Sand Hills cottage architecture is a modified form of
Greek Revival architecture which developed in the
Sand Hills area of the U.S. state of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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The form has symmetry, wide
entablatures, and
classic columns of the Greek Revival style. It may include Greek Revival front doorway details, such as having a rectangular
transom with side lights. But if it has a "one-story, high-pitched side gable roof, three gable dormers, and a full-facade porch" then it would be characterized as the Sand Hills variation. Seclusaval is "an excellent example" of this type.
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Examples include:
* Seclusaval and Windsor Spring (1843) in ]Richmond County, Georgia
Richmond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,549. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. Following an election in 1995, the city of Augusta ...
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*Brahe House
The Brahe House, located at 456 Telfair St. in Augusta, Georgia, was built in 1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
It is a three-story cottage built by/for Frederick Adolphus Brahe. It is "a unique structure ...
(1850) in Richmond County
* Cunningham-Coleman House (c.1830s) in Jefferson County
* Meadow Garden (1791) in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgi ...
(now Augusta–Richmond County)
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Architectural styles
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