Robert Gage and His Ideal Mother, 1930s Boarding House Interior, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Posted by on January 31, 2012 · 2 Comments 

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Wouldn’t We All Like A Greek Revival Flat Top Or, At The Least, Five Enclosed Porches???

Posted by on May 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

A Greek Revival Style House with a Flat Roof, Haralson and Nelson, Fort Smith Arkansas, Curator of Shit, Architectural History

Wouldn’t We All Like A Greek Revival Flat Top???
The Home of Jack Berson, Greek Revival Style, Fort Smith, Arkansas
“When used with skill the style has a certain chaste simplicity and dignity that is attractive in many ways,
but its use implies a sort of formal attitude that most modern Americans object to.”
By 1920, Jack Berson [...]

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No Hope in Hell for this “In the Name of God”

Posted by on August 24, 2010 · 5 Comments 

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We stumbled upon this sad religious edifice in Hope, Arkansas just after touring the birthplace of our former leader, William Jefferson Clinton (at which location I think he was William Jefferson Blythe).  While we hate to see these churches gone wrong, we hope someone is at least escaping religious persecution.  In DC they’d turn that [...]

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