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The Meason Mansion, Fayette County, PA, 2003.
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Created entirely of hand-cut stone, it is the only Colonial-style, seven-part Palladian structure in the U.S. today. The symmetrical design incorporates a main block with hyphened end pavilions and flanking dependencies all coursed in orange/brown ashlar sandstone. The composition is enhanced with fine carved detailing in contrasting gray limestone, including corner quoins, rusticated voussoirs and delicately carved stone garlands and rinceau. The delicacy of design and execution of the carved stone pediment and raised ornamentation is truly remarkable.

Credit: Terry and Diane Kriss, www.isaacmeasonmansion.com/

The Meason Mansion was designed by Adam Wilson, an English architect and stonemason, who was brought to America by Isaac Meason in the late 1700s. It took artisans more than four years to erect the elaborate estat, which is now a National Historic Landmark.

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