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Date 1800 - 1850
Related Artists Benjamin Latrobe • William Strickland • Karl Friedrich Schinkel • Thomas Ustick Walter • Alexander Parris • Leo von Klenze

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The British Museum, London, a Greek Revival building designed by Sir Robert Smirke, 1823–47.
Brandenburg Gate
La Grange Terrace, La Fayette Place, New York City, an elegant apartment building in the Greek Revival style, c. 1830s.
Greek Revival: capital
Mississippi, U.S.: Dunleith mansion
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