An Ionic temple was built on the estate together with two life-size memorials which still remain.
There were established proportions for Doric temples, and for Ionic temples.
It is the form of a round colonnaded Ionic temple with a shallow domed roof.
On the other hand, the Ionic temples of Asia Minor did not possess a separate frieze to allow space for relief decoration.
Frontality is a key feature of Ionic temples.
The increasing reduction of the number of columns along the long sides, clearly visible on Ionic temples, is mirrored in Doric constructions.
In contrast, from an early point, Ionic temples stress the front by using double porticos.
Older Ionic temples normally lacked a specific visible substructure.
Its original library, a perfectly proportioned Ionic temple built in 1893, is the ideal architectural accent for this American arcadia.
One looked like a cross between an Ionic temple and a chemical factory.