February, 2014 | the Curator of Shit

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Houmas Plantation, Houmas Plantation and Gardens, Louisiana Plantations, Greek Revival Archicteture, Plantation Houses, Southern Mansions, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Art Museum Louisiana, Architectural History, Landscape Architecture

Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, Distinctive Gem of Louisiana Plantations…

Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia, Telfair Museum Regency Architecture

Savannah’s Owens-Thomas House of the Telfair Museum

A Matter of Masonic Interest: Greek Revival Masonic Temple in Crawford Alabama

New York Genelogical & Biographical Society, New York, New York

Can we not respect the past….New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 East 58th Street, New York, New York

Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community, Avery, Avery Road, Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland

First Furness, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, Penna

The good and the BAD in storefronts.

Garage Architecture

Industrial Architecture

These are the places were things are created...

Residential Architecture

From town to country, these are the places we live in...

public architecture

Art Deco

Beaux Arts

1880 -1940

Colonial Revival

1870s - 1940s

craftsman

1900-1940

Exotic Revivals

Folk Victorian

1860 - 1900

Georgian

1620 - 1820

Gothic Revival

Early 19th Century

Greek Revival

1820 - 1880ish

International…Modern..Etc.

20th Century

Neoclassical

1880 - 1940ish

Tudor Revival

1880 - 1940

Venacular

Philadelphia Formerly: One Hell Of A Night Club

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The Pattern Book, New Orleans Architecture

By Roulhac B. Toledano, this book is genius and a testament to historic preservation and architectural history not only in New Orleans, but, as a model guide to urban aesthetics.

Gyro Motor Company

774 Girard Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
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Curious Clippings

Old, Odd Articles and Clippings from American and Select European Publications...

Purse Your Lips

Articles and Posts on the Curator's Most Recent Manbag and/or Purse Procurements and Advice on Anything and Everything One Might Want "in the bag" for Convenience, Necessity, or, god forbid, Pleasure...

Absurd Mansard

When items of interest or disinterest are Absurd Mansard, they are beyond categorizing and placed in this realm.

Architectural Turds of America

Articles and Posts Related to the Truly Horrible and Miserable in the Built Environment

Art

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Interiors

Interiors Details

In the Name of God

Usually we highlight these misery holes and ask the lord to forgive these poor ignorant souls:

"Forgive them father, they know not what they do..."

My Row

Articles and Postings Related to the Process of Finding, Buying, Renovating, and Perfecting a Row House in the Federal City...

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