IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Renaissance-inspired classical symmetry, two rooms deep, two rooms high (Four over Four plan), central or end chimneys, classical detailing, transom lights, pilasters around door. Hipped roof (British Georgian), or side-gable roof (American Georgian). The "half Georgian" consisted of one "side" of a full Georgian, popular for row houses on urban lots (see Photo 7 above). Single-story Georgians also exist, often referred to as "Capes" or "Cape Cods" from what I know (e.g. Photo 19). From my reading and observations, it is tricky to identify many buildings as either Georgian or Federal. Any structures on this page built after roughly 1780 with a Palladian window and/or elliptical fanlight over the door could also be considered Federal style.

BACKGROUND AND INSPIRATION: Among the most long-lived styles of American building. Named after King George III of England. Inspiration: Wren Building, 1695, College of William and Mary; Virginia governor's palace, Capitol building in Williamsburg, VA. The style reflected Renaissance ideals, made popular by architect Sir Christopher Wren after 1650. In colonies: style mattered now, colonies were more prosperous, social classes developing. Georgian style used from Maine to Virginia in British colonies. Curiously, Pennsylvanians continued building Georgian row houses until the Civil War, while New Englanders had abandoned Georgian style mostly by 1800.

PHOTO LOCATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS (based on info available)

1. Hazardville, CT. "British" Georgian, because of the hipped roof.
2. Somers, CT. c. 1776. "American" Georgian, because of the gable roof. 
3. Scantic, CT. 
4. Bellefonte, PA. A rare case of full-size Georgian houses on urban lots.
5. Bellefonte, PA. "Pennsylvania" Georgians, a folk variety of Georgian found in the
     Pennsylvania culture region.  Built of wood, no ornamentation, small porch in front.
6. Boston, MA. Old North Church, c.1723-1740. Architect: William Price. Boston's second Anglican Church, with Georgian massing and style based on the work of English architect, Christopher Wren.
7. Lewistown, PA. "Half-Georgian" row houses flush with the street, indicating a  
    construction date of before the Civil War.
8. Madison, IN. 
9. Baltimore, MD. "neo-Georgian" townhouses, probably 1980s. Revealing the persistence of a very popular style in the East into the late 20th century.
10. Bellefonte, PA. A full "four over four" Georgian with gabled roof
11. Maysville, KY. A "half Georgian" townhouse on the right, adjacent to a small Italianate-style building on the left.
12. North Woodstock, CT.
13. Near Woodstock, CT. A high-style Georgian "pulling all the stops". This could technically be called Federal style due to the Palladian window, though some rare Georgians had Palladian windows.
14. Plymouth, MA. Home of William Weston, c.1755. Good example of a half-Georgian, sharing a wall with another small Georgian on the left.
15. Sturbridge, MA.
16. Branford, CT., c.1712, good example of broken pediment above doorway.
17. Savannah, GA. c.1789. The Pink House, known as such for the light pink shade of stucco used on its exterior. Also a HABS building (documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey). Now houses a restaurant and is apparently very haunted. Most structures with Palladian windows such as this one would be considered Federal style, but historians in Savannah claim it to be Georgian.
18. Savannah, GA. c.1799. A more modest version of Georgian.
19. Savannah, GA. Single-story Georgian, what I would also refer to as a "Cape Cod" in the Northeast. Notice the raised basement, common on southern colonial homes, an attempt to raise the main lower floor above street-level, away from dirt, pedestrians, and noise
20. Alexandria, VA. A full Georgian "four over four," much of it hidden behind the tree.
21. Alexandria, VA. John Carlyle House, 1753. Features a hipped roof and quoins.
22. Alexandria, VA. Two-thirds Georgian row houses (or simply "half-Georgians") .