Editing Doric order (section)

===Modern===
[[File:Northington Grange - Hampshire.jpg|thumb|left|[[The Grange, Northington|The Grange]], nearby [[Northington]], [[England]], by [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]], 1804, Europe's first house designed with all external detail of a Greek temple{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}]]
Before [[Greek Revival architecture]] grew, initially in England, in the 18th century, the Greek or elaborated Roman Doric order had not been very widely used, though "Tuscan" types of round capitals were always popular, especially in less formal buildings. It was sometimes used in military contexts, for example the [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] (1682 onwards, by [[Christopher Wren]]). The first engraved illustrations of the Greek Doric order dated to the mid-18th century. Its appearance in the new phase of [[Classicism]] brought with it new connotations of high-minded primitive simplicity, seriousness of purpose, noble sobriety.

In Germany it suggested a contrast with the French, and in the United States [[republicanism|republican]] virtues. In a customs house, Greek Doric suggested incorruptibility; in a Protestant church a Greek Doric porch promised a return to an untainted early church; it was equally appropriate for a library, a bank or a trustworthy public utility. The revived Doric did not return to [[Sicily]] until 1789, [[Sicilian Baroque#Late Sicilian Baroque|when a French architect]] researching the ancient Greek temples designed an entrance to the Botanical Gardens in [[Palermo]].
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