The front door is surmounted by a fine fanlight which in turn is topped by a fanlight window on the second floor above.
Federal style front doors.
The door is simple but the ornamentation around it is grand.
Side doors share panel designs similar to main entry doors although the side doors are slightly narrower.
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The oval shaped carvings called paterae flanking the door are universal on federal era furniture mantels and interior woodwork.
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With four soaring corinthian columns floor to ceiling windows and elaborately patterned railings linden place is one of the most opulent versions of the federal style in the country.
The entrance of a federal style house screams wealth.
Tall slender columns or pilasters frame the entrance.
Some larger more lavish federals even featured four chimneys.
An elliptical fanlight or fan shaped window tops the door with long rectangular windows on either side.
Two chimneys were often common and ran through the center of the house.