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St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
The Rotunda lounge or Grand Salon on the garden siede, a unique piece of architecture. The whole, formed by the vestibule and this large space, forms like a central span. This arrangement, also known as a "lantern", allows the visitor to have a view through the axis of the main courtyard-porch-vestibule-alley in perspective of the gardens located on the other side, around which revolve two parts autonomous each with a staircase..
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Vaux-le-Vicomte (Est.1658) - a baroque French château on a 33 hectares (100 acres) estate with formal gardens along a three-kilometer axis. Built between 1658 to 1661 as a symbol of power and influence and intended to reflect the grandeur of Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.
The château was an influential work of architecture in mid-17th-century Europe. The architect Louis Le Vau, the landscape architect André le Nôtre, and the painter-decorator Charles Le Brun worked together on this large-scale project. This marked the beginning of the "Louis XIV style" combining architecture, interior design and landscape design. Their next following project was to build Versailles.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaux-le-Vicomte
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St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
The group of 8th century CE monuments in Pattadakal are the culmination of the earliest experiments in the vesara style of Hindu temple architecture. The town displays both Dravidian (Southern) and the Nagara (Northern, Indo-Aryan) styles of temple architecture.
Tuesday 26 May 2015.
Dean Simon Anderson and alumni experts from around the world engaged in a compelling panel discussion to celebrate the 1965 foundation meeting of the Faculty of Architecture.
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The Marquette Building, also known as the Boatmen's Bank Building.
It was completed in 1914 at Broadway and Olive Streets, at 19 stories, designed by the St. Louis architecture partnership of Eames and Young. The building stands at 20 stories with a 2-story penthouse atop the 20th floor
(FROM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Building_(St._Louis) )
The Flora Theatre was built entirely of wood and is an important example of Baroque art and architecture. The interior dates from about 1780. The work of Antonio Liozzi decorates the wooden facade with floral motifs. A series of hexagonal wooden columns painted in a faux-marble pattern, support the steel-reinforced core while two rows of wooden balustrades decorate the frames and are topped with floral garlands. The centre of the ceiling illuminates an intricate pattern of cornices and mouldings. Liozzi's signature fresco adorns the wooden ceiling, opening to a blue sky in which stands the goddess Flora. For years the theatre was neglected and was almost lost to modernisation. In 1985 it was designated as a historic national treasure and renovated to its original glory.
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
Westgate, Grantham. One of the older shopping streets, still with interesting architecture. The Kings Arms, once known as the Blue Ram continues a long history of Pubs on this site dating back centuries, the current building is probably late C18th/early C19th, and is grade 2 listed. Beyond the old signage of the 1903 dated Cammacks Store - Furniture, Carpets, Ironmongery and China, has just been revealed once more.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England - Westgate
November 2023
Trsteno Arboretum, located in Trsteno, Croatia, located 24 km (15 miles) north-west of Dubrovnik and is the oldest arboretum in this part of the world.
The arboretum was erected by the local patrician family Gučetić-Gozze in the late 15th century, who requested ship captains to bring back seeds and plants from their travels.
The exact start date for the arboretum is unknown, but it was already in existence by 1492, when a 15 m span aqueduct to irrigate the arboretum was constructed; this aqueduct is still in use.
The Arboretum includes a park surrounding the fifteenth century summer residence, which is a monument of garden architecture (and a nineteenth century park at Drvarica).
The arboretum passed into Yugoslav state ownership in 1945, and was declared a natural rarity in 1948. Since 1950 it has been managed by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1962 the Arboretum Trsteno was registered in the list of protected natural monuments list as a monument of landscape architecture. The protected area covers around 255,000 square metres.
Trsteno suffered extensive damage and looting during the Croatian War of Independence when on October 2 and 3rd, 1991, the Yugoslav People's Army launched a series of gunboat and air attacks and set the Arboretum afire, destroying a large part of it, and causing partial damage to the summer residence and the oldest part of the arboretum. The arboretum was further severely damaged in 2000 by a forest fire during a drought, when around 120,000 square metres were lost in fire.
