No design style is more intertwined with early America than Federal architecture, and it makes sense when you consider that this architectural movement saw its boom just after the American Revolution.

The Federal architectural style was borne out of America’s desire to establish a cultural identity distinct from England’s. The Federal style retained the symmetry popularized by the Georgian style, ...

One of Washington’s oldest surviving homes, built in the 1790s, is on the market in Southwest D.C. for more than $1.2 million.