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Outside Downtown D.C., architectural styles are more varied. Historic buildings are designed primarily in the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]], [[Châteauesque]], [[Richardsonian Romanesque]], [[Georgian architecture|Georgian Revival]], [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]], and a variety of [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] styles.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Rowhouses are prominent in areas developed after the Civil War and typically follow [[Federal architecture|Federal]] and late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] designs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/adecenter/essays/Scott.html |title=Residential Architecture of Washington, D.C., and Its Suburbs |access-date=June 5, 2008 |last=Scott |first=Pamela |year=2005 |publisher=Library of Congress |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427174525/https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/adecenter/essays/Scott.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]]'s [[Old Stone House (Washington, D.C.)|Old Stone House]], built in 1765, is the oldest-standing building in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc17.htm |title=Old Stone House |access-date=August 13, 2011 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=November 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110225644/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc17.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Founded in 1789, [[Georgetown University]] features a mix of Romanesque and [[Gothic Revival architecture]].<ref name=nps /> The [[Ronald Reagan Building]] is the largest building in the district with a total area of about 3.1&nbsp;million square&nbsp;feet (288,000&nbsp;m²).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itcdc.com/About-Us/Our-Building.aspx |title=Our Building |access-date=January 6, 2013 |publisher=Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115081257/http://www.itcdc.com/About-Us/Our-Building.aspx |archive-date=January 15, 2013}}</ref> [[Washington Union Station]] is designed in a combination of architectural styles. Its Great Hall has elaborate gold leaf designs along the ceilings and the hall includes several decorative classical-style statues.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Stephen|url=https://ggwash.org/view/65707/building-of-the-week-washington-union-station|title=Building of the Week: Washington Union Station|work=Greater Greater Washington|access-date=September 8, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909013909/https://ggwash.org/view/65707/building-of-the-week-washington-union-station|url-status=live}}</ref>