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The Brown Palace opened in 1892. It was designed by Frank Edbrooke in the Romanesque Revival style.
The Brown Palace is is on the National Register #70000157.
Peck's was a clothing store in Kansas City. It's in an area known as Petticoat Lane which was the main shopping area of Kansas City until the 1960s. Most of the department stores in Petticoat Lane have all been demolished. The Peck's Building was once surrouned by Macy's.
This is right on the edge of the West Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District , National Register #76001113.
The penthouse was designed by I.M. Pei in 1975. The Lamar Building is on the National Register #79000744, and is also found in the Augusta Downtown Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places #04000515.
The Country Club Plaza is not on the National Register even though it is considered the first planned shopping area in the country. It was planned by JC Nichols in 1923, and utilized Seville, Spain as its architectural influence.
Buildings on F Street NW
In the Downtown Historic District, National Register #01001004 and #84003901.
The Los Angeles Public Library was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and opened in 1926. It's in an Egyptian Revival style with sphinxes, snakes, mosaics, and of course the pyramid on top of the building. There is a huge globe chandelier in the dome under the pyramid. The Central Library was heavily damaged in 1986 due to an arson fire. It was restored and expanded by Norman Pfeiffer, and reopened to the public in 1993. The Los Angeles Public Library is on the National Register #70000136 and probably should also be a National Historic Landmark.
The six-story base of the Hearst Tower was designed by Joseph Urban and completed in 1928. It was designed to have a skyscraper on top of it but that vision was not completed until 2006 when Norman Foster designed the 46 story addition.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was begun in 1840 and completed in 1843. It is the oldest chuch in the United States continually used as a cathedral.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is on the National Register #72000418.
The Transamerica Building (built for Phoenix Title Company) was designed by Thomas Stanley in 1962 in the International Style with artwork by Charles Clement, while the Pima County Courthouse was constructed in 1929 and was designed by Roy Place and is on the National Register #78000566.
Designed by Thomas Lamb and opened in 1936. It is in the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District which is on the National Register #83003564.
The rest of the building was demolished for the copper roofed building.
In the Downtown Bartlesville Historic District, National Register #91001905.
The Mumford House was constructed in 1870 as a model farmhouse on the Univeristy of Illinois experimental farms south of the main campus. It's plan was straight out of Andrew Jackson Downing's seminal "The Architecture of Country Houses: Including Designs for Cottages, and Farm-Houses and Villas, With Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the best Modes of Warming and Ventilating".
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #89001728 aka Farm House).
Even though this is the oldest original building left at the university, they want to move it 3 miles to the southeast to make way for a landscape plan for the new Sarah “Sally” McFarland Carillon (from the scuttle I heard the University made some agreement with the donor that the house would either be demolished or moved so as not to detract from the carillon).
The university is using the excuse that the house needs too much work (from 20 years of NO maintenance).
The Mumford House was placed on Landmarks Illinois 10 Most Endangered in 2006 and also has been written up by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Fort Jay glacis (you can see the barracks in the middle) was utilized for the golf course for most of the 20th century. It's been mostly restored back to its original condition.
But I am very confused about this. Why not keep this as a golf course? Then they could charge up the wazoo for all of those downtown golfers to golf on their extended lunch hours.
The northern half of Governor's Island is a National Register historic district #85002435. It's also a National Historic Landmark. The National Park Service runs Castle Williams and Fort Jay as a National Monument. The rest of Governor's Island is administered by the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation. The island is required by law to have no housing (which is a shame - I think the Presidio model works very well).
The island is open to visitors only on the weekends from spring through fall. If you're ever in New York City, I would highly recommend taking the free ferry over to the island and explore. You can even rent a bike on the island.
The old Montgomery County Courthouse was constructed in 1847 in the Greek Revival style. It is on the National Register #70000510.
Donner Building to the left and a 1790s tavern on the right (now a museum).
Downtown Annapolis surrounding the State House is on the National Register #66000383 and also a National Historic Landmark.
