New England's
Greek Revival Architecture

There are fewer Greek Revival houses and public buildings in New England than in other parts of the United States, but the ones that remain here are particularly fine.

Don't confuse Greek Revival with Neoclassical architecture. Neoclassical, popular in New England from the late 1700s through the 1800s, is stricter in its adherence to the classical orders.

Boston's Quincy Market building (1825), now the centerpiece of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, is perhaps the best-known example.

The Arcade (1828) in Providence is another.

For good specimens of New England domestic Greek Revival architecture, visit Grafton, Vermont, a veritable museum of the style carefully preserved by its sensitive residents.

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