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- A White House History - The official site gives a virtual tour via a sensitive cut-away drawing. Photographs and history room-by-room of the home of U.S. presidents, designed by Irish-born James Hoban.
www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour
- Architecture of 18th-Century Dublin - Dublin is noted for its graceful Georgian squares and streets and great civic buildings. Photographs and histories from Architectural Dublin.
www.archeire.com/archdublin/18thc/index.html
- Castle Coole, Enniskillen - The Neo-Classical family home of the Earls of Belmore was designed by James Wyatt and completed in 1798. Photograph, history and visitor information from Lodgings Ireland.
www.lodgings-ireland.com/castle-coole
- Castletown House - The Irish Georgian Society provides a photograph and history of the magnificent Palladian mansion designed by Italian architect Alessandro Galilei.
www.archeire.com/igs/castletown.html
- Drayton Hall - A fine Georgian Palladian plantation house in Charleston, South Carolina, completed in 1742. Virtual tour and visitor information, including events and school programs.
www.draytonhall.org
- Edinburgh New Town - Article by Jane Boyd-Brent for About Scotland on the burst of Neo-Classical architecture in Edinburgh in the 18th century and its architects, including Robert Adam. Photographs and map.
www.aboutscotland.com/edin/jane.html
- Florence Court - A fine mid-18th century Irish Palladian mansion, noted for its rococo plasterwork. Illustrated description, history and visitor information from Lodgings Ireland.
www.lodgings-ireland.com/florencecourt
- Georgian Colonial Houses - About.com provides an illustrated introduction to the simplified Neo-Classical style favored by the well-to-do in 18th-century America.
architecture.about.com/arts/architecture/library/weekly/aa052699.htm
- How the Classical Style Spread - An illustrated description from the University of Leicester, with bibliography, of the dissemination of Classicism to the English provinces.
www.le.ac.uk/ur/urarch6.html
- Neoclassical Architecture c. 1780-1850 - Descriptive information from the Digital Archive and American Architecture.
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/neoclassic.html
- Osgoode Hall - An illustrated history of this grand Classical building in Toronto, designed in 1860 and the focus for legal activity in Ontario. The Great Library is touted as the most beautiful room in Canada.
www.osgoodehall.com
- St George's Hall, Liverpool - Photographs and history of this splendid Neo-Classical building, erected between 1842 and 1855 to the designs of Harvey Elmes and now a conference venue.
www.stgeorgeshall.co.uk
- The Argory, Dungannon, Northern Ireland - Built in 1824 for Walter McGeough, the Argory has a fine setting overlooking the River Blackwater. Photograph, history and visitor information from Lodgings Ireland.
www.lodgings-ireland.com/argory
- The Portico Pages - Examples of porch architecture in Neo-Classical and Federal styles. Includes Italian Renaissance buildings by Palladio and examples from the American South, Washington and Arlington.
www.architrave.net/portico
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