Travel Topic #57.2 (America’s Favorite Architecture)

The list of America’s Favorite Architecture #21 – #30 is as follows:

21. Philadelphia City Hall

22. Bellagio Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, NV

23. Cathedral of St. John the Divine – NYC

24. Philadelphia Museum of Art

25. Trinity Church – Boston, MA

26. Ahwahnee Hotel – Yosemite Valley, CA

27. Monticello – Charlottesville, VA

28. Library of Congress – Washington, D.C.

29. “Fallingwater“ House – Bear Run, PA

30. Taliesin – Spring Green, WI

Questions:

1. Do you think that Eastern U.S. cities (e.g.  Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., etc.) or States (e.g. Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc.) have more quintessentially “American” architecture? Why?
2. Is it more “colonial”? Should it have to be?