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Title
Commonwealth Avenue, Between Clarendon and Dartmouth Streets Taken from Hotel Vendome, Corner of Dartmouth Street
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.63
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000377
DSpace_Handle
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.
Title
Washington and Castle Streets, looking East, view of row of buildings from under elevated rail
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: 10:00 AM.-1:00 P.M., November 13, 1956
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 39.02
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000718
DSpace_Handle
Title
Looking to the River at Dartmouth Street
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.41
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000357
DSpace_Handle
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, between Exeter and Dartmouth Streets, South Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.64
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000378
DSpace_Handle
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, Corner of Berkley Street
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.47
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000363
DSpace_Handle
Victorian architecture and engineering harmonise at St. Pancras International, now host to the Eurostar services to France and Belgium.
Despite all the opulent detailing in the Banqueting Hall, it’s a model of restraint compared with elsewhere in the castle. There’s an unusual air of sobriety – the character of the original medieval interior still remains.
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, towards Exeter Street, North Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.59
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000374
DSpace_Handle
#827 Guerrero [1881,1890]
"John McMullen House"
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The John McMullen House is a superb example of Queen Anne styling, one of the residential styles whose prevalence in the city creates San Francisco's unique visual environment. It is an important work by one of the most influential of California's 19th century designers, Samuel Newsom.
The house as it now exists is the result of extensive 1890 alterations to the existing Stick Style house. Originally built in 1881 on a 25' x 100' lot, the builder and architect are unknown. The visual quality of the exterior of the original building can be sensed particularly clearly along the north side, where such details as an original wooden awning are intact. The jerkinhead gable form and the under eave texture of the wall surface are legacies of the Stick Style.
Samuel Newsom altered the house in 1890 by widening it, adding a tower, extending it to the rear and creating a basement. The 1890 additions deferred in the manner of roof form, but the round tower, the horseshoe arch and elaborate ornament of the entry, and the textured shingle surfaces are up-to-the-minute Queen Anne fashion of the 1890's. No traces remain of the 1881 interior, with the possible exception of the second floor door facings.
In 1892 the kitchen was extended and widened. In the late 1890's a rear extension was added to the house. In 1904 a butler's pantry was built. Other later alterations include a sprinkler system, and alterations to the bathrooms and kitchen/serving area.
Adapted from the NRHP Nomination Form.
DSCN2809
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, toward Berkley Street from Arlington Street, North Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.55
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000369
DSpace_Handle
House Moving 21st Century Style: While building moving is no new thing in Chicago, the moving today of Henry Ives Cobb's Rees House one block north on Prairie Ave (to a site two blocks south of Glessner House) has been called, at 762 tons, the heaviest house move in US history. It's a dubious honor. The Rees House was in the way of a stadium to be built adjacent to the ever expanding McCormick Place Convention Center. A preservation easement on the exterior and City Landmarking of both the exterior and interior (which has survived amazingly well) couldn't prevent the power of eminent domain from taking over the site, but they did put pressure on to move the house itself.
Nov 12th - A few more in progress pics from today. I got there around 9AM and they had started to turn the corner into the lot. By11:30 they had made some progress, but didn't move much by noon when I had to head out.
Find out more at the Victorian Society in America’s first ever Chicago Summer School, June 2015! #VicSocAmerica #VSASummerSchool #VSAChicago
Photographed November 12, 2014; Photograph by John H. Waters, A.I.A.
Title
Mall Looking toward Arlington Street and Boston Public Garden
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.38
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000354
DSpace_Handle
Title
Corner of Berkley Street to Boston Public Garden
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.44
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000360
DSpace_Handle
Title
Weathervanes - Crescent-Shaped with Flowing Tail, No Direction Markers, Charlesgate Hall, Round Tower with Slate Roof on Victorian Building, Iron Balcony, Stone Vines, Bay Windows, Beacon Hill, 1:00 P.M.
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 77.02
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001913
DSpace_Handle
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, Between Arlington Street and Berkley Street, North Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.53
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000368
DSpace_Handle
Memorial plaque to Samuel Smith, Sefton Park, Liverpool.
The obelisk is mounted on a plinth with two (now non-functioning) drinking fountains either side (N&S); above each is the legend "Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give them shall never thirst", taken from St. John's Gospel. Above the fountains on each side of the plinth are four bronze plaques representing Smith's life and work. The front plaque (W) bears an image of Samuel Smith in high relief; and the two sides (N&S) have images of Christian charity, and the rear (E) plaque bears an inscription detailing his biography, and underneath "Them that honour Me, I will honour". The plaque also states that the monument was raised by public subscription.
Samuel Smith (4 January 1836 – 28 December 1906) was a British politician. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1882 to 1885 and from 1886 to 1906. He was noted for being a champion of "social purity" and opposed many plays with open displays of sexuality that he saw as "glorification of the vulgarest debauchery".
He was apprenticed to a Liverpool cotton broker in 1853. By 1864 he was head of the Liverpool branch of James Finlay & Co., a large cotton business of Glasgow and Bombay.
He died aged 70 at Calcutta, India.
The Cottage was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a classic example of Queen Anne style architecture. FYI: Queen Victoria was on the throne when the style was popular--Queen Anne ruled in the early 1700s.
Title
Statue of John Glover, Commonwealth Avenue Mall
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: October 9, 1956
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 54.36
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001120
DSpace_Handle
George William and Hanna Hirsche lived in Stirling and homesteaded southwest of Wrentham where they built their farm house in 1911, pictured above exactly 100 years after it was built.
Photographer: Cody Kapcsos
Location: Warner County No. 5; Southwest of Wrentham, Alberta.
Date: July 15, 2011
Digital Ref#:
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.
Title
Washington and Castle Streets, looking East, view of row of buildings from under elevated rail
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: 10:00 AM.-1:00 P.M., November 13, 1956
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 39.03a
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000720
DSpace_Handle
Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. The Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance.
Title
Corner of Fairfield Street, North Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.42
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000358
DSpace_Handle
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.
This early Voysey house is 14 South Parade of 1891 on the southern perimeter of Bedford Park, overlooking Acton Green. Compared with the neighbouring red-brick dwellings designed by Shaw, it exhibits an austere simplicity with its rendering and cuboid form.
One of the "cottages" of the Johnstown National Historic District. It appears this building is vacant - will it be restored?
Title
Commonwealth Avenue, between Clarendon Street and Dartmouth Street, North Side
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 23.56
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000371
DSpace_Handle