A Field Guide to American Architecture (1980)

Contents

How to use this book

Part I: Residential

• Colonial, 1670-1820
• Georgian, 1735-1790
• Federal, 1790-1820
• Greek Revival, 1820-1860
• Early Victorian, 1840-1860
  • Gothic Revival
  • Italian Villa
  • Romanesque
• Victorian, 1860-1900
  • Italianate
  • Second Empire
  • Victorian Gothic
  • Stick Style
  • Queen Anne
  • Chateauesque
  • Richardsonian Romanesque
  • Shingle Style
  • Classical Revival
  • Colonial Revival
  • Vernacular Victorian
• Twentieth Century, 1900-1940
  • Prairie School
  • Bungalow
  • Period Revivals
  • Modern and Moderne Multifamily Residences

Part II: Ecclesiastical

• Colonial, 1680-1790
  • Spanish Colonial
  • English Colonial
  • Georgian
• Neoclassical, 1790-1825
• Greek Revival, 1825-1860
• Early Victorian, 1840-1870
  • Gothic Revival
  • Romanesque Revival
• Victorian, 1870-1900
  • Victorian Gothic
  • Richardsonian Romanesque
• Twentieth Century, 1900-1940
  • Period Revivals
  • Modern

Part III: Civic and Commercial

• Colonial Era, 1700-1775
• Classical Revival, 1780-1830
• Early Victorian, 1820-1860
• Victorian, 1860-1895
  • Italianate
  • Second Empire
  • Eastlake
  • Queen Anne
  • Victorian Gothic
  • Richardsonian Romanesque
  • Vernacular Victorian
  • Tall Building I
• Twentieth Century, 1895-1940
  • Tall Building II
  • Tall Building III
  • Beaux-Arts Classicism
  • Renaissance Revival
  • Classical Revival
  • Sullivanesque
  • Period Revivals
  • Art Deco
  • Moderne

Part IV: Utilitarian

• Age of Craft, 1780-1820
• Age of Enthusiasm, 1820-1860
• Age of Expansion, 1860-1900
• Age of Industry, 1900-1940

Recommended Reading

Drawing and Photograph Credits

Index

Source Citation

Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York City, New York: Penguin Books. 1980.