Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

A well-designed home can retain its classic features even as modern life forces updates. Take a look at a renovated, 114-year-old Colonial Revival mansion in Northeast Portland, which is for sale at ...

If you’ve ever wandered around Prospect Park South, you’ve probably noticed this mansion at 1305 Albemarle Road. Arguably the most prominent house in the area, we have described it as “Colonial ...

A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their roomy size and eye-pleasing symmetry, Colonial-style homes remain one of the most enduring ...

From 1939 to 1960, Grambling State University was the only institution of higher learning available to African Americans in North Louisiana. During this period, the earliest buildings on the present ...

Exterior of a row of colorful Victorian homes with intricate wood trim. The story of American architecture has followed much of the same path as art has over the past 400 years. Art, as a whole, tends ...

A Colonial Revival house designed by respected architect Roscoe Hemenway in Portland’s Southwest Hills is for sale at $1.6 million. The three-level home, built in 1931 at 2505 S.W. Hillcrest Drive, ...

Thanks to its exquisite Spanish colonial-revival architecture, a Terrell Hills home recently listed for just under $2.5 million looks like it was constructed during the gilded age of San Antonio ...