Columns

Corinthian is a fancy column. Ionic and Doric are plain.

Kinds of columns

Corinthian

Doric

Ionic

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo This picture shows a building with Corinthian columns after the Great Earthquake. Click here for more info. about the Great Earthquake.

Columns are very important to buildings, because they hold the buildings up. Houses, schools, and other buildings wouldn't stay up without buildings.

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Columns are like legs to buildings. If there wasn't columns, there wouldn't be buildings.

All buildings need columns. Even your house.

Columns are the main structure of buildings.

Here are some pictures of columns.

Corinthian