What defines a Georgian home
Georgian homes are the textbook American colonial: a strictly symmetrical brick box, five windows across, with the front door dead-center beneath a decorative crown. Everything is balanced and orderly. Paired chimneys and a hipped or front-gabled roof give the house a dignified, settled formality that has never gone out of style.
Signature features
- Strict symmetry
- A balanced five-bay facade with the door centered and windows aligned floor to floor.
- Crowned, paneled front door
- A paneled door flanked by pilasters and topped with a pediment or crown — often a keystone above.
- Brick facade with quoins
- Warm brick with crisp white trim; corner quoins and belt courses add formal weight.
- Paired end chimneys
- Symmetrical chimneys anchor each end of the roof.
- Front gable or hipped roof
- A pedimented front gable adds Georgian formality over the entry bay.
- Raised-panel shutters
- More formal than louvers, sized to half the window width.
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How it feels to walk up to
Guests should feel the reassurance of order and tradition — a proper, balanced facade that signals stability and good standing. The centered door beneath its pediment makes the path to the entry unmistakable and formal.
