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Unlike the former Bijenkorf ('Beehive') designed by Dudok but later demolished in the aftermath of the wartime bombing raid, this post-war version of the department store was executed as an almost completely sealed box. A column grid of 12 metres ensures an optimum subdivision of the sales area. Front and rear elevations have a honeycomb cladding of hexagonal travertine panels with horizontal and vertical fluting and slits of fenestration. The restaurant and offices have larger windows. As Breuer refused to conform to the double building line of Coolsingel, a monumental sculpture by Naum Gabo was placed in front of the Bijenkorf to compensate.
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The Premier Mill was built in 1891 and had been a derelict shell for many years until undergoing a multi-million dollar restoration and renovation to become a luxury hotel.
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NEW LIGHTHOUSE: 1869, James Dove & Company, Edinburgh; first lit 1878. Final addition to pier extension, 1876. Cast-iron; 4-tiered, octagonal section with coved and stepped cornice, swept upper stage with portholes and projecting balcony on brackets. Glass light; decorative fenestration; cast-iron cap converges in semi-circular finial
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. The temple belonged to a powerful statesman, Saionji Kintsune. Kinkaku-ji's history dates to 1397, when the villa was purchased from the Saionji family by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and transformed into the Kinkaku-ji complex. After he died in 1408 by his will, his son converted it to a Zen temple.
It has burned down numerous times throughout its history including twice during the Onin War, a civil war that destroyed much of Kyoto; and once again more recently in 1950 when it was set on fire by a fanatic monk. The present structure was rebuilt in 1955.
It is designated a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape. It is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
Each floor of the Kinkaku-ji uses three different styles of architecture: shinden, samurai, and zen, specifically on each floor.
The first floor, called The Chamber of Dharma Waters (法水院, Hō-sui-in), is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the 11th century Heian imperial aristocracy. It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster. This helps to emphasize the surrounding landscape. The walls and fenestration also affect the views from inside the pavilion. Most of the walls are made of shutters that can vary the amount of light and air in the pavilion and change the view by controlling the shutters' heights. The second floor called The Tower of Sound Waves (潮音洞, Chō-on-dō ), is built in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. On this floor, sliding wood doors and latticed windows create a feeling of impermanence. The second floor also contains a Buddha Hall and a shrine dedicated to the goddess of mercy, Kannon. The third floor is built in traditional Chinese chán ( zen) style, known as zenshū-butsuden-zukuri. It is called the Cupola of the Ultimate (究竟頂, Kukkyō-chō).
House. C16 with earlier wing to right, restored 1980s. Timber framed, with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. C16 central section of 2 timber-framed bays, that to right shorter and subdivided into 2 on ground floor. Cross-wing to right, extending to rear. Separately framed bay or cross-wing to left. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Right wing jettied on solid brackets. Continuous jetty to central section with slender moulded shafts beneath solid brackets. Left end bay probably formerly jettied, now underbuilt. Right end bay and right central by close- studded. Broadly-spaced close-studding to left central bay. Broadly- spaced studding with 2 tension braces to left and bay. Right wing with higher eaves and lower ridge, hipped to front with gablet. Left end bay formerly with lower eaves, now roofed with central section, with hip to left and hipped down to right wing. Slender projecting brick stack to left end, brick stack to left end of right central bay and rear brick stack to junction of central section and right wing. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements. Ribbed door to right end of central section
The Palazzo dei Priori is a historic building in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy.
As in other Italian medieval communes, it was the seat of the priori ("first citizens"). This magistrature was established in Perugia in 1303: the palazzo had been called the Palazzo Nuovo del Popolo ("New Palace of the People") to that point. During intractable civic quarrels, a podestà might be established, housed in a separate structure, the Palazzo del Podestà, of which only the Loggia added by Braccio da Montone flanking the Cathedral of San Lorenzo e San Ercolano remains. When the palazzo of this rival to the power of the Priori burned in 1534, significantly, it was not replaced, but fragments from it were incorporated into the archbishop's palace, also fronting the main piazza.
