How about:
"Sweet Briar House, 1800-1900: Palladian Plantation Manor, Italianate Villa,
Aesthetic Retreat."

or drop "Plantation" and go with "Palladian Manor" in the above title.

I've also seen "mansion" used to refer to the plantation's main house.

Regards,
Herb


--- SBC Museum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear friends,
> 
> I am certain that someone on the museum list can help me find just the  
> right word needed for the title of a writing project focused on a  
> historic house here at Sweet Briar College.
> 
> This project will focus on the three primary phases of the house's  
> architectural history: its original form as a Palladian house built in  
> the late 18th century (white columns, double portico), its renovation  
> as an Italianate villa in the mid-19th century, and its reincarnation  
> as a monument to the Aesthetic Movement, complete with roaming  
> peacocks and bamboo forests in the late 19th century.
> 
> The working title is: "Sweet Briar House, 1800-1900: Palladian  
> Plantation, Italianate Villa, Aesthetic Retreat."
> 
> The editors are quibbling with the word "Plantation," since while  
> Sweet Briar certainly was a working plantation during this time  
> period, the plantation proper is not the focus, only the house  
> itself--and "Plantation House" won't work since it repeats the house's  
> name.  They like leading off with the alliteration although it's not  
> strictly necessary--and somehow "Palladian Pad" and "Palladian  
> Palace," which are all I'm coming up with, probably won't work!
> 
> So, I am hoping that some of the inveterate wordsmiths out there can  
> help me find a word to substitute for plantation house that will  
> convey the appropriate meaing and work nicely with the rest of the  
> title!
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your assistance.
> 
> All best,
> Christian
> -- 
> Christian Carr
> Director, Sweet Briar Museum
> Assistant Professor of Arts Management
> PO Box 144, Sweet Briar, VA 24595
> Phone: 434.381.6246 Fax: 434.381.6132
> (mailing address same as above)
> 
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