Greek Revival
noun
1
: a style of architecture in the first half of the 19th century marked by the use or imitation of Greek orders
2
: a style of decoration (as of furniture) using or imitating the decorative motifs of ancient Greece
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Dairy farmer Thomas Perkins Primm reportedly came along sometime around 1846 and added the Greek Revival home to the land, with the entire compound named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2025
The Greek Revival design, marked by massive columns, signaled just how much the congregation B’nai Jehudah had grown since its earliest days in a small wooden synagogue downtown.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2025
Surrounded by a quiet residential neighborhood, the restaurant, housed in a century-old Greek Revival home sits at the end of a cul-de-sac on Richland Street amid a grove of 18 live oak trees.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Major architectural styles for Texas courthouses include Italianate, Second Empire, Beaux Arts, Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Mission, Moderne, Art Deco and Modern.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2025
The Greek Revival design, marked by massive columns, signaled just how much the congregation B’nai Jehudah had grown since its earliest days in a small wooden synagogue downtown.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2025
Surrounded by a quiet residential neighborhood, the restaurant, housed in a century-old Greek Revival home sits at the end of a cul-de-sac on Richland Street amid a grove of 18 live oak trees.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Major architectural styles for Texas courthouses include Italianate, Second Empire, Beaux Arts, Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Mission, Moderne, Art Deco and Modern.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Greek Revival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Greek%20Revival. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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