The pride of the arboretum, two Oriental Planes located on the central market place of Trsteno, survived both disasters undamaged. They are over 500 years old and are unique specimens of its kind in Europe. The ancient trees are both about 45/60 m tall and their trunks are 5 m in diameter. Within what was once the noble family's country house, there is the oldest Renaissance park in Croatia, designed in 1502, with numerous exotic plants.
One of my favorite pieces of colonial-era architecture, the Gyeonggyojang was built in 1938 as the residence of Choe Chang-hak, a Korean gold mining magnate. It was designed by Kim Se-yeon, one of Korea's first practitioners of Western architecture.
It is more famous as the post-Liberation residence of independence activist and politician "Baekbeom" Kim Koo, who was assassinated in his second floor office on June 26, 1949.
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Saint-Stephen Cathedral Metz, France, is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir. The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552. In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764. In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
St Louis Architecture
The Marquette Building, also known as the Boatmen's Bank Building.
It was completed in 1914 at Broadway and Olive Streets, at 19 stories, designed by the St. Louis architecture partnership of Eames and Young. The building stands at 20 stories with a 2-story penthouse atop the 20th floor
(FROM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Building_(St._Louis) )
St Mary de Lode Church, Archdeacon Street, Gloucester GL1 2QT, is a Church of England. church immediately outside the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral. Photograph by James Russiello, September 9. 2010
It is believed by some to be on the site of the first Christian church in Britain. The church is in the Diocese of Gloucester and Grade I listed by English Heritage. It has also been known as St. Mary Before the Gate of St. Peter, St. Mary Broad Gate and St. Mary De Port.
The word Lode is from the old English word for water course or ferry and in this case it refers to a ferry that once crossed a branch of the River Severn to the west of the church, which no longer exists.
In 1979, archaeological excavations in the nave showed that the church is built over two Roman buildings. The first, probably a baths building erected in the second century, was destroyed in the fifth century and replaced by a timber mausoleum containing three burials. The mausoleum was destroyed by fire and followed by a sequence of buildings interpreted as churches, culminating in the medieval church of St Mary. It is suggested that the original church was a post-Roman British foundation, before the Anglo-Saxons occupied this area.
The earliest reference to a church in written records dates from the late eleventh century. It then comprised a nave, chancel and tower which was destroyed by fire in 1190. A new chancel was built in the thirteenth century.
A local legend, first recorded in the eighteenth century, holds that the church was the burial place of the legendary King Lucius, first Christian king of Britain, who was said to have established a bishopric in Gloucester in the second century A.D. This legend combined with the results of the archaeological work has apparently inspired the local belief that the church was built on the site of an ancient Roman temple, and was the first Christian church in Britain.
A tomb effigy in the north wall of the chancel formerly pointed out as marking the grave of King Lucius is of fourteenth-century date, and shows a tonsured priest, perhaps William de Chamberleyn who was vicar in 1302-5.
In March 1643 and also in 1646, during the English Civil War, the church was used as a prison to hold royalist soldiers captured by Sir William Waller and Lieut. Col. Edward Massey.
Architecture
The church has a Norman central tower of about 1190. The nave was rebuilt in 1826 in early Gothic Revival style with cast iron columns, by James Cooke, a local monumental mason. A Norman arch leads from the nave into the tower, which is barrel-vaulted and connected through a thirteenth-century arch with the chancel. The chancel was begun like the tower in about 1190 but extended and vaulted in the thirteenth century. Further restorations to the church took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the west part of the nave was converted for use as a church hall in 1980. There is an octagonal pulpit, apparently made up of fifteenth-century carved wooden panels, and an eighteenth-century organ brought in 1972 from the now-redundant church of St Nicholas, Westgate Street.
There are stained glass windows commemorating the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and the Gloucester poet Ivor Gurney.
In the grounds is a monument to Bishop John Hooper.
The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. It also attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.
