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David Visits the 21C Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
David Visits the 21C Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
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The Hairport, Pembroke, Virginia–A Fun Re-Use of An Early 20th Century Commercial Building
Special to the Curator of Shit from The Meanest Bitch in Water Street.
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Bette Davis’ Gas Station, The Whales of August, Cliff Island, Maine
Bette Davis’ Gas Station, The Whales of August, Cliff Island, Maine
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The Beautiful New House and Garden, Longport, New Jersey
The Beautiful New House and Garden, Longport, New Jersey
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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 [...] -
Don’t We All Love A Quaint Moderne House: Art Deco, Moderne and Mid-Century Modern Meet The Tiny Beach Cottage, Barrier Island Location, New Jersey
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Damaged House at Union Beach, New Jersey was the Princess Cottage…
Damaged House at Union Beach, New Jersey was the Princess Cottage…
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The 19th Century Cats At Morris’ Refuge, Morris Animal Refuge, 1242 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Known first as City Refuge—although not municipal, Miss Elizabeth Morris and several other of her lady friends founded Morris’ Refuge at 1242 Lombard Street in Philadelphia in May 1874. An address where the establishment can still be found today. The name changed to the “Morris Refuge for Homeless and Suffering Animals” in January 1884 at which [...]
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Thompson Street Has A Deep Past, 10th & Thompson Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1918
Thompson Street Has A Deep Past, 10th & Thompson Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1918
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Di’s Cottage: The Cape May Cottage of Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny, 815 Beach Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey
Di’s Cottage: The Cape May Cottage of Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny, 815 Beach Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey
Formerly the wife of the famous Civil War General, Philip Kearny, Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny was originally from Louisville, Kentucky and, upon her marriage to Mr. Kearny, Diana went back east to live in New York. However, the [...]
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A Matter of Masonic Interest: Greek Revival Masonic Temple in Crawford Alabama
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Can we not respect the past….New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 East 58th Street, New York, New York
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Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community, Avery, Avery Road, Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland
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First Furness, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, Penna
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Lucy’s Playroom, No. 20 Chapin Place, Hartford, Connecticut
Lucy’s Playroom, No. 20 Chapin Place, Hartford, Connecticut
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The Mountain Summit House, Tannersville, New York.
The Mountain Summit House, Tannersville, New York. Photograph taken in October 1919. Referenced in the late 1860s as the Mountain House, by Gray and Mulford, this building is typical of the mountain house hotels of the Hudson River Valley—large rambling wood frame resort buildings of the nineteenth century for those escaping the hot urban environment [...]
Too Beauitful was the Rear of the Dwelling, the Lost World of North Philadelphia, 1328 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Too Beauitful was the Rear of the Dwelling, the Lost World of North Philadelphia, 1328 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
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The Shoe House, 712 West 16th Street, Austin, Texas
The Herblin – Shoe House, 712 West 16th Street, Austin, Texas
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The Victorian Wood Frame House of August and Lizzie Hohlbauch, Clay City, Illinois
The Victorian Wood Frame House of August and Lizzie Hohlbauch, Clay City, Illinois
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Parlor Funeral in the Thomas S. Dunning House, 1328 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Parlor Funeral in the Thomas S. Dunning House, 1328 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Old World, Wood-Frame Hotels Long Forgotten, But Not Lost, the Brunswick Hotel and the Totem Hotel, St. James Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Old World, Wood-Frame Hotels Long Forgotten, But Not Lost, the Brunswick Hotel and the Totem Hotel, St. James Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey
The Brunswick Hotel and the Totem Hotel, St. James Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey. With the growth and prosperity of the American middle class, Atlantic City became a dense urban environment like other [...]
One of the Great Architectural Turd Palaces of Atlantic City, New Jersey
One of the Great Architectural Turd Palaces of Atlantic City, New Jersey
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The Poor Man’s International Style Library Branch Building, Brigantine, New Jersey
The Poor Man’s International Style Library Branch Building, Brigantine, New Jersey
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The Fabulous Modernistic, Art Deco House at Longport, New Jersey
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Kissel Motor Car Company, 123 Kissel Avenue, Hartford, Wisconsin
Kissel Motor Car Company, 123 Kissel Avenue, Hartford, Wisconsin
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Reading Heater and Supply Company, Reading, Pennslyvania
Reading Heater and Supply Company, Reading, Pennslyvania
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Damn Fayette County for Throwing Away the Meason House, Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Damn Fayette County for Throwing Away the Meason House, Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Within the putrid context of capitalism at its worst, strip-mining and tasteless county government will destroy the Meason House, a fully articulated Palladian mansion built of actual “cut stone” between 1797 and 1802 in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The owner has fought endless battles [...]
The Chestnut Hill Mansion of Sophie Du Pont Ford, Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Chestnut Hill Mansion of Sophie Du Pont Ford, Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prior to living at Wyncliffe at Germantown and Bell’s Mill, Sophie Du Pont Ford, the wife of Bruce Ford, lived at No. 25 East Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the ever-prominent Chestnut Hill neighborhood, the house shown above became home to the [...]
The Factory Interior of the Sterling Motor Truck Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Factory Interior of the Sterling Motor Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Extant Ruin of Old World Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
Extant at the southeast corner of 11th and Euclid Streets (formerly Roanoke Street), stands a miserable edifice, formerly the residence of Mr. George Simmons. Shown above in its original and formerly attractive condition, the house has since been stripped of every attractive feature with the installation of faux, “maintenance-free” cladding materials that have cumulatively led [...]
An Extinct Vestige of Animal Rights History, Horse Watering Trough, North Board Street and Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the late nineteenth century Bell H. Crump, a native of New York, donated the funds to erect this horse watering trough fountain at the, then bustling, juncture of Ridge Avenue and North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Donated by Bell H. Crump,” is carved within the rim of the fountain. However, this was not [...]
The Holiest Church in North Philadelphia
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The Proper Philadelphia Pop-up Addition, Spring Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Hairport, Pembroke, Virginia–A Fun Re-Use of An Early 20th Century Commercial Building
Special to the Curator of Shit from The Meanest Bitch in Water Street.
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The Old Eyes of North Philadelphia, 427 West Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Old Eyes of North Philadelphia, 427 West Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ugly Pop-ups and Outs Will Destroy the Harmony of Our Undesignated Historic Neighborhoods, New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Ugly Pop-ups and Outs Will Destroy the Harmony of Our Undesignated Historic Neighborhoods, New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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Even A Jacobean Style Double House Needs A Handyman, 344 Church Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Even A Jacobean Style Double House Needs A Handyman, 344 Church Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Peirced Grandeur of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Peirced Grandeur of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Gross Clinic, Surgical Amphitheater, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Gross Clinic, Surgical Amphitheater, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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