The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism in Architecture 18251870

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The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism in
Architecture (1825-1870)

• Lecture 1

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Samuel Sloan, Longwood, 1860
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Sweet Briar House, architect unknown, c. 1800 and
1850
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Thomas Cole, The Architects Dream, 1840
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Washington, DC
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Robert Mills and wife Eliza, c. 1851 (l)Theodore
Davis, drawing of Washington, DC, 1869
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Mills Monument (1848-54
and 1876-84)
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Three views of the U.S. Treasury, Mills
(1836-42) and Walter (1852) a megalithic
edifice of monumental classicism
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Washington Ablaze, 1814
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Barrel vault and groin vault
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Colonnade and Capital, East façade of Treasury
building
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Floorplan showing individual offices
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J J BedellShadows-on-the-Teche, 1831-34
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"...we have moved into the New House that I find
more cool and pleasant than I expected. I never
saw A more delightful airy house my room
particularly. I have all the children in it and
open the doors and windows every Night." -Mary
C. Weeks to David Weeks, June 28, 1834
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George Swainy, Oak Alley, 1837-39
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Oak Alley, interior and exterior