Why is the Oldest Continuously Used Public Building in America Unusable in Chester, Pennsylvania Today?
Posted by admin on July 2, 2013 · 3 Comments
Why is the Oldest Continuously Used Public Building in America Unusable in Chester, Pennsylvania Today?
Why, in a decayed misery hole like Chester, Pennsylvania, is the oldest continually used public building in America deemed unusable? Why is there a new city hall down the street when the oldest continually used public building in America is left [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Georgian, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags American Ruins, Caleb Pusey, Chester Architecture, Chester PA, Chester PA History, Chester Pennslyvania, Georgian Architecture, Historic Preservation, Oldest Building in America, Oldest Public Building, Public Buildings, William Penn
Who Will Resuscitate The Joseph Priestley House?
Posted by admin on June 20, 2012 · 3 Comments
Who Will Resuscitate The Joseph Priestley House?
Looking Northeast, the side elevation of the mansion (right), barn (far left), the double privy (on left), and the fences of the Joseph Priestley Estate (House).
Looking northeast at the Side Elevation of the Mansion House of the Joseph Priestley House.
Laboratory Interior View with Retort Experimentation, Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, [...]
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Stephen Girard’s Farm House, Passyunk, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on June 1, 2012 · 2 Comments
Stephen Girard’s Farm House, Passyunk, Pennsylvania
Taken from an unidentified early twenieth century publication:
Stephen Girard’s Farm House
Possibly as a division from his thronging business cares, Stephen Girard bought seventy-five acres of ground in Passyunk in the year 1797, and there established a model farm. The location was “three miles from Philadelphia upon the Fort Mifflin road.” [...]
Category Architectural History, Georgian, Historic Context, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Georgian Architecture, Philadelphia Country Seat, Philadelphia Estates, Philadephia Architecture, Stephen Girard Farm, Stephen Girard House, Stephen Girard Philadelphia, Stephen Girard Wealthiest
The Old Federal Style Mansion Was Reused As Part Of The U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Perryville, Maryland
Posted by admin on February 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Reuse, Salvage · Tags American Architectural History, American Architecture, Curator of Shit, Federal Mansion, Federal Style Architecture, Georgian Style, Maryland Architecture, Perryville Maryland, US Health Service Hospital Perryville MD, USHPHS Hospitals
Perhaps Old Ebenezer Tyler Couldn’t Pay His Taxes In Old South Main, Providence, Rhode Island
Posted by admin on February 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Commercial Architecture, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Rhode Island · Tags Architectural History, Colonial Rhode Island, Courthouse Providence, Curator of Shit, Providence RI history, RISD History, South Main Street Providence Rhode Island
Late 19th Century Wall Street, New York, New York
Posted by admin on January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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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Category Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Georgian, Greek Revival, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, History, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New York City, New York State, Public Architecture, Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags 19th Century New York, Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Federal Reserve Wall Street, Historic Wall Street, Landmarks Preservation Board NYC, New York City Architecture, New York City History, NYC then and now, Sub Treasury Building Wall Street, Sub Treasury NYC, Wall Street 1800s, Wall Street History
An “Inelegant” Sign Protects An Elegant Estate, Evermay, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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What Ever Happened To Christian Street, Philadelphia?
Posted by admin on May 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
What Ever Happened To Christian Street, Philadelphia?
A Row of Colonial-Era Houses of Old Philadelphia
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Category Built Environment, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Christian Street, Colonial Era Architecture, Colonial Row Houses, Curator of Shit, Federal Architecture, Lost Buildings, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Architecture, Row House
Out Of Regency Period Savannah, A Gentile Poverty Saved This House, This Town!!!
Posted by admin on April 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Out Of Regency Period Savannah, A Gentile Poverty Saved This House, This Town!!!
211 East Charlton Street, Savannah, Georgia
In 1853 or is it 1855, the Barie family moved into the fabulous new Regency-to-Greek Revival townhouse at 211 East Charlton Street in Savannah, Georgia. Politically connected royalists, the patriarch, Louis Barie, was forced to relocate to Haites at the [...]
Category Built Environment, Georgia, Georgian, Greek Revival, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Occupancy and Building = Personal Feeling, Regency, Residential Architecture, Savannah, Style Section... · Tags American Architectural History, Architectural History, City of Squares, Curator of Shit, Georgia, Georgia Architecture, Greek Revival Architecture, Regency Period, Savannah, Savannah Architectural History
Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!
Posted by admin on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment
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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Category Absurd Mansard, Baltimore, Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Chateauesque (1880-1940ish), Collegiate Gothic, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Delaware, District of Columbia, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), HOME DEPOT Doors, Italianate, Location Location Location, Maryland, Massachusetts, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Public Architecture, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Turds, Virginia · Tags Architectural History, Fogotten Architecture, Historic Buildings, Home Depot Doors, Mistreatment of Buildings, New York City, Old Buildings, Philadelphia, Ugly Doors, Washington DC