The Magistratura dei Priori that was housed in the structure consisted of ten representatives of each of Perugia's main guilds from among the forty-four that existed, permitted a tenure of only two months. The money-changers, who were housed in their own adjoining quarters in the fifteenth century, had the privilege of always being represented among the Priori, and the merchants' guild was represented by two members instead of one. After the Salt War of 1540 with Pope Paul III, the Priori were renamed “Conservatori dell’Ecclesiastica Obbedienza” ("Keepers of Ecclesiastical Obedience") and, the Palazzo del Podestà having been destroyed, the Palazzo dei Priori became the seat of the Papal Legate, the new governor of Perugia. When Pope Julius III restored the Priori, the grateful Perugini commemorated him with the bronze statue next to the Cathedral.
The structure commands the corner where the main artery of medieval Perugia, Corso Vannucci, enters the city's main square; a first section was constructed in 1293-97, at first as the Palatium Novum Populi, the "new Palace of the People", with ten bays along the Corso and three facing the piazza. Two more bays and a grand entrance portal were added to the piazza façade in 1333-37, together with the arcaded loggia, where decrees were publicly read. Later in the fourteenth century the palazzo was extended along the Corso, with six bays and a richly carved entrance doorway worthy of a cathedral. Rising above, a tower surmounts and controls the arched access to Via dei Priori, the ancient way that descends to the Etruscan gateway, the Roman Porta Trasimena, which was Christianized as the Arca di S. Luca. A further section down the Corso was built in 1429-43, still keeping to the Gothic tripartite fenestration, to house the Collegio del Cambio, the "money exchange" that was the financial center of Perugia.
The perimeter of the roof was originally crenellated all around, less for actual defensive purposes than as a symbol of Perugia's independence. Significantly, the crenellations were removed in 1610, when Perugia had submitted at last to papal armies. When Perugia was joined to a united Italy, the crenellations were triumphantly restored.
The grand portal in the Piazza is surmounted by the city's symbols, the griffin of Perugia and the Imperial Guelf lion, in bronze; the originals were probably cast in the Arsenal of Venice, in 1274, the first European bronze castings in the round achieved since Antiquity. Above the door, strung on a bar hanging from chains the keys to the gates of Siena were triumphantly displayed, following the victory of Perugia at the battle of Torrita, 1358.
The portal leads to an austere vaulted undercroft with the stairs leading to the vaulted frescoed Sala of the former council chamber of the Priori on the piano nobile; the Sala was allocated to the notaries guild in 1582, as the Sala dei Notari, when their former quarters, the Palazzetto dei Notari, on the opposite side of the Corso were partially demolished in a street widening. On the left is the entrance to the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria one of the most outstanding provincial Italian collections of art.
An interesting effect in this academic building on the Berkeley campus. Light from many different sources!
HWW!
George M. Allison, architect.
Architect George M. Allison, about whom little is known, designed several costly dwellings on Delaware Avenue in the 1860s and 1870s. Only the Sternberg house remains.
Charles F. Sternberg
Sternberg owned a grain elevator on Ohio Street. Unfortunately, he died before the mansion was finished.
The house contains more than 20,000 square feet, has 18-foot ceilings, and has 200 windows, including several 12-foot tall bay windows which flood the interior with light. According to Tim Tielman, director of the Preservation Coalition, "This would not have been unusual for house in the Second Empire style at that time on a large American lot. Like the Gothic, the fenestration helped to emphasize the verticality of the style." 255
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I enjoy photographing the City of London office building at 1 Coleman St as the facetted facade always looks different whatever the weather conditions. For example, when I took this it was overcast so contrast is reduced and the colours are more muted.
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From the RIBA website : "One Coleman Street is a new 235,000 sq ft office building for Legal and General in the City of London completed in 2007. The scheme set out to unite the disparate urban context of the eastern end of London Wall and Coleman Street by re-establishing its street wall, and through the creation of a new garden on the southern side.
The facade utilises polished pre-cast concrete cladding panels configured in a geometric arrangement expressed through a series of interlocking and alternating triangulated surfaces. The fenestration is set at an angle, creating a robustly modelled surface running around the curvature of the building. The directional geometry with alternate floors arranged in the opposite direction is resolved by the triangulation of the spandrel."
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Detail of the redeveloped exhibition centre Olympia in Kensington. Designed by architects Heatherwick Studio and SPAARC and not yet complete at the time of taking this photo.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
Gairloch Gardens is located at 1306 Lakeshore Road on the south side of Lakeshore Road, along the shore of Lake Ontario in the Town of Oakville. The property consists of a three storey stone and stucco residence that was constructed from 1923 to 1924.
