Anton Frank’s Odd Little Room, Self-Portrait, 1897, Mobile, Alabama
Anton Frank’s Odd Little Room, Self-Portrait, 1897, Mobile, Alabama
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Parking Lots Over Gayety Symbolize Birmingham Today!
Parking Lots Over Gayety Symbolize Birmingham Today!
Gayety Hotel and Theater, 1st Avenue and 19th Street, Birmingham, Alabama
Perhaps a clever Valentine, a young actress named Viola wrote a letter to whom she addressed “My Dear Mother,” on February 14, 1909. The correspondence informed “the family” of Viola’s new developments, traveling with an unnamed theater company. Rather [...]
Giuseppe Moretti’s Alabama Marble, Pittsburgh, PA
Giuseppe Moretti’s Alabama Stone, Pittsburgh, PA
Giuseppe Moretti’s House and Studio, 4029 Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The eminent “Italian emigre sculptor,” Giuseppe Moretti (1857-1935) arrived in the Port of New York on August 10, 1886. Early-on Moretti shared an art studio in New York City where he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1897–living then at 25 [...]
Imagine the New City Water Works…Montgomery, Alabama
Imagine the New City Water Works…Montgomery, Alabama
608 North Court Street, Montgomery Alabama
While this specimen of ornate municipal buildings is not uncommon in cities that were eminent in the late nineteenth century, we often don’t expect to see such a great architectural work in such a miserable stateof disrepair. And, no matter how many crusty, but great, buildings we see [...]
A Roman Forum in Scale with Tuscaloosa: Ruins of the Old State Capitol Building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A Roman Forum in Scale with Tuscaloosa: Ruins of the Old State Capitol Building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The extant built environment at Tuscaloosa certainly represents a period of eminence prior to the American Civil War. From 1826 to 1846, the city served as the state capitol of Alabama. Previously the capitol was at Cahaba from 1820 to [...]
A Matter of Masonic Interest: Greek Revival Masonic Temple in Crawford Alabama
A Matter of Masonic Interest: Greek Revival Masonic Temple in Crawford Alabama
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