It's called Federalist architecture here in the US, Georgian in the UK and Ireland. In the US version, often restraint went out the (fanlight) window. Here's a boisterous example from 1805, in Wiscasset Maine. Why only one fanlight, when three can fit? And here's Van Morrison singing about cleaning fanlights. I wonder if Van's remembering Dublin or London in this song--not much Georgian building in his native Belfast.
The Granite Farm dairy barn is on a backroad road between Brunswick and Freeport. Much bigger and more serious than a typical Maine saltwater farm hay barn. Only in New England do people proudly name their farms after rocks.
I'm wondering if this is a picture of the farm that my father, William Paxman, owned & operated back in the 1950's or 60's maybe. I've often heard of dairy granite farm in Brunswick that my father owned & operated. If anybody knows could you please get a hold of me somehow. My email is lorrie.paxman@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYes, the Paxmans ran that farm through at least the 1970's I believe. I lived there 1972-1973
ReplyDeleteWe're living there now! :)
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