The mosque has a classical Ottoman layout with a central dome surrounded by four semi-domes over the prayer hall. It is fronted by a large courtyard and flanked by six minarets. On the inside, it is decorated with thousands of Iznik tiles and painted floral motifs in predominantly blue colours, which give the mosque its popular name. The mosque's külliye (religious complex) includes Ahmed's tomb, a madrasa, and several other buildings in various states of preservation.
The mosque was built next to the former Hippodrome and stands across from the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site. The Blue Mosque was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1985 under the name of "Historic Areas of Istanbul".
After the Peace of Zsitvatorok, seen as a blow to Ottoman prestige, Sultan Ahmed I decided to build a large mosque in Istanbul in the hope of soliciting God's favour. He was the first sultan to build an imperial mosque since Selim II (d. 1574), as both Murad III and Mehmed III before him had neglected to construct their own.
The mosque was built on the southeast side of the old Byzantine Hippodrome, near the Hagia Sophia (the most important mosque of the Ottoman Empire), a site of significant symbolic significance that allows it to dominate the city's skyline. The mosque's location was originally occupied by the Hippodrome's bleachers and its imperial box (where the emperor sat when attending events here). During excavations in the early 20th century, some of the ancient seats were discovered in the mosque's courtyard. Given the mosque's location, size, and number of minarets, it is probable that Sultan Ahmed intended to create a monument that rivalled or surpassed the Hagia Sophia.
Prior to construction, this site was occupied by the palaces of several Ottoman viziers, including Sokollu Mehmet Pasha and Güzel Ahmet Pasha, which required a costly expropriation process. This, along with the fact that the empire was under economic stress, aroused the protests of the ulema (Islamic legal scholars), who argued that sultans should only fund the construction of an imperial mosque with spoils of conquest. Ahmed I had won no major victories and thus had to divert funds from the treasury for this expensive project. The ulema went so far as to forbid Muslims from praying at the mosque.
Despite the opposition, the sultan went ahead with the project. Construction started in 1609 and completed in 1617, when the opening ceremony was held, though the year 1616 is mentioned on some of the mosque's inscriptions. Ahmed I died around the same time or very soon afterwards in 1617. Scholar Godfrey Goodwin notes that the last accounting reports on the mosque's construction were signed by Mustafa I, Ahmed I's successor, which suggests that Ahmed I had died before the final completion of the project.
In the end, the mosque's grandeur, its luxurious decoration, and the elaborate public ceremonies that Ahmed I organized to celebrate the project appear to have swayed public opinion and overcome the initial controversy over its construction. It became one of the most popular mosques in the city. The mosque has left a major mark on the city and has given its name to the surrounding neighbourhood, now known as Sultanahmet.
In 1883, much of the mosque interior's painted decoration was replaced by new stenciled paintwork, some of which changed the original colour scheme. A major fire in 1912 damaged or destroyed several of the outlying structures of the mosque complex, which were subsequently restored.
A major restoration of the mosque took place in the 21st century. During preparatory work in 2013, it was discovered that the mosque's northwest minaret had shifted 5 centimetres (2.0 in) over time, constituting a potential threat to its structural stability. Work to reconstruct and repair the minaret was underway in 2015. Comprehensive restoration work on the rest of the mosque began in 2018 and was finished in April 2023.
With its uniquely designed architecture, The Capital Grille is an elegant steakhouse known for their dry-aged steaks, seafood, freshest ingredients, and award-winning wines. Each location has an onsite butcher for the 18 to 24-day dry-aging process. The Capital Grille is open for dinner daily, and serves lunch Monday through Friday.
The Kailasa (Sanskrit: Kailāsanātha) temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions. This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. These extend over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora. The Kailasa (cave 16) is a remarkable example of Dravidian architecture on account of its striking proportion, elaborate workmanship, architectural content, and sculptural ornamentation of rock-cut architecture. The temple was commissioned and completed between 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock.
METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
The Kailasa Temple is notable for its vertical excavation - carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward. The traditional methods were rigidly followed by the master architect which could not have been achieved by excavating from the front. It is estimated that about 400,000 tons of rocks were scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure. From the chisel marks on walls of this temple, archeologists could conclude that three types of chisels were used to carve this temple.
