Construction of the Alaska Governor’s Mansion was a Federal Ordeal, Executive Mansion, Juneau, Alaska
The Alaska Governor’s Mansion, originally called the Executive Mansion, was constructed in Juneau, Alaska between 1911 and 1913. The photographs displayed here were primarily taken in 1912; however, with planning, construction, and completion, etc., the process was roughly three years. While the building has been altered to appear more imposing, it still exists at 716 [...]
Portrait Miniature: Clues To Count…French, 19th Cen…
Portrait Miniature: Clues To Count…French, 19th Century…
Material: Watercolor on Ivory – Size Notated
Identification
Comte de Saint-Leger
Premier Gentilhomme
du Roy
Na. 1766 (?)
Portrait Miniature: Miniature in Frame
Frame Type: Gold Metal Frame with Prongs
Portrait Miniature: Signature Detail of 19th Century Miniature on Ivory.
Signature:
First Name:
Mortelli
Martelli
Last Name:
Fece
Feca
Date:
1823
Most likely, this miniature represents the Count of Saint-Leger, Augustin, born 1766 in France, who was [...]
Dry Goods Paid for the Original Home of Edward Parkham Sanderson, Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Dry Goods Paid for the Original Home of Edward Parkham Sanderson, Pittsfield, New Hampshire
We don’t know for sure, but it’s probable that this house, “the original home of Edward Parkham Sanderson” (as inscribed on the reverse) in Pittsfield, Merrifield County, New Hampshire was built in the third to fourth quarter of the 19th century, at [...]
One Fry, One Coke, and One Aperture Grilled with a Wrought Iron Window Treatment and/or Security Door…and that’s for here, not to go…
One Fry, One Coke, and One Aperture Grilled with a Wrought Iron Window Treatment and/or Security Door…and that’s for here, not to go…
The Modern Application of Wrought Iron Grills for Apertures Including Doors (Security Doors) , Windows (bars), or Even Alone the Glazed Openings Among Them!?.
We feel as though the application of security doors and [...]
Where is the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department???
Where is the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department???
Young Architects and Clerks in the Treasury Department’s Office of the Supervising Architect…We especially love the marble statue of Diana the Huntress without her bow at the top of the cabinet…another marble figure lingers on the other side of the rafter…
The erection of Federal buildings was without [...]
Service Entrance, Montgomery Place, Hudson Valley
Even the service entrance at Montgomery Place is beautiful. We see these sorts of things and have hope that the beautiful and good in the built environment has some chance of survival.
Montgomery Place is an early 19th century estate of the late Federal-style, agumented in the neoclassic taste by the eminent architect Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) [...]
