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Essential Architecture- the South Gunston Hall |
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architect |
William Buckland |
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location |
Fairfax County, VA. |
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date |
1755-59 |
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style |
Georgian |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
House |
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| a: plan, from Fiske Kimball, Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic (New York, 1922), fig. 46. | |
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| b: west front, photo 1962, R. C. Smith (U.
Penn. slide coll.). |
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| c: west porch, photo 1970, R. C. Smith (U.
Penn. slide coll.). |
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| d: garden front, photo D. Robb (U. Penn.
slide coll.). |
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| e: garden porch, photo 1947-60, R. C.
Smith (U. Penn. slide coll.). |
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| f: stairhall, photo 1947-60, R. C. Smith
(U. Penn. slide coll.). |
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| g: dining room, photo 1947-60, R. C. Smith
(U. Penn. slide coll.). |
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| h: parlor, photo 1947-60, R. C. Smith (U.
Penn. slide coll.). |
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| i: northwest room, photo 1947-60, R. C. Smith (U. Penn. slide coll.). | |
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| j: detail, Chinese room, photo 1947-60, R. C. Smith (U. Penn. slide coll.). | |
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links |
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| Special thanks to the Society of Architectural Historians for some of the images on this page (copyright SAH). |
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| www.essential-architecture.com | |