ARCHITECTURE
All the carvings are at more than one level. A two-storeyed gateway opens to reveal a U-shaped courtyard. The courtyard is edged by a columned arcade three stories high. The arcades are punctuated by huge sculpted panels, and alcoves containing enormous sculptures of a variety of deities. Originally flying bridges of stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen.
Within the courtyard are two structures. As is traditional in Shiva temples, an image of the sacred bull Nandi fronts the central temple housing the lingam. In Cave 16, the Nandi Mandapa and main Shiva temple are each about 7 metres high, and built on two storeys. The lower stories of the Nandi Mandapa are both solid structures, decorated with elaborate illustrative carvings. The base of the temple has been carved to suggest that elephants are holding the structure aloft.
A rock bridge connects the Nandi Mandapa to the porch of the temple. The structure itself is a tall pyramidic South Indian temple. The shrine – complete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous stone lingam at its heart – is carved with niches, plasters, windows as well as images of deities, mithunas (erotic male and female figures) and other figures. Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite (followers of Lord Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Lord Vishnu).
There are two Dhwajasthambha (pillars with flagstaff) in the courtyard. The grand sculpture of Ravana attempting to lift Mount Kailasa, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art.
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Photo taken from the roof deck of Hotel Vitale.
The Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco. On top of the building is a large clock tower, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city. Architecturally, the clock tower was modeled after the 12th century Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain.
Angkor Wat (Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត or "Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. It was originally founded as a Hindu capital for the Khmer Empire, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple toward the end of the 12th century. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yaśodharapura (Khmer: យសោធរបុរៈ, present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.
Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls.
The modern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor (នគរ), which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara (नगर). Wat is the Khmer word for "temple grounds" (Sanskrit: वाट vāṭa ""enclosure").
Designed to blend natural environments and architecture, the Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architecture located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona, Catalonia Spain. With future urbanization in mind, Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí, a renowned local architect. The park was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under "Works of Antoni Gaudí"
This is the undulating bench which runs along the edge of the public square and is covered with a rainbow of mosaics. The twists this bench makes allows for easier conversation.
The highlight of any visit to Lisbon, this is a stunning place with the cloister being simply superb. Situated in Belém and easily reached by public transport allow a half day to visit to what is a World Heritage Site .
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Founded in 1501, the magnificent Jerónimos Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos) in Lisbon is a great monument to the Age of Discovery and a magnificent example of the Manueline style of architecture. The monastery was founded by King Manuel I in celebration of - and funded by - successful Portuguese voyages around the world.
History of Jeronimos Monastery
In 1496, King Manuel I (1495–1521) asked the pope for permission to build a great monastery in thanks to the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama's successful voyage to India. The request was granted and construction began on the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos on January 6, 1501. The project was funded by treasures from explorations in Africa, Asia, and South America, as well as a stiff tax on the Portuguese-controlled spice trade with Africa and the East.
The king hired French architect Diogo de Boitaca (1460-1528; master of the pioneering Igreja de Jesus in Setúbal), who was later succeeded by João de Castilho (1475-1552) of Spain, Diogo de Torralva (c.1500-1566), and Jerónimo de Ruão (1530-1601). The site Manuel chose for the new monastery was on the banks of the Tagus river, replacing a small chapel dedicated to St. Mary of Belém by Henry the Navigator.
King Manuel I named his new foundation the Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Belém and invited the Order of St. Jerome (Hieronymites, or dos Jerónimos) to occupy it. The powerful Hieronymites were known for their contemplative spirituality and productive intellectual output; they also shared the king's political views.
The Hieronymites monk were expected to celebrate daily mass for the souls of Prince Henry the Navigator, King Manuel I and his successors in perpetuity, in addition to hearing confessions and providing spiritual counsel to seamen and navigators who sailed from Belém.