The property was designated by the Town of Oakville in 1986 for its heritage value under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 1986-192).
HERITAGE VALUE
Located at 1306 Lakeshore Road, Gairloch Gardens is a lake estate associated with two prominent Oakville locals. Colonel W.G. MacKendrick had the home built for his family in 1923. Upon his death, Toronto investment banker, James Gairdner, purchased the estate. Gairdner named the estate “Gairloch” after a small Scottish town. Upon Gairdner's death in 1972 the estate was bequeathed to the Town of Oakville for use as a park and gallery for contemporary artists.
Gairloch Gardens is a good example of Tudor style residence. Typical of this style is the stone and stucco exterior and steeply pitched roof. Continuing with this style are the tall narrow fenestrations with multi paned windows. The hip roof features a prominent cross gable with exposed beams between the first and second storey. The estate has many unique attributes such as a meandering stream, pond and formal gardens.
CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of Gairloch Gardens include the:
- proximity to Lake Ontario
- three storey stone and stucco exterior
- hip roof
- prominent cross gable
- original twelve and eighteen paned windows
- two large stone chimneys with decorative chimney pots
- exposed beams
- meandering stream
- pond
- formal garden areas within the park setting
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From 1892 until 1938, the Grand Hotel and Opera House operated on this site on the northeast corner of Jacksonville's downtown square, known as Central Park. It began screening movies in the 1920’s and was renamed Illinois Theatre in 1927.
Operated by Fox Theatres, a nationwide chain of theaters in the United States, the Illinois Theatre was closed in early-1938. The Grand Hotel and Opera House were totally remodeled and a new Illinois Theatre, designed by the Boller Brothers in Art Deco style, opened on March 9. 1939 with Lorretta Young in “Wife, Husband and Friend”.
In the 1970’s the Illinois Theatre was taken over by Kerasotes Theatre and was twinned. It was being operated by an independent operator in 2008, screening first-run features. A third screen was created in the former balcony, and the cinema is equipped with digital projection. In 2015 it was converted into a 5-screen theatre. In December 2018 it was taken over by Eisentraut Theatre.
The curved section of the theater seen in this view encompasses the theater lobby and features typical Art Deco vertical brick projections, which are repeated on the upper level on the west façade. While the original marquee has been replaced by a newer, metal marquee, and other fenestration changes have occurred, the theater still retains much of its original Art Deco integrity.
The Illinois Theatre continues to maintain its high level of visual appeal on the Square. The theatre is contributing to the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
Founded in 1825, the City of Jacksonville is the seat of Morgan County. The central Illinois city had a population of 17,616 at the 2020 census.
Sources:
Cinema Treasurers, Illinois Theatre.
"Jacksonville Downtown Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. The temple belonged to a powerful statesman, Saionji Kintsune. Kinkaku-ji's history dates to 1397, when the villa was purchased from the Saionji family by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and transformed into the Kinkaku-ji complex. After he died in 1408 by his will, his son converted it to a Zen temple.
It has burned down numerous times throughout its history including twice during the Onin War, a civil war that destroyed much of Kyoto; and once again more recently in 1950 when it was set on fire by a fanatic monk. The present structure was rebuilt in 1955.
It is designated a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape. It is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
Each floor of the Kinkaku-ji uses three different styles of architecture: shinden, samurai, and zen, specifically on each floor.
The first floor, called The Chamber of Dharma Waters (法水院, Hō-sui-in), is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the 11th century Heian imperial aristocracy. It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster. This helps to emphasize the surrounding landscape. The walls and fenestration also affect the views from inside the pavilion. Most of the walls are made of shutters that can vary the amount of light and air in the pavilion and change the view by controlling the shutters' heights. The second floor called The Tower of Sound Waves (潮音洞, Chō-on-dō ), is built in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. On this floor, sliding wood doors and latticed windows create a feeling of impermanence. The second floor also contains a Buddha Hall and a shrine dedicated to the goddess of mercy, Kannon. The third floor is built in traditional Chinese chán ( zen) style, known as zenshū-butsuden-zukuri. It is called the Cupola of the Ultimate (究竟頂, Kukkyō-chō).
In order to achieve this framing of the windows on this building I had to stand right on the edge of the kerb facing speeding oncoming traffic.
George M. Allison, architect.
Architect George M. Allison, about whom little is known, designed several costly dwellings on Delaware Avenue in the 1860s and 1870s. Only the Sternberg house remains.
