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During our first visit to San Francisco in July 1981, we enjoyed admiring the many restored Victorian row houses.
We are currently in a series of photographs taken at the historic Low Head Pilot Station. Pilots were first stationed here from 1805 to guide shipping into the dangerous entrance of the Tamar River. In 1833 a permanent settlement on this site was established, making this the oldest continuous pilot station in Australia.
The role of boatmen was to do the heavy work. Rowing the little pilot boats out to the incoming ship, thus delivering the pilot, maintaining the seaworthiness of the vessels and any other tasks assigned by the station's Captain.
These stone cottages were built to last. This one dates from 1861, and it has been well cared for. It is now a place where tourists can come and stay for short visits.
The Grant House in downtown Richmond, VA, was built by William Grant in 1856. It is in the Italianate style.
Reached through a pretty cottage wire gate, this Victorian era red brick house is nearly entirely obscured from view by mature deciduous trees.
It once would have been the cottage home of one of the many miners that panned for gold during the Victorian Gold Rush in Wandiligong.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
Constructed between 1879 - 1880 to house the Eye & Ear Infirmary which was set up in 1820 ,it was in use till 1978 when the service was relocated to the Liverpool Royal Hospital.
The building itself is amazing, a beautiful red brick facade, a great example of Victorian architecture at its best
During my walkabout in downtown Frederiksted, on St. Croix of the US Virgin Islands, I noticed this attractive house with gingerbread trim.
The town house on Queen Street with its gingerbread trim and galleries and arcades is little changed since it was built in 1867.
The side of this Gloversville, New York building sports painted advertising that spans probably the better part of a century, if not longer.
I saw this attractive and well maintained pair of Victorian houses from the Canal Streetcar in New Orleans, Louisiana.
They are located on the 4500 Block of Canal Street. I actually got off the streetcar to admire them. I then just waited a few minutes to catch the next streetcar.
Built in the Nineteenth Century, "Lidston House" is a rambling weatherboard villa in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
Built on the high side of the hill with commanding views of the hills that surround Wandiligong, "Lidston House" obviously belonged to someone of means. It features several substantial red brick chimneys and an elegant shady verandah that runs around the perimeter of the house. Built on a steep incline, the house has a beautiful terraced garden full of mature deciduous trees and clipped hedges.
It still has several corrugated iron outbuildings.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
During my walkabout in St. George's, the capital of the Caribbean island of Grenada, I notice this attractive Victorian house.
One of Belfast's most handsome buildings, the Scottish Provident Building is a six-storey building with basement and attic-storey, designed by Young & Mackenzie Architects for The Scottish Provident Institution and built primarily in sandstone by Robert Corry in two phases between 1897 and 1902.
The first phase, at the corner of Donegall Square West and Wellington Place commenced construction in 1897 and was completed by 1900. Construction of the second phase, fronting onto Donegall Square West, commenced 1900 and was completed by 1902.
The building’s ornamental carvings, including female heads, representing Scotland, Ireland, England, India, Sudan and Canada were carried out by Purdy & Millard. Sculptures also depict the prevalent industries at the time of construction, including shipbuilding, rope making and weaving.
Tower Bridge in London from different angles with different shades and different cameras. London is vey quiet at the moment due to Covid 19
In Troy, NY, a faded old sign hints at the past glory of the one-time Trojan Hotel, which opened for business in the early 20th century. The 19th century hotel building currently houses a restaurant called The Trojan Hotel and Taproom (since closed).
Built as a boarding house, this gorgeous Victorian structure was reimagined into a single-family home in 1997.
The façade of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal (known also as the Communipaw Terminal). Now incorporated into the Liberty State Park, Jersey City, the terminal was built in 1889. Until closure in April 1967, thousands of commuters passed through the terminal each day, transferring to ferries bound for Manhattan. The head house and train shed remain intact, and visitors can depart from here to nearby Ellis Island and Liberty Island.
Newark Corn Exchange built 1848 and used for similar trade/business meetings till 1978, has been recently a night club "Caesar's Palace". The building has been empty and unused since at least about 2012.
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I saw this absolutely beautiful townhouse (fancy row house) in downtown Baltimore.
I'm sure it has now been divided up into condos or apartments.
In July 2008, I spent a week in San Francisco for a conference. Each evening I did a walkabout in a different neighborhood.
I really enjoyed getting to see so many nicely restored Victorian houses.
These are Eastlake or Stick Victorians.
I saw the 1895 Victorian Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society Building during a walkabout in downtown, Bridgetown, Barbados.
I thought the wraparound cast-iron balconies were very attractive.
The Pincus Building, also known as the Zadek Building, is a historic Queen Anne-style commercial building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The four-story brick masonry structure was designed by Rudolph Benz and completed in 1891. It first housed the Zadek Jewelry Company. The original design included a round tower with a spire on the outside corner of the building; this was removed by the 1940s. Additionally, the architectural details of the first floor exterior have been simplified. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.
1891
Architect:
Benz,Rudolph
Architectural style:
Late Victorian
Governing body:
Local
NRHP Reference#:
76000345
Added to NRHP:
December 12, 1976
I saw the 1895 Victorian Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society Building during a walkabout in downtown, Bridgetown, Barbados.
I thought the wraparound cast-iron balconies were very attractive.
Sydney's General Post Office building (1874-1996) at 1 Martin Place now the Fullerton hotel.
Lens: TTArtisans 17mm F1.4 @f/8
View from a few yards away from Comer's 'Hotel de Paris', where we spent Christmas 2019.
The hotel has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since January 1977.
It's orignial Victorian period interior decor has been lovingly mainted too ; I can personally vouch for it.
The Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) is located in downtown Minneapolis.
The building was completed in 1902 and is an outstanding example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the Wapping Tunnel.
The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by Jesse Hartley. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby Albert Dock. When originally built, it was 232 m (254 yd)long and consisted of five separate sections.Bombed in the May Blitz of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting cast iron columns remaining in situ. The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972. The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is Grade II* listed.
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The wonderful Natural History Museum in London. It would take a few days or even weeks to look around the museum properly.
St George’s Hall turned Liverpool from a provincial north of England town, to the second city of Empire.
Its nearness to the station is of great significance. It was Liverpool’s message to the world.
If you looked out of St George’s Hall on the day of opening, you would have seen thousands of houses. They couldn’t leave it "stuck out there like a sore thumb" as one person said, they had to connect it to the old town. William Brown Street was that connection.
The library and museum of the 1860s; the Walker Art Gallery, now refurbished, of the 1870s; the good old Empire Theatre, of another name in 1871, then under its modern name in 1925 and the North Western Hotel - all of these buildings turned Lime Street into a dramatic quarter.
An arrival place for those people coming from all over the country and indeed, all over the world. The plateau has been the scene for some of the most dramatic events in our history:
Crowds gathered there after the death of Gladstone, the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of John Lennon.