As for the monastery, it would be not only a thank-offering to the Virgin Mary but a lasting monument to the Age of Discovery and the mausoleum of King Manuel I and his successors. The project was completed around 1600, by which time Renaissance and Baroque elements were incorporated into the design.
The 1755 earthquake damaged the monastery but thankfully did not destroy it. Many restoration projects have been undertaken since then, some executed better than others. The Hieronymites occupied the monastery for 400 years until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1833, when the building became state property. It was used as a college for the Casa Pia of Lisbon (a children's charity) until around 1940.
What to See at Jeronimos Monastery
Jerónimos Monastery is an prime example of Manueline architecture, a style unique to Portugal that combines Flamboyant Gothic, Moorish, and early Renaissance influences. It is characterized by an elaborate use of sculptural detail and often includes maritime motifs. Other notable Manueline structures in Portugal include Batalha Monastery and the Templar Convento de Cristo in Tomar.
The main entrance to the monastic church is the south portal, designed by João de Castilho. Occupying the central pillar is a statue of Henry the Navigator. Inside, fragile-looking pillars covered with sculpture support a complex web of lierne vaulting over three aisles. Much of the artwork depicts scenes of St. Jerome, translator of the Vulgate and patron of the Hieronymite order.
The west door leads into the cloisters, where the stonework is even more impressive than the church. Designed by João de Castilho, the cloisters have two levels, the lower one having a groin vault and the most exuberant decoration. Virtually every surface of the arches and pillars are covered in elaborate Manueline sculpture.
Jerónimos Monastery contains the tombs of King Manuel and other Portuguese royalty, as well as many important figures from Portuguese history. Most famous among the latter is Vasco de Gama, whose accomplishments at sea inspired the monastery. Other notables include the romantic poet Herculano (1800-54) and the poet Fernando Pessoa.
Part of the monastic complex is the freestanding Chapel of St. Jerome, built in 1514. It is a small rectangular building with conical pinnacles at the four corners and stone "rope" along the roofline. Gargoyles look out from the corners. From the west doorway, there is a fine view all the way out to sea.
With its uniquely designed architecture, The Capital Grille is an elegant steakhouse known for their dry-aged steaks, seafood, freshest ingredients, and award-winning wines. Each location has an onsite butcher for the 18 to 24-day dry-aging process. The Capital Grille is open for dinner daily, and serves lunch Monday through Friday.
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
...once the largest city west of the mississippi, galveston is home to six historic districts containing one of the largest and historically significant collections of nineteenth-century buildings...it has 60 structures listed in the national register of historic places...
...100th view 11-10-13...
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Český Krumlov is a unique architectural, the importance of which is underlined by its inclusion in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 1992.
Above the meanders of the Vltava River, a unique complex of municipal housing developed, mainly in the 16th century, along with an extensive castle and chateau complex, the second-largest in the country after Prague Castle.
The historical seat of the Rosenberg family includes a variety of chateau buildings, the famous Hall of Masks, the unique Baroque theater, the chateau garden with a Rococo fountain and the summer residence Bellaria with a revolving auditorium, which hosts seasonal theater performances. The Cathedral of St. Vitus, a valuable architectural work of the Czech Gothic style, is a significant feature of the town. Numerous cultural activities contribute to the lively atmosphere of the town, among them the International Music Festival, the Old Music Festival, exhibitions at the Egon Schiele Center, and the Five-Petalled Rose Festival (the rose was a symbol of the Rosenberg family.).
In hunting around town for an example of architecture, I just kept coming back to this. There are a lot of examples of fine architecture in town to be sure, but I just thought that this was a great example of plain ol' 1940s plainness! No point foolin' around with a fancy building when there's a job to do, y'know!!
Continuing a legacy of bold architecture, the DAM commissioned architect Daniel Libeskind to design an expansion that would accommodate our growing collections and programs. The 146,000-square-foot Hamilton Building will open to the public October 7.
The Hamilton Building's design recalls the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and geometric rock crystals found in the foothills near Denver. "I was inspired by the light and the geology of the Rockies, but most of all by the wide-open faces of the people of Denver," says Libeskind. The building is covered in 9,000 titanium panels that reflect the Colorado sunshine.
