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Looking at architectural details like those on this beautiful house I wish I could draw. Software drawing effects aren't as good, but they are the best I can manage.
19. Diamond in 115 pictures in 2015
The great roof by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1854) only deserved the best Victorians architects could offer to make it 'respectable'.
1814 Vallejo Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco
built 1890
once home of Bank of America President Lorenzo Scatena - stepfather of A P Giannini
occupant per 1902 directory: Judge and Mrs J F Sullivan
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Victorian Society in America London Summer School - Visit to Wolverhampton, West Midlands, Wightwick Manor, July 9, 2013 - built by Theodore Mander, of the Mander family, who were successful 19th-century industrialists in the area, and his wife Flora, daughter of Henry Nicholas Paint, member of Parliament in Canada. It was designed by Edward Ould of Liverpool in two phases; the first was completed in 1887 and the house was extended with the Great Parlour wing in 1893. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor
2800 Bush Street
Bush and Baker Streets, Zion District, San Francisco
Built 1889 per Here Today book
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This photo doesn't do this sight justice, but we see natural light from the lantern 'playing' with the electric light. I was loathe to crop the bottom left section, for symmetrical reasons. The top corners were cropped as I took the photo.
Corder House in Fawcett Street, Sunderland, designed by Frank Caws and housing his offices. Terracotta by JC Edwards.
Mrs. Sarah Leath donated nine acres of land in 1854 to the Protestant Widows and Orphans Asylum. The first building was completed in 1856, a brick, two-story structure with a hipped roof and cast iron capped windows. When Mrs. Leath died in 1858 she left an additional twenty acres to the asylum and the name was changed to the Leath Orphan Asylum. In 1875 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows raised money for the three story brick building located to the south of the origianl building. Prominent Memphis architect Edward Culliatt Jones designed the addition. In 1904 the Porter family donated $103,000 in honor of Dr. D.T. Porter and the Porter name was added. There were more additions resulting in the structure that can be seen today.
Memphis, Tennessee
South Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark
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The Tan Kim Seng fountain, built in 1882 by Singaporeans grateful for Tan Kim Seng's monetary contributions towards ensuring clean piped water was available.
Mallory Neely House
Stencil work on formal parlor ceiling
Constructed in 1852 and expanded in the 1890s. Original owner was Isaac Kirtland. James Columbus Neely purchased the home in 1883 from Benjamin Babb. His daughter Frances "Daisy" Neely married Barton Lee Mallory and lived in the house until her death in 1969.
Memphis, Tennessee
Built ca 1886
"panels of overlapping circle medallions, elongated brackets, and a hood of circular shingles on the bay are noteworthy on this stick style cottage" - Olmstead / "Here Today"
I'm also fond of whatever that is above the door........
and the half-pilasters on the bay window........
70 Diamond Street between Market and 18th streets
San Francisco
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Reopened in May 2025 after a £35million refurb and looking superb in the light of the afternoon sun. First opened in 1866 with a splendid cast iron roof by Ordish of St. Pancras fame, Grade II listed.
Back yard. The yard is totally overlooked by apartments so we put up the fence/pergola, planted with climbing plants and Japanese maples in the rear corner.
Fence uses lots of Syntal /recycled plastic wood: for posts, rails etc. which is stabilized by the lattice and cross pieces.
he house is constructed of white poplar in the Gothic Revival style and work was begun on the house in 1869. The Blackwell family rented rooms next door in the Smith McKenzie house. Virginia Blackwell gave birth to one daughter, but died after only two days after she moved into her new home. Blackwell died in 1910 at the age of 72 and he had one granddaughter, Louise, who lived in the house all of her 88 years.
There is a rumor out that the Blackwell House is haunted. Supposedly there is a well dressed man who roams the house in the evenings.
Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennesssee
built 1880
Fairmount neighborhood, San Francisco
Originally had stable for 2 horses & 2 cows in rear.
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"The study of country houses and landscaped gardens took us to Gertrude Jekyll’s remarkable estate where she experimented with flowers for each season. Her laboratory reinforced her ideas against over formality and focused on the appreciation of native plants, groupings, and colors. Her house at Munstead Wood was the first of many collaborations with architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. His country house commissions were invariably paired with her astounding garden designs throughout the United Kingdom."
Source: Ben Olson, "The London Summer School: A Unique Opportunity for Study," Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools Newsletter 2014
This is the outline of Castell Coch. In rebuilding the medieval ruins Burges respected the original mass, adding his own touches to enhance the romanticised picture-book appearance. The castle was intended to be an occasional summer residence for the Bute family and work began in 1875 and carried on until 1891, some ten years after Burges’s death.