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NEOCLASSICAL

The four hundred year anniversary celebration of Columbus discovering America was held a year late, 1893, in Chicago.  As was the custom at such expositions, each state would construct a building on the grounds for visitors to  admire and tour.  A number of states erected buildings of residential scale that looked back to both Greek Revival architecture and Classical Revival architecture for design precedents.  Several of these Columbian Exposition structures were given porches with two-story high roofs supported by classical columns.  Some of these porch roofs were in the form of the classical Greek pediment.  Others were semicircular, flat and decorated with a balustrade.  Second floor porch decks in some cases were constructed behind these two story columns.  Some of these Chicago structures were given small wings to either side of the main mass.  All of these buildings were classical in form and detail.  They were quite popular and served as the source for a Neoclassical architecture which spread around the country after the Chicago Exposition.

The house at 634 Adelaide Avenue in the Miller Park section of Franklin (As Shown Below) is an excellent , complete example of the Neoclassical architecture of the late 1890's and very early 1900's. 

	634 Adelaide Avenue in Franklin, Pennsylvania

The house is clearly symmetrical and classical in mass and plan.  Note the subordinate wings to both sides of the main volume.  The semicircular porch roof is supported by massive two-story columns with Ionic capitals.  A second floor porch deck is located inside the columns.  Classical balustrades run to both sides of the front facade and define a terrace looking down on Adelaide Avenue.