Curated by The Center for American Architecture and Design (CAAD), in conjunction with the School of Architecture, the College of Fine Arts, and the Butler School of Music
Photographed by Selina Ortiz, School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection Photography TA, June Jung, School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection Graduate Teaching Assistant and Elizabeth Schaub, School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection Director
The defining feature of ancient Chamorro architecture, the latte stone has become a symbol of culture in the Marianas.
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
Address: (West side of Yonge St. at Royal Orchard Blvd, moved to 140 Brooke Street)Constructed in 1830 at the west side of Yonge Street at Royal Orchard Boulevard, this church is a prime example of Georgian architecture. The land for the church property was provided by Benjamin Thorne and William Parsons. The first service was held on February 29, 1830 and was given by Dr. John Strachan from Toronto. Prior to the construction of this building, the congregation that founded the church had worshipped at the nearby Cober schoolhouse since 1815. The style of the church is Classical in transition to Gothic. Classical elements are seen in the fluted pillars and pilasters, the flat arches between pillars, and the quoins simulating stone on the exterior corners of the building. Gothic elements appear in the pinted arch of the windows. The original church did not have a basement for Sunday School or other meetings. This encouraged the construction of a parish hall on the same site in 1928 and a later remodeling of the church on a new site half a mile to the south of the original lot in 1950 at 140 Brooke Street. The church exterior remains very similar to that of the original construction. The building is the oldest church presently in use by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. The Holy Trinity Church was designated as a heritage property in 1985.
Photo courtesy of the Canadian Architectural Archives, Panda Associates fonds, PAN 75167.
Sources:City of Vaughan Bylaw #11-85 (heritage designation)Byers, Mary. Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation buildings of the York Region of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Print.Reaman, George Elmore. A History of Vaughan Township: Two Centuries of Life in the Township. Toronto: George C. H. Snider, c 1971. Print.<a href='https://www.thornhillhistoric.org/old/walktour/walktour_slide8b.html' target='_
Kuldīga is the pearl of Kurzeme, Latvia's western region. Kuldīga boasts distinctive architecture, the Venta River with the widest waterfall ledge in Europe, and an old brick bridge.
Saint Catherine is the patron saint of Kuldīga, and thus the church of the town has been named after St Katrīna. The foundation of the building was laid as early as in 1252; later the church was remodelled a number of times, and the altar was decorated with Baroque style wood carvings.
The Town Hall was built in the 17th century. The town square, since the very origins of the settlement, was a place where townspeople used to gather. It is in Kuldīga that one can see the oldest wooden building in Kurzeme put up in 1670 near the town square.
In April 19, 1242 the Livonian Order of Knights received the master’s permission to build a castle on the banks of River Venta. As this is the oldest preserved written document where Kuldiga is mentioned, it is considered to be the year of the foundation of Kuldiga. The Castle of the Livonian Order of Knights was built on the left bank of River Venta by the ford, and the dolomite from the riverbed was used as construction material. In 1263, the castle and settlements around it were already mentioned as town Kuldiga, and its rights as for a town were based on Riga city rights.
In April 28, 1355, the Order’s master Gosvin von Herike allocated new land areas. At the same time he attributed a new privilege to the town, as well as a coat of arms with the image of St. Catherine. From 1439 Kuldiga was given a privilege to arrange a market weekly. The town was established by joining the three main populated areas: the town, the small village of the castle (town of the Couronians) and the village on the hill (so called “Kalnamiests” in Latvian) (in the area of Kalna iela today).