Charles F. Sternberg
Sternberg owned a grain elevator on Ohio Street. Unfortunately, he died before the mansion was finished.
The house contains more than 20,000 square feet, has 18-foot ceilings, and has 200 windows, including several 12-foot tall bay windows which flood the interior with light. According to Tim Tielman, director of the Preservation Coalition, "This would not have been unusual for house in the Second Empire style at that time on a large American lot. Like the Gothic, the fenestration helped to emphasize the verticality of the style." 154
The lights came on early with a cloudy evening. HWW!
Dwinelle Hall, part of. This latest section completed in 1998. The building is the 2nd largest on campus. UC Berkeley.
Arches, pediments, balustrades, columns, lintels, and other forms of elaborate fenestration all found in this amazing architecture.
This photo has been in Explore on January 5, 2025. Highest position = #75. This is my 226th photo in Explore.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
Gairloch Gardens is located at 1306 Lakeshore Road on the south side of Lakeshore Road, along the shore of Lake Ontario in the Town of Oakville. The property consists of a three storey stone and stucco residence that was constructed from 1923 to 1924.
The property was designated by the Town of Oakville in 1986 for its heritage value under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 1986-192).
HERITAGE VALUE
Located at 1306 Lakeshore Road, Gairloch Gardens is a lake estate associated with two prominent Oakville locals. Colonel W.G. MacKendrick had the home built for his family in 1923. Upon his death, Toronto investment banker, James Gairdner, purchased the estate. Gairdner named the estate “Gairloch” after a small Scottish town. Upon Gairdner's death in 1972 the estate was bequeathed to the Town of Oakville for use as a park and gallery for contemporary artists.
Gairloch Gardens is a good example of Tudor style residence. Typical of this style is the stone and stucco exterior and steeply pitched roof. Continuing with this style are the tall narrow fenestrations with multi paned windows. The hip roof features a prominent cross gable with exposed beams between the first and second storey. The estate has many unique attributes such as a meandering stream, pond and formal gardens.
CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of Gairloch Gardens include the:
- proximity to Lake Ontario
- three storey stone and stucco exterior
- hip roof
- prominent cross gable
- original twelve and eighteen paned windows
- two large stone chimneys with decorative chimney pots
- exposed beams
- meandering stream
- pond
- formal garden areas within the park setting
A view of Rockford's Old City Hall. Completed in 1904, this classical revival style building was designed by Architects David S. Schurman and Frank Carpenter. The building was used as Rockford's City Hall until 1937 when the city moved in to the much larger Manufacturers National Bank Building on E. State St. following the bank's failure during the Great Depression.
In the mid-1990s the Old City Hall, already abandoned for several years, was converted into 31 affordable housing units. Once such original features as the two story iron jail cells were demolished, the design took advantage of unusual floor to ceiling heights. Many units are duplex-ed, with a two story living room at the exterior wall and sleeping lofts inboard over dining and kitchen areas. In this manner each unit takes advantage of the extraordinary eight foot tall double hung wood windows, which were fabricated new to match the existing profile of the original fenestration. Even the clock tower, once all the pigeon guano was cleaned up, was re-purposed as a master bedroom suite! Architects on the project were Lisec Architects of Chicago.
Located in northern Illinois, Rockford is the seat of Winnebago County and is the largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Rockford had an estimated population of 145,609 as of 2019, with the Rockford Metropolitan Area population standing at 344,623.
It is thought that the site on which St Nicholas’ Church in the Wiltshire village of Bromham stands may well have been a site of religious worship prior to the founding of the present church, as in 1086 the Domesday Book records a priest as having “lands and messuages” in Bromham. The building of the church we see today was begun between 1086 and 1094 during the latter years of the reign of William I (William the Conquer) and the early years of his son William II, and has been extensively added to and altered over the centuries. However, there remain considerable areas of original Norman and medieval as well as later 17th, 18th and 19th century alterations and re-construction.
