The Shoe House, 712 West 16th Street, Austin, Texas
Posted by admin on October 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Herblin – Shoe House, 712 West 16th Street, Austin, Texas
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), Queen Anne Revival, Texas, Urban Landscape, Vernacular · Tags Austin Architecture, Austin History, Austin Texas. Texas Architecture, Dunning Family History, Judge's Hill Austin, Lucy Shoe Meritt, Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt, Philadelphia History
Not Even DoDo Hamilton Could Save The Sears Roebuck Building, Camden, New Jersey
Posted by admin on June 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Not Even DoDo Hamilton Could Save The Sears Roebuck Building, Camden, New Jersey
Not the historic buildings people, nor the former owner–not even DoDo Hamilton (Campbell Soup) can stop the “City Fathers” of Camden, New Jersey from the final phase in the ruination of its “city”…
The emphatic and long-standing Neo-classic landmark, visible to all who travel [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Camden, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · Tags Camden NJ, Campbells Soup, DoDo Hamilton, Neoclassic architecture, New Jersey, New Jersey Architecture, Sear Roebuck Camden, Sears Roebuck Camden NJ
U-Haul, Please Help The Postal Service, USPS, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on June 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
U-Haul, Please Help The Postal Service, USPS, Washington, D.C.
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), Public Architecture, Urban Landscape · Tags Closing Post Office, Curator of Shit, Old Post Office, Old Post Office Buildings, U-Haul Historic Preservation, United States Postal Service, USPS Closure, USPS Historic Buildings, USPS Ugly
McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on April 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.
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Category Architectural History, Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), District of Columbia, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), Public Architecture · Tags American University, D.C., McKinley Hall, Washington, William MicKinley
Philadelphia Electric Company. Simple But Elegant NeoClassic Loft Style Building Facade. 2309-13 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Posted by admin on April 12, 2012 · 1 Comment
Philadelphia Electric Company. Simple But Elegant NeoClassic Loft Style Building Facade. 2309-13 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), Philadelphia, Public Architecture, Style Section... · Tags industrial builldings, NeoClassic Style, Neoclassical Architecture, North Broad Street, North broad Street history, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia History
The New Hygienic Laboratory At The Marine Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Posted by admin on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Designed and financed by the Federal government, the “new” Hygienic Laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service and Marine Hospital was constructed between 1907 and 1909 in Washington, D.C. The neoclassical building was completed in 1909. Originally, the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service had their Laboratory of Hygiene in New York City, but, [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Maryland, Medical Buildings, Medical Interiors, Military, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Buildings, Public Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags History of Medicine, Hygienic Laboratory, Medical Buildings, Medical Campus, Medical History, National Institute of Health History, NIH Building, NIH Facility, NIH History, U.S. Marine Hospital, US Public Health Service, Washington DC Architecture
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
Dry Goods Paid for the Original Home of Edward Parkham Sanderson, Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Posted by admin on June 3, 2011 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Category Built Environment, Historic Context, Historical Humanity, History, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Neoclassical, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Hampshire, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags
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
Columbia’s Specimen of the Early Use of Concrete Block
Posted by admin on March 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
Columbia’s Specimen of the Early Use of Concrete Block
Barn, Concrete Block Construction, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
When we think generally of barns, carriage houses, and other utilitarian outbuildings of notable size and scale, we think wood-frame, sheet metal and, if luck will have it, brick or stone masonry construction methods. But what of concrete block?
One of [...]
Category Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Garage Architecture (Outbuildings), Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Vernacular · Tags Architectural History, Building Materials, Cement Construction, Columbia, Concrete Block, Concrete Block Architecture, Concrete Block History, Milwakee, Pennsylvania, Schwab Concrete