"Sponsored by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Ausin, Center for American Architecture and Desgin (CAAD); O'Neil Ford Chair in Architecture; the Coleman & Rolfe Centennial Lectureship in Architecture, and Teresa Lozano Long Institue of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
Photographed by Alison Steele, UT Austin School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection TA"
Sponsored by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, Center for American Architecture and Design (CAAD); O'Neil Ford Chair in Architecture; the Coleman & Rolfe Centennial Lectureship in Architecture, and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (Llilas)
Photographed by Alison Steele, UT Austin School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection TA
"Sponsored by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Ausin, Center for American Architecture and Desgin (CAAD); O'Neil Ford Chair in Architecture; the Coleman & Rolfe Centennial Lectureship in Architecture, and Teresa Lozano Long Institue of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
Photographed by Alison Steele, UT Austin School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection TA"
Sponsored by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, Center for American Architecture and Design (CAAD); O'Neil Ford Chair in Architecture; the Coleman & Rolfe Centennial Lectureship in Architecture, and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (Llilas)
Photographed by Alison Steele, UT Austin School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection TA
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
The Historial Basilica Wax Museum is a museum located in Quebec City, Canada. The museum is housed inside the Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the most iconic landmarks in the city.
The museum features over 100 wax figures, depicting important historical figures and events in Canadian and Quebec history. The figures are arranged in dioramas, which recreate scenes from significant moments in Canada's past, such as the signing of the Treaty of Montreal or the founding of Quebec City.
In addition to the wax figures, the museum also features a collection of religious artifacts, including sculptures, paintings, and vestments. Visitors can also learn about the history of the Notre-Dame Basilica, which was completed in 1829 and is known for its stunning Gothic Revival architecture.
The Historical Basilica Wax Museum was established in the mid-1960s, as part of an effort to promote tourism in the city of Montreal. Today, the museum is a popular destination for visitors from around the world, who come to explore the rich history and culture of Quebec and Canada.
Photographs taken by Dr. A. E. Ashenhurst 1959-1962. Archived by his son, Jim Ashenhurst, Mississauga Ontario Canada.
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Toronto
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The Florian
Residential
88 Davenport Road
Mirabella Development Corporation
25s
Hariri Pontarini Architects
Young + Wright Architectural
The Yorkville Condominiums
Residential
32 Davenport Road
12-22 McMurrich Street
Lifetime Developments
31s
Wallman Architects
Four Seasons Hotel/Condominiums
Hotel/Motel/Resort
Residential
50-60 Yorkville Avenue
Menkes Developments Ltd
Four Seasons Hotel
Lifetime Developments,
25s + 55s
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Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects
St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
Howard and Marian Bennion House
Salt Lake City, Utah
Listed 8/27/2013
Reference Number: 13000640
The Howard and Marian Bennion House, built in 1940-1941, is locally significant under Criterion C in the areas of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The period of significance spans the initial design and construction of the house and landscape in 1940-1941. The Bennion House is significant for its association with the architect Georgius Y. Cannon (1892-1970). In preparation for her husband's retirement, Marian Cannon Bennion commissioned her first cousin once-removed, Georgius Y. Cannon, to design a house in Salt Lake City. Like his cousin, Georgius Y. Cannon was born and raised in Salt Lake City, but was living and practicing in southern California when he designed the Bennions' home. The Bennion House is significant because it represents the architect's body of residential work for Utah clients designed in absentia. Cannon was influenced by the emerging popularity of Ranch-style domestic architecture in southern California. For his affluent residential clients in Salt Lake City, he elaborated on the aesthetics of the Ranch style to create high-end homes with classical details. The Bennion House is one of the best examples of his residential work, incorporating the Colonial Revival style with a spacious floor plan and full integration with the site, and is one of the earliest known Ranch-influenced houses in the city. The property is also significant in the area of Landscape Architecture as the earliest documented professional work of noted landscape architect Barbara V. Hoag Fealy (1903-2000). Barbara Fealy was born in Salt Lake City, educated at the University of Illinois, and returned to Salt Lake to begin her practice in the 1930s. The Bennion House is her only known residential work in Utah, although she had numerous clients in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In 1945, she moved to the West Coast, and by the 1970s was one of the most prolific and sought-after landscape architects in the Pacific Northwest. Barbara Fealy was known as the matriarch of landscape architecture in the Northwest. Despite some minor alterations over time, the Howard and Marian Bennion House has excellent historic integrity. The house and yard are currently undergoing an extensive rehabilitation. The property contributes to the historic character of its Salt Lake City neighborhood.
