Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Re
The Smithsonian Institution Building, an early example of American Romanesque Revival designed by James Renwick Jr. in 1855
Culzean Castle by Robert Adam, 1771
Our Lady of Grace Church, Charlton, by Eugène-Jacques Gervais, 1905–1906
Gosford Castle, Armagh by Thomas Hopper
Henry Hobson Richardson
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Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA was an American architect, best known for his work in a style derived from Romanesque Revival that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and
Romanesque Revival architecture
…in the German diaspora beginning in the 1830s. By far the most prominent and influential American architect working in a free "Romanesque" manner was Henry Hobson Richardson. In the United States, the style derived from examples set by him are termed Richardsonian Romanesque, of which not all are Romanesque Revival. Romanesque…
Detail from portrait by Hubert von Herkomer, 1886
Trinity Church, Boston (1872), is Richardson's most acclaimed early work
The Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts), with Japanese inspired eyelid dormers in the roof on each side of the entrance
The Old Colony station in North Easton, Massachusetts, illustrates Richardson's use of Japanese architectural concepts