Evolution of the U.S. Assay Office, No. 30 Wall Street, New York, New York

Evolution of the U.S. Assay Office, No. 30 Wall Street, New York, New York
 
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18th Street Entrance To Gibbs Mansion Where Boy Was Crushed By Iron Gate, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Penna.

Boy Crushed In The Name Of Architecture:
18th Street Entrance To Gibbs Mansion Where Boy Was Killed By Iron Gate, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Heavy Iron Gate Fell And Crushed Eight-Year-Old Lad
The gate which killed little Charles McGanney is shown here resting on its side against the house [the Gibbs Mansion]. It fell off the rusted pivot on [...]

The National Trust for Historic Preservation Needs a Modernized Office Building, McCormick Apartments, Washington, D.C.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation Needs a Modernized Office Building, McCormick Apartments, Washington, D.C.
We have it on good authority, from one of our inside sources, that America’s National Trust for Historic Preservation is in the midst of selling their old headquarters with hope of one day occupying a modernized office building. It is possible [...]

McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.

McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.
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Late 19th Century Wall Street, New York, New York

Late 19th Century Wall Street, Press Photograph. Note the great piles of 19th century architectural progress centered on the early 19th Century, Greek Revival Sub-Treasury building, appearing almost as the street premier Temple of Finance.

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Maybe It Was More Than A McKim, Meade, & ‘White House’.!?

After a little digging we found that the palatial residence at No. 15 Dupont Circle was more than the stunning Beaux Arts pile known as Patterson House. On February 4, 1927, the White House announced that the President and Mrs. Coolidge were to take up residence at Patterson House for a period of roughly [...]

All Thats Left Is Louis Quinze. No Bootleggers (or Gardeners) At The Cuban Embassy Today, Washington, D.C.

Within the once untouchable stomping grounds of Mary Foote Henderson, the Cuban Legation (now the Cuban Embassy) took root in Meridian Hill between 1916 and 1917 as their lavish, Louis XV headquarters building was designed and constructed between Euclid and Fuller Streets on Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Tid bits about the building were reported in [...]

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 [...]

Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!

Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!
A Quick Rant On Ugly Home Depot Doors Throughout Various East Coast Cities
Baltimore MD – New York City – Philadelphia – Washington DC
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Much Older than Garfield Place, Piatt Park is Cincinnati’s First Open Public Space

Much Older than Garfield Place, Piatt Park is Cincinnati’s First Open Public Space
Extending to the west of Vine Street in what is now known as downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, Eighth Street looses its identity in its first two westward blocks where a slight jog occurs and the thoroughfare is bisected by a park.  Today we know [...]