I believe this is the back of the US Federal Courthouse. This is on the National Register #75000468.
The Customhouse and Post Office was designed by Alfred Mullett in 1873. It is one of two surviving Federal buildings by Mullett. The other one is the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House. You can't see it from this perspective, but there is a large domed portion on the other side of the building.
This building's adaptive reuse was part of a huge controversy between the Landmarks Association of St Louis and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Basically the developers interested in the adaptive reuse of the Old Post Office wanted to demolish the historic Century Building for a parking structure (which is what eventually happened). The National Trust sided with the developers horror, and the Century Building came tumbling down.
The Customhouse and Post Office (Old Post Office) is on the National Register #68000053, and it is also a National Historic Landmark.
In 2003, the Walt Disney Concert Hall opened. It was designed by Frank Gehry as the new home of the Philharmonic which had been located in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center since 1964..
The old courthouse on the left and the newer Brutalist courthouse on the right.
The Moore County Courthouse is on the National Register #79001738.
In the foreground is the First Church of Christ Scientist which is on the National Register #98001519, and in the background is one of the Philips Point towers.
One of the first public schools in the United States. Designed by Adolph Cluss in 1869. It is on the National Register #73002085, and also a National Historic Landmark.
Can you believe this building is mostly vacant yet sits on Franklin Square in one of the busiest neighborhoods in DC.
This was on the DC Preservation League 10 Most Endangered Places in 2004. And its interior made the list in 2007. Somebody adaptively reuse this building please!
Church Circle is part of the original town plan of Annapolis, which was the first Baroque inspired city plan in the New World. Downtown Annapolis surrounding the State House is on the National Register #66000383 and also a National Historic Landmark.
The National American Bank building was constructed in 1929 and was designed by Moise Goldstein. It is in the New Orleans Lower Central Business District which is on the National Register #91000825.
Here's how the revamped Galleria looks underneath the Waikiki Galleria Office Tower. I wonder what it looked like orginally?
Anyone know what happened to the church? This is not excactly facadism, but it is kind of strange.
In the Schenley Farms Historic District #83002213 (hopefully as a noncontributing resource).
Constructed in 1896 and designed by Clinton Briggs Ripley and Charles W. Dickey.
In the Merchant Street Historic District #73000661.
Facadism - and nothing more.
The facade is the only remnant of the old Buffalo Gas Light Company which was designed by John Selkirk in 1859 to provide coal gas for streetlights and homes. The building was demolished in 2000 except for the front facade. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building was constructed in 2007. The Gas Works was on the National Register #76001215. I don't know if it was removed.
Old St Paul's Church was constructed in 1761.
In the Society Hill Historic District, on the National Register #71000065.
Henry Hobson Richardson designed Trinity Church on Copley Square in 1872 and it was finished in 1877. It is on the National Register of Historic Places #73001948 and also a National Historic Landmark and resides in the Back Bay Historic District which is also on the National Register of Historic Places #73001948.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was begun in 1840 and completed in 1843. It is the oldest chuch in the United States continually used as a cathedral.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is on the National Register #72000418.
The First Presbyterian Church was designed by William Strickland and opened in 1851. Strickland designed it in the Egyptian Revival style (very unusual for church architecture). An addition was constructed at the rear also in the Egyptian Revival style on the exterior but Classical Revival on the interior.
The First Presbyterian Church (Downtown Presbyterian Church after 1955) is on the National Register #70000608 and is also a National Historic Landmark.
The Dillingham Transportation Building was designed by Lincoln Rodgers and was completed in 1929.
On the National Register #79000756.
The Old State House was constructed in 1713 in the Georgian style. It served as the chambers for the Royal Governor and then the government of the Commonwealth until the move to the new State House in 1798. It was the Boston City Hall from 1830 to 1841. It was restored in the 1880s. The Old State House is on the National Register #66000779, and is also a National Historic Landmark. It is also part of the Boston National Historical Park, National Register #74002222.