Georgian home plans
Imported to Colonial America from England, the Georgian house plan was named after King George. The Georgian style makes a stately impression from the street and was built as an expression of wealth, elegance, and good taste. While the style originally manifested in the larger and finer mansions of New England, Georgian design was emulated a generation later by the middle class with smaller, simplified versions of Georgian architecture. A rectangular footprint is most common with a large central corridor from the entry. Stairs with balconies at the top are usually placed in the entry with a room on either side of the foyer. The Georgian house plan calls for a centrally placed ornamented front door which serves as an elegant entryway to the tall, two story entries leading to large, symmetrically arranged rooms inside. The home's façade is enhanced by multiple pairs of double-hung windows with multiple panes and pediments, proportionately balanced on either side of the front door. The Georgian house plan uses a symmetrical exterior and interior layout, often with paired chimneys.