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Barksdale Air Force Base
Bossier Parish, LA
Listed: 04/13/1992
Barksdale is of state significance in the area of architecture as one of Louisiana's most important examples of early twentieth century eclectic (period) architecture, the prevailing American architectural trend of that day.
The trend towards reviving historic styles for use in modern design has its roots in the French Beaux Arts system. In the nineteenth century, students at the Ecole des Beaux Arts were taught to work in a variety of historical styles with a fair degree of accuracy. Quotation from well known monuments of the past in new designs was taken as a sign of cultivation rather than poverty of invention. This spirit of learnedly imitating the past came to America in the later nineteenth century in the form of academic schools of architecture, professional publications, and a more discriminating clientele. Increasingly, clients were demanding designs in this or that particular historical style. Of course, some of this was a natural desire for more order in architecture after the chaotic excesses of the Queen Anne Revival.
Perhaps the greatest tour de force eclectic architecture could achieve was a large and evocative complex of buildings unified and distinguished by a consistent "period" treatment. Examples include World's Fairs, academic campuses, governmental complexes, resort complexes, and rural estates. In Louisiana, complexes of this ilk are pretty much limited to college campuses (for example, the Italian Renaissance LSU campus), although there are a few major exceptions (most notably the Louis XV style Veterans Hospital complex at Alexandria and Barksdale).
Of the dozen or so twentieth century eclectic architectural complexes in Louisiana, Barksdale is important because it is by far the largest, with over 250 buildings. (The others are in the 10-50 building range.) In addition, Barksdale is one of two with a Beaux Arts axial layout.
Victoria, capital of British Columbia, sits on the craggy southern end of Vancouver Island. The city's British colonial past shows in its Victorian architecture. the Strait of Juan de Fuca is a strait running between the countries of the United States and Canada
Bourne, Massachusetts
Listed 02/27/2013
Reference Number: 13000037
The Boumedale Village School possesses significance at the local level under National Register Criteria A and C in the areas of Education and Architecture. The period of significance begins in 1897, when the building was constructed and ends in 1962, the current 50-year cutoff date for National Register eligibility. Under Criterion A, the building possesses significance for its association with the early development of Bourne's public education system. It was constructed in 1897 to replace an earlier schoolhouse on the site, and served as a school for grades one through eight until its closing in 1925. Built toward the end of the district school era in the Cape Cod region, it is one of the few remaining single-story, one-room primary schools that were constructed in substantial numbers in districts throughout the area during the 19th century. The building also possesses significance under Criterion A in the area of social history for its use as a community meeting space. Since the school was closed, the building has been maintained as a community meeting hall by the Boumedale Civic Association. Under Criterion C, the building is a rare surviving example of the type of one-room schoolhouse that typified early school development in rural areas before the advent of consolidated schools in the early 20th century
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Bournedale Village School, Bourne, Massachusetts, Summary Page
The Kankakee County Courthouse in Courthouse Square is a historic building in Kankakee, Illinois, United States that has been home to the government of Kankakee County since 1912. The current structure, the third county courthouse, took three years to build and is considered a fine example of Beaux-Arts architecture.
The area now known as Courthouse Square in Kankakee, Illinois was originally used by the Pottawatomi as a council ground. European settlement began in 1832 with the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe. In 1851, the Illinois Central Railroad decided to build a station in what is now Kankakee.
In November 1908, voters approved the constuction of a new courthouse, the current structure. Zachary Taylor Davis was awarded the commission for the building. It was built by Lafayette, Indiana contractor W. F. Stilwell for $187,000. Construction began on October 2, 1909 and finished in July 1912. In the 1930s, a protest with 200 farmers gathered at the courthouse to demand changes in property tax laws so that they would be paid after the harvest. By 1950, the population of the county exceeded 73,500 thanks to an industrial boom in the late 1940s.
The courthouse has remained in use since its 1912 opening. On March 7, 2007, the building was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
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