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 ...

413-417 Vanderbilt Avenue (top) is the garage and chauffeur’s residence designed by R.I. Markwith in 191, at the same time that he designed the mansion at 416 Clinton Avenue (bottom). The Colonial ...

Colonial Revival architecture is like a classic Oxford shirt — it never goes out of style! Although the movement began soon after the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the style never took ...