My Big Fat Greek Architecture

An A-Z of Greek Revival, Greek Inspired and Neo-Classical Architecture in the United States

show me a house, any house, and i will show you its Greek root...

Well, maybe not quite, but as we see over the next pages we find examples of everything from presidential mansions to privys with Greek inspiration. I chose to show a wide variety of buildings and styles to show how widely Greek Revival and Classical styled architecture was used. I could have easily just used large public buildings (or probably even just Amherst College buildings for that matter!)

Click on a Letter for a Corresponding Example...

compiled by Ian Hammond, November-December 2002