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The Pavilion Gardens is an excellent historic venue which superbly shows off the Victorian splendor of Buxton. Situated in the heart of the spa town it is a beautiful example of the heritage that runs throughout the town. With the arrival of the railway in 1863, a boom period was beginning for Buxton and its guest houses and hotels. As a result it was suggested by the Seventh Duke of Devonshire that private citizens should put money into a 'company' to improve amenities in Buxton.
The gardens were designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and his pupil Edward Milner both of whom worked and built many of the greenhouses at Chatsworth House under William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Sir Joseph Paxton and Edward Milner were both outstanding architects and worked to complete some of the most cherished landmarks we have today. This includes Tatton Park, Crystal Palace and Mentmore Towers.
The Pavilion Gardens was first opened in August 1871 and fortunately, at this time there were many people in the town who were willing to put their own money into paying for improvements. The then Duke responded by giving nine acres of “excellent garden ground” (eventually extended to the present 23 acres by later Ducal gifts), to be held in perpetuity on condition they were used exclusively for the purposes of recreation. The prospectus and Form of Application for shares of the Buxton Improvement Company (December 1869) make the objectives of the company clear: "to add to the attractions and increase the prosperity of Buxton".
The Concert Hall, (now known as the Octagon) designed by Buxton Architect, Robert Rippon Duke, was added later and opened in 1875. The Entertainment Stage, soon to be known as the Pavilion Theatre and later as the Hippodrome (cinema), the Playhouse (from 1935) and the Paxton Suite (from 1979) was added in 1889. Owing to the success of the theatre, the company, known since 1889 as the Buxton Gardens Company, decided that the Pavilion Theatre should be extended which led to the building of the Opera House which was opened at Whitsuntide in 1903. The Opera House itself was designed by the prolific theatre designer Frank Matcham and is one of only 17 out of 150 still standing. He also designed the London Palladium, Blackpool Opera House, Tower Theatre and Tower Ballroom, and the London Coliseum.
In 1927, the Buxton Corporation acquired the buildings, gardens and pleasure grounds and the council have managed the site ever since.
A disastrous fire in 1983 destroyed the former Lounge area and the restoration work was completed two years later.
In recent history the Pavilion Gardens have undertaken an extensive restoration project spanning seven years from the completion of the parklands to their natural Victorian splendor in 2004 right through to the refurbishment of the main inner building and the new ultra modern theatre and studio space (The Pavilion Arts Centre) being re-opened in 2010.
Galveston's East End Historic District has a wonderful collection of Victorian Houses.
The house at 1817 Broadway Street.
The photo was taken in July 1980.
The Masonic Temple is located in downtown Minneapolis, MN.
Built in 1888, it is an outstanding example of Richardsonian Romanesque. The massive eight-story building was designed by Long and Kees, a noted local firm.
The firm was also responsible for some of Minneapolis’ finest historic buildings: City Hall, the Lumber Exchange, and the Flour Exchange. All (including the Masonic Temple) are on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is now the home of the Hennepin Center for the Arts.
Galveston's East End Historical District has a wonderful collection of Victorian Houses.
At 1702 Ball Street is the Frederick Beissner House built in 1887.
The Classical Victorian house is notable for its corner entrace and flower-themed woodworking.
The photo was taken in July 1980.
I love everything about this house except that it has only an extremely small patch of grass in the back corner.
The Church of St Michael & All Angels in Leafield, Oxfordshire is by the eminent Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. The building dates from 1858 though the tower was not completed until 1874. The building is Grade II*-listed.
two of three SF Victorian styles
Italiante (typically 1870s)
Queen Anne style (typically 1890s)
2900 (last) block of Bush Street, Zion District, San Francisco
№ 2909 Bush, built 1878
№ 2911 Bush, built 1885 "Various patterns of boarding on wall areas; cantilevered bay has independent shed roof."
№ 2913 Bush, built 1883; "Incised panels above segmental arched heads on openings."
№ 2945 Bush, built 1885: "Compare w/ 2911 bush st., of which this is a 2 story version."
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Bargeboards hang from the projecting end of a roof and are often elaborately carved and ornamented. Homes in the Carpenter Gothic style have highly ornamented bargeboards.
(The neighbourhood of Cabbagetown contains the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian era housing in North America.)
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour drawn 9/27/14 - 11/8/14
This historic building is one of 4 different drawings that I finished over the last 5 weeks.... I even added the mural that's on the side of the building which was very difficult to draw because it was so small in scale.
The Masonic Temple is located in downtown Minneapolis, MN.
Built in 1888, it is an outstanding example of Richardsonian Romanesque. The massive eight-story building was designed by Long and Kees, a noted local firm.
The firm was also responsible for some of Minneapolis’ finest historic buildings: City Hall, the Lumber Exchange, and the Flour Exchange. All (including the Masonic Temple) are on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is now the home of the Hennepin Center for the Arts.
An unfamiliar view of the church, opened up by the demolition of the Church of England school next door. We weren't able to enjoy it for long however. The photograph was taken on Sunday 1st June 1975. The council was eager to demolish the church and replace it by more of the kind of thing we see in the background. In September it trumped up some kind of spurious pretext for sending in the bulldozers.
The church was a fine design by J. C. Neale, few of whose buildings survive. He was killed by a train at Exeter.
