks -- Brooklyn Museum Online Exhibition Historic Home - New England Antique Real Estate Wells-Thorn House, Deerfield, Massachusetts About: Colonial Houses Examples of Colonial House style at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Examples of Colonial House style at Colonial Salem, Massachusetts The Restoration of a Colonial House in Virginia Colonial House PBS series. History of Colonial Architecture in Massachusetts Colonial Hardware - architectural hardware style during