James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue, 300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on November 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue
Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill
300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If you had an axe to grind! Or needed a grind stone in old Philadelphia, James E. Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill, in the 300 block of York Avenue, was the [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Industrial Architecture, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Architectural History, Grind Stone, Grind Stone Manufacturing, Grind Stones Philadelphia, Grindstones, Historic Preservation, JE Mitchell, Mitchell Grind Stone, Philadelphia Industrial Architecture, Vine Street Expressway, York Avenue Philadelphia
Posted by admin on January 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Lucy the Elephant has a Pane in the Ass, Margate City, New Jersey
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey · Tags Advertiser Art, Beach Art, Curator of Shit, Lucy Margate City, Lucy New Jersey, Lucy the Elephant, Margate City, National Historic Landmark, New Jersey History, Roadside Art
The Most Absurd Sentence Ever Published in a Newspaper, Obviously in Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, History, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · Tags Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Newspaper History, Pennsylvania Newspaper, The Most Absurd Sentence Ever Published in a Newspaper
Its Just A Big Pile Of “Victorian” Shit, Keyport, New Jersey
Posted by admin on December 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
Its Just A Big Pile Of “Victorian” Shit, Keyport, New Jersey
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Turds · Tags American Architecture, Architectural Salvage, Bad Rehab, Curator of Shit, Horrible Additions, Jersey Shore, Keyport New Jersey, New Jersey Architecture, New Jersey History, Treatment of Historic Properties, Ugly Buildings, ugly houses, Victorian Architecture, What not to do
The Decorative Stonework of the Beloved, Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Posted by admin on August 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, New Orleans, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags African American Cemeteries NOLA, african american culture, Cemetery Architecture, Cemetery New Orleans, Curator of Shit, folk cemetery, Historic Preservation, Holt Cemetery, memorial headstones, memorials, New Orleans Cemeteries, New Orleans History, NOLA cemeteries, Stonework
Apparently Two Men Always Shared A Room In Washington, District of Columbia
Posted by admin on May 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Apparently Two Men Always Shared A Room In Washington, District of Columbia
Fashionable Room For Rent, Two Men Allowed, In Washington, D.C.
Advertisement. People’s Advocate. November 22, 1879, Washington, D.C. A Very Desirable Front Room, Taken Out of Context…
While we don’t know whether this would ever have been the home of two gentlemen ”lovers” and/or ”a couple,” we know [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Curious Clippings, District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture · Tags Curator of Shit, Gay History, Gay History DC, Gay History Washington DC, gay men History, Gays in Washington DC, History Roomates, Homosexual History, Rental History, rental properties Washington DC, renting a room in Washington DC, Washington DC
The Wondrous Court Yard of St. Martin’s Protestant Episcopal Church of a Largely Thrown-Away Houston, Texas
Posted by admin on April 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Wondrous Court Yard of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of a Largely Thrown-Away Houston, Texas
Trinity has not only chosen to preserve its church building and its fabulous interior, but also must be commended for saving a once typical, but now rare wood-frame house within its block for use by the church. The church could have [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Gothic Revival, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, History, Houston, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Texas, Tudor Revival (1880-1940ish) · Tags Churches of Texas, Courtyard Examples, Curator of Shit, Gothic Revival Architecture, Historic Buildings Houston Texas, Houston Churches, St Martins Houston, St. Martins Episcopal Church Houston, texas architecture, Tudor Revival Architecture
Robert Gage and His Ideal Mother, 1930s Boarding House Interior, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Posted by admin on January 31, 2012 · 2 Comments
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Category Architectural History, Arkansas, Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, History, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Texas · Tags 1930s Interiors, Arkansas History, Artists, Curator of Shit, Early 20th Century Interior, Fort Smith AK, Historic Interiors, Period Rooms, Robert Gage Antiques, Robert Gage Artist, Robert Gage Austin Texas
An African American Carpenter Built Julia Child’s House, Georgetown, D.C.
Posted by admin on December 10, 2011 · 5 Comments
In 1948, Paul and Julia Child purchased a 150-year-old, three-story wood frame house at 2706 Olive Avenue in the Georgetown Section of Washington, D.C. Paul and Julia Child both worked for the Federal government at that time in the diplomatic realm–although Julia was “…just a file clerk.” They were probably the first white owners of [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Flame Bags, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Italianate, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags 2706 Olive Avenue, African American History, African American History Georgetown, Architectural History, Black People in Georgetown, Curator of Shit, Julia Child Georgetown House, Julia Child House DC, Julia Childs House, Washington DC
Curious Clipping: Fashionable, Although Not Large, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on November 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Oddly enough, while we love this excerpt, this is in honor of a dear friend’s birthday, who has been absent the Federal City for far too long… The clipping comes out of the Autobiography of Samuel David Gross (our friend’s great-great grandfather), the eminent surgeon of 19th century America. Gross was commenting, in this memoir, [...]