703-709 Capp Street, 731-765 Capp Street: fifteen stick-style houses, all by architect T. J. Welsh, ten of which are intact. built 1889 - source- S + J Woodbridge, 1982 edition
"Between 1889 and 1894, Baroness Mary Ellen von Schroeder developed 27 houses on South Van Ness (then called Howard Street) between 22nd and 23rd Streets and the backing lots with houses facing Capp Street. Designed by architect Thomas J. Welsh (1845-1918), the Eastlake or American Stick style houses sold for around $5,000. Many of the existing houses have the original flash glass—small colored glass squares surrounding the main window pane. Welsh designed many houses in the city, but is best remembered for his work as the primary architect for the Archdiocese of San Francisco: the original buildings for Sts. Peter and Paul in North Beach, St. Dominic's and Sacred Heart Parish in the Western Addition, and St. Mary's Cathedral on Van Ness. Only the latter two survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, although fire destroyed St. Mary’s in 1962.
And what of the Baroness? Mary Ellen Donahue, called Mamie, was the daughter of Peter Donahue, who had arrived in San Francisco from Ireland in 1849 and with his brothers opened a small blacksmith shop at the corner of Mission and First Streets. This shop grew into Union Iron Works, the first foundry in San Francisco. Peter Donahue also manufactured the first printing press in the West and built the first city railway on the Pacific. And with his brother James, Peter founded the first gas works in San Francisco, the forerunner of Pacific Gas and Electric Company."
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Capp Street between 22nd and 23rd
San Francisco
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The old Carson Mansion, now the Ingomar Club. According to Eureka tourist info, this is one of the most photographed housed in Californa.
This was the home of lumber baron William Carson. The house was a project to keep mill workers working during slow times.
I'll dig up the exact dates later. For right now, know that this is from the 1880s.
Great that some of these are still operating. This one beside the Grand Hotel is a splendid example especially the entrance foyer and pay booth at the top.
Another second empire pile, this one a little foreboding. West Hall, formerly Old Troy Hospital, 1869.
The Architectural Treasure Trove of Troy Tour, Saturday, November 1, 2014 --- Once one of the most prosperous cities in America, Troy, New York, retains numerous architectural treasures from the Victorian era. Architectural historian Suzanne Spellen will lead us in an exploration that will include the Washington Square area (built around the only private city park in the country besides Gramercy Park), the campus of Russell Sage College, Monument Square and downtown business and residential blocks. Participants will visit one of the oldest synagogues in New York State as well as civic buildings and a rare surviving gas house. Also on the tour will be St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an interior decorated entirely by Louis Comfort Tiffany-walls, ceilings and windows. Lunch will be at one of Troy's newest dining establishments located in a Victorian era building. Advance paid reservations required by October 28, 2014.
Photograph by Frampton Tolbert
Built by stonemasons William and Thomas Keegan and completed in 1838. It is now owned by the Westmeath County Council.
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The "Hardware" building in Bread Street, Bristol, photographed on Sunday 29th November 1981. The last time I passed this way, in March 2007, the building had been gutted but the street frontage left standing ...probably the precursor to a programme of "façading. All this area was undergoing the horrors of "regeneration" and even the 1970s glass block in the distance was empty and "facing an uncertain future".
These and the conterminous buildings belonging to Gardiner Haskins are of complex provenance. If I have understood the books correctly the Hardware building was by Foster & Wood, 1865-7. Perhaps it might be regarded as the progenitor of the same practice's Colston Hall, which went up a few years later and to which it bears a distinct family resemblance. The arches of the ground floor arcade, made for the egress of horse-drawn wagons, have naturally suffered adaptation to other uses. Two have been knocked out to make a wide vehicular entrance, another has been filled with an unlovely roller-shutter door and one has been bricked up.
The three-storey brick building beyond, of 1883, is by by our old friend W. B. Gingell, who had the tact to continue the street-level arcade of the earlier structure. Here, at least, the filling-in of the arches has been accomplished with greater refinement. I suppose the difference is that it was done earlier.
The architectural jumble on Enoshima is a marvel to behold. I love it.
Not the ugly concrete boxes you see in most Japanese cities; not the beautiful, traditional, elegant, but ultimately I've-seen-it-before-style wooden structures you see in certain parts of Kyoto, Nara, Kanazawa and elsewhere; the buildings along the main path on Enoshima are a beautiful jumble of Japanese, Chinese, and Western styles from a variety of sources and periods.
Victorian Society in America London Summer School - Visit to the Oxford Union Murals (1857–1859) within the Old Library of the Oxford Union Society painted by Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, July 11, 2013
Nast was a famous political cartoonist in the nineteenth century. He created popular and enduring images of the Republican Elephant, the Democratic Donkey, Uncle Sam, and Santa Claus. He also drew cartoons exposing corruption in the New York City government under Boss Tweed. Contemporary visitors to Thomas Nast's home included Ulysees S. Grant and Mark Twain.
Liberty's of London and the Aesthetic Movement, a multimedia presentation by Ian Cox, Director of the Victorian Society in America's London Summer School, the talk focused on the origins and development of one of London's best known high end department stores founded in the late 19th century by Arthur Liberty and famed at that time for its connections with the aesthetic movement and "artistic" product ranges. The talk will include an update on the store's recent history.
It concluded with a description of the summer study programs offered by The Victorian Society in America. #VicSocAmerica #VSASummerSchools #VSALondon
Photograph by James Russiello
Ian Cox is a decorative arts historian with special interests in historic interiors, furniture and ceramics. For many years he taught in the History of Art Department at Glasgow University and was Director of the Christie's Master's Programme in the History of the Decorative Arts. He is currently Director of the Victorian Society of America London Summer School, which this year is enjoying its 40th anniversary.
For more information on the Victorian Society in America’s summer schools in London, England, Newport, Rhode Island, and Chicago, Illinois, please email summerschools@Victoriansociety.org or our website www.VictorianSociety.org
About the Merchant's House: Built in 1832, the Merchant’s House was home to a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants for almost 100 years. Complete with the family’s original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life in New York City from 1835-1865. www.merchantshouse.org