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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…

Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, Distinctive Gem...

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

Savannah’s Owens-Thomas House of the Telfair Museum

Primary elevation facing the square. The balcony...

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

A Matter of Masonic Interest: Greek Revival Masonic...

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

Can we not respect the past….New York Genealogical...

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

Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community,...

First Furness, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, Penna

“In front of the church there will be...

Traveling Bungalow Trailers Need Not Be UGLY!

Posted by admin on November 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Attractive Trailers, Traveling Buildings, Camper HIstory, Trailer History, Beautiful Trailers, Trailer Houses, Architectural History, Washington DC, Detriot, Bungalow, Craftsman

Feast your eyes on this wonderful “traveling bungalow,” early trailer house, travel trailer or whatever the hell…a miracle of Craftsman architecture and Colonial Revival treatment of the early 20th century. The creator, W.M. O’Donnell, naturally of Detroit, Michigan, leaves no detail undone with particular attention to the elevations of his home: a cladding of wood [...]

Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Detroit, District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, Attractive Trailers, Beautiful Trailers, Bungalow, Camper HIstory, Craftsman, Detriot, Trailer History, Trailer Houses, Traveling Buildings, Washington DC

Elks Arch Out of Order in Cadillac Square

Posted by admin on January 12, 2011 · 1 Comment

Elks Arch Out of Order in Cadiallac Square

Elks Arch Out of Order in Cadillac Square
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Convention Decorations of 1910 in Detroit, Michigan, the honorable Aug. Herrmann Presiding…

Preparing for the great convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, this strange monument in the midst of Cadillac Square was some kind of “Arch de Elk” constructed [...]

Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Detroit, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Michigan, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Animal Rights, Architectural History, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Detroit History, Memorial Architecture, Old Buildings

Derelict Residence in the Italianate Taste, Trumbull Street, Detroit, Michigan

Posted by admin on August 29, 2010 · 8 Comments

A true horror, this formerly grand residence in Trumbull Street (formerly Trumbull Avenue) was home to, no doubt a affluent family of some industrial-related initiatives and means. Only a few blocks away families such as the eminent binder and industrialist James Scripps dwell-ed in an urban mansion in what was, for him, 19th century bliss. [...]

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face the station…detroit, michigan

Posted by admin on August 19, 2010 · 1 Comment

Across from the Michigan Central Station on 14th Street in Detroit, these two houses undergo a transformation…
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SAVE THE DEPOT, Detroit Central Station, Detroit, Michigan

Posted by admin on August 18, 2010 · 1 Comment

After the disastrous fire that destroyed the former Michigan Central Station, the Michigan Central Railroad constructed the tallest railway terminal in the world–the Michigan Central Station (aka the Michigan Central Depot) in Detroit, Michigan. Opening before its completion in 1913, the 500,000 square foot building was designed in the Beaux Arts taste by the architectural [...]

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