St. Nicholas’, Bromham, is considered to be one of the finest parish churches in Wiltshire. The church sits on a prominent site in the centre of the village overlooking the Avon valley towards Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury. St Nicholas church was originally built in the linear form consisting of nave, a tower or crossing (no spire) and chancel. In the 14th century a transept was built to the south of the tower or crossing and was completed by 1380 not visible from this angle). At this time the tower or crossing was increased in height. The south transept was substantially altered during the 15th century and rebuilt as an antechamber to the newly built chantry chapel completed in 1491. There is no evidence or records of a north transept ever being built. Major additions and alterations to the church were carried out in the late 14th, 15th and early 16th centuries. This work resulted in the addition of a south aisle completed in 1390 together with a new south entrance and porch, re-fenestration (the redesign) of some of the windows in the gothic style and the addition of an octagonal spire in 1510. In the 17th century the parvis chamber for the Assistant Curate was built over the entrance porch and in the19th century the chancel was rebuilt and a new vestry constructed. At the same time a new pulpit and reading desk were installed and a re-ordering of the pews was carried out.
This description incorporates, with gratitude, information from the church’s website.
From the listed building entry:
College building. 1886 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Ground floor extension 1965-6. Red brick with stone dressings. Tudor Gothic style. Irregular storeys and fenestration. Built as a social centre and library for the clergy of London.
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From Wikipedia:
The original College was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London. In 1886 Sion College was moved to new buildings at 56 Victoria Embankment, between Carmelite Street and John Carpenter Street. It became principally known for its theological library which served as a lending library to members of the college, and was accessible to the public.
In 1996, the college disposed of its large Victorian premises on the banks of the River Thames. The building has been converted into offices. The library was closed June 1996, with the manuscripts, pamphlets, and pre-1850 printed books going to Lambeth Palace Library, and newer books to The Maughan Library, King's College London. Its activities now take place in a variety of locations.
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About the statue:
Taxi! is the title of J. Seward Johnson Jr's unusual bronze statue, which freeze-frames a city worker, presumably homeward bound after a day at the office. Taxi! was in fact sculpted in 1983, originally standing on Park Avenue and 47th Street in New York.
Like many of Johnson's sculptures, this one was originally painted all over, making him eerily realistic — and likely spooking a number of New York cabbies. In fact, in his New York Times obituary, it's claimed that firefighters tried to 'rescue' another of Johnson's statues following the 9/11 attacks, believing it to be a real man.
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LENHAM THE SQUARE TQ 8952 (west side) 10/228 The Red Lion 20.10.52. GV II Returns along the north side of Maidstone Road. Public House. Late C15, or C16. Timber framed with C19 painted brick facade, and plain tile roof. 2 storeys on plinth, with narrow eaves band. Facade and roof rounded to left at corner with Maidstone Road, and cut back on ground floor as though for blocked corner door. Right end bay, possibly a cross-wing, projects forward to same plane as range to right, with wall-plate higher than rest of Red Lion and lower than range to right, roof over it forming hip against end of latter range. Rear stack to right. Centre of main range of Red Lion has unfenestrated brick eaves dormer with half-hipped roof. Elevation to square has irregular fenestration of 4 glazing-bar sashes, central one with segmental head. Maidstone Road elevation has one 3-light casement and one horizontally-sliding sash with segmental heads. C19 shop front to Square, with blocked door at right end. C20 half-glazed door to left of centre, with flat bracketted hood. Interior not fully inspected.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Navy Hall stands alone in a carefully manicured park setting just below Fort George National Historic Site. Designed with clear, clean lines, it is a low, rectangular, stone-clad structure with a hipped-roof clad in copper, and with a symmetrical organization of its windows and entry points. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Heritage Value
The Navy Hall is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.
Historical Value:
The Navy Hall is a very good example of a building associated with the beginnings of the heritage movement in the first half of the 20th century. It illustrates changing approaches to the management of important historic buildings over time. In particular, it illustrates the role of aesthetics in conservation in the 1930s. Originally a commissariat storehouse, regular troops, the militia and also the Boy Scouts used the building, built in 1815. In the 1930s, the building was taken over by the Niagara Parks Commission.
Architectural Value:
The Navy Hall is valued for its good aesthetic design. The exterior fabric of the structure, the stone cladding, the copper clad roof, and the enhanced symmetry of the fenestration are features of the 1930s intervention. These features, clearly of a later era and philosophy, reflect the classical revival tastes of the period and the design idiom of the Niagara Parks Commission. Good functional design is evidenced in the placement of doors and windows, and in the spatial arrangement and planning of the interior.
Environmental Value:
The Navy Hall reinforces the landscaped parkway that runs along the Niagara lakefront and is a familiar landmark to residents and to visitors.
