Greek Revival

American  

noun

1. a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.

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Greek Revival British  

noun

1. (modifier) denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used in Western Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, based upon ancient Greek classical examples

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Other Word Forms

• Greek Revivalism noun
• Greek Revivalist noun

Example Sentences

It would have been a perfect opportunity for a lesson on the relationship between neoclassical and Greek Revival styles of architecture; alas, there was no time.

From Literature

The earthquake also severely damaged the city’s old Greek Revival style courthouse, built in the late 1800s, breaking a column and collapsing part of the jail.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2021, he purchased a historic, Greek Revival home built in 1847 that was equipped with a recording studio, three bedrooms, a pool and a tranquil backyard with the intent of turning it into a shared space.

From Los Angeles Times

Devotees of “denture” subdivisions, their acres of red tile roofs over white stucco walls, may find no delight in a Greek Revival house across the street from a Tudor half-timber, next door to a mansard-roof casa with Disney garden gnomes out front, but most of us do.

From Los Angeles Times

Made by the Henry E. Sharp studio in New York, the window had largely been forgotten until a few years ago, when Hadley Arnold and her family bought the Greek Revival church building, which opened as a church in 1830 and closed in 2010, to convert into their home.

From Seattle Times