The English influence

The English influence on the East Coast Old Capitol of Massachusetts at Boston, 1713, Georgian style. The colonial architecture of the 13 colonies is characterized by the English model. But the religious differences in climate and introduce American elements. In New England, the Pasteur Capen house in Topsfield (Massachusetts, 1683), the central position of the chimney is provided if needed for warmth in winter. is covered with wooden boards and used for the structure, two characteristics specifically American. The places of worship imposed puritanism simple and sober, far from any ostentatious ornamentation: the meeting houses (meeting house) make the temple office and place of socialization. In the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham (Massachusetts, 1681), the pulpit is placed in the center and left voluntarily laestructura visible and naked. 1706-1720 Governors Palace, Williamsburg (Virginia), Georgian style.In the eighteenth century Georgian-style building on Palladianism from the city of Williamsburg in Virginia. The governor's palace, built in 1706-1720, is preceded by an extensive entrance wall above a skylight and placed on a platform with railing. It respects the principle of symmetry. Associated material found in New England: the red brick, white painted wood and slate blue for the two-slope roof. It serves as a model for the residences of wealthy planters and merchants of the Atlantic coast (see below "American aristocratic houses). In religious architecture, common elements are the use of brick, sometimes of stone and stucco in imitation of a single needle that exceeds the height of the entrance: the church of San Miguel de Charleston (1761) or St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity in New York (1766) are a good illustration. The architects of this period are heavily influenced by the canons of the Old World.Peter Harrison (1716 - 1755) reports on his travels of European techniques that apply in the State of Rhode Island between 1748 and 1761, built the Redwood Library and the Newport market. Boston and Salem are the two main cities where the English style is evident but a style purified and adapted to the American way of life. The architect Charles Bulfinch gives the Massachusetts State House in 1795 - 1798 original a golden dome. Work on the construction of several houses in the neighborhood of Beacon Hill and Louisburg Square in his hometown of Boston.