Character-Defining Elements
The character-defining elements of the Navy Hall should be respected.
Its good aesthetic, good functional design and good quality materials and craftsmanship, for example:
-the simple, rectangular massing.
-the low-pitched hipped roof, the copper roof cladding, and the symmetrically placed chimneys.
-the stone cladding of the exterior walls, the small multi-paned windows and large entrances.
-the interior spatial arrangement of the principal rooms.
The manner in which the Navy Hall reinforces the landscaped setting and is a familiar landmark, as evidenced by:
-its simple design and materials that harmonize with the landscaped parkway consisting of well-maintained lawns and walks, all introduced as part of the Niagara Park Commission’s parkway landscaping in the 1930s.
-its visibility and recognition by those frequenting the parkway and the National Historic Site.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Navy Hall stands alone in a carefully manicured park setting just below Fort George National Historic Site. Designed with clear, clean lines, it is a low, rectangular, stone-clad structure with a hipped-roof clad in copper, and with a symmetrical organization of its windows and entry points. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Heritage Value
The Navy Hall is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.
Historical Value:
The Navy Hall is a very good example of a building associated with the beginnings of the heritage movement in the first half of the 20th century. It illustrates changing approaches to the management of important historic buildings over time. In particular, it illustrates the role of aesthetics in conservation in the 1930s. Originally a commissariat storehouse, regular troops, the militia and also the Boy Scouts used the building, built in 1815. In the 1930s, the building was taken over by the Niagara Parks Commission.
Architectural Value:
The Navy Hall is valued for its good aesthetic design. The exterior fabric of the structure, the stone cladding, the copper clad roof, and the enhanced symmetry of the fenestration are features of the 1930s intervention. These features, clearly of a later era and philosophy, reflect the classical revival tastes of the period and the design idiom of the Niagara Parks Commission. Good functional design is evidenced in the placement of doors and windows, and in the spatial arrangement and planning of the interior.
Environmental Value:
The Navy Hall reinforces the landscaped parkway that runs along the Niagara lakefront and is a familiar landmark to residents and to visitors.
Character-Defining Elements
The character-defining elements of the Navy Hall should be respected.
Its good aesthetic, good functional design and good quality materials and craftsmanship, for example:
-the simple, rectangular massing.
-the low-pitched hipped roof, the copper roof cladding, and the symmetrically placed chimneys.
-the stone cladding of the exterior walls, the small multi-paned windows and large entrances.
-the interior spatial arrangement of the principal rooms.
The manner in which the Navy Hall reinforces the landscaped setting and is a familiar landmark, as evidenced by:
-its simple design and materials that harmonize with the landscaped parkway consisting of well-maintained lawns and walks, all introduced as part of the Niagara Park Commission’s parkway landscaping in the 1930s.
-its visibility and recognition by those frequenting the parkway and the National Historic Site.
House, now public house. C18 with C19 facade. Rendered with left side of red brick with tile hanging over. Plain tiled half-hipped roof with end stacks to left, and right behind. 2 storeys and garrets. Irregular fenestration of two C19 sashes on first floor-with wide segment-headed tripartite sash to left on ground- floor. Two half-glazed doors in centre under continuous deep flat hood. Included for group value only.
A view of Rockford's Old City Hall. Completed in 1904, this classical revival style building was designed by Architects David S. Schurman and Frank Carpenter. The building was used as Rockford's City Hall until 1937 when the city moved in to the much larger Manufacturers National Bank Building on E. State St. following the bank's failure during the Great Depression.
In the mid-1990s the Old City Hall, already abandoned for several years, was converted into 31 affordable housing units. Once such original features as the two story iron jail cells were demolished, the design took advantage of unusual floor to ceiling heights. Many units are duplex-ed, with a two story living room at the exterior wall and sleeping lofts inboard over dining and kitchen areas. In this manner each unit takes advantage of the extraordinary eight foot tall double hung wood windows, which were fabricated new to match the existing profile of the original fenestration. Even the clock tower, once all the pigeon guano was cleaned up, was re-purposed as a master bedroom suite! Architects on the project were Lisec Architects of Chicago.
Located in northern Illinois, Rockford is the seat of Winnebago County and is the largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Rockford had an estimated population of 145,609 as of 2019, with the Rockford Metropolitan Area population standing at 344,623.