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A quite cold and windy morning... just few minutes after sunrise.
With Ed, Filippo and Simone
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Long exposure stacking for a total of nearly 6minutes exposure.
Orange, Virginia
In 1723, James Madison's grandfather, Ambrose Madison, and his brother-in-law, Thomas Chew, received a patent for 4,675 acres of land in the Piedmont of Virginia. Ambrose, his wife Frances Madison, and their three children moved to the plantation in 1732, naming it Mount Pleasant. (Archaeologists have located this first site near the Madison Family Cemetery.) Ambrose died six months later; according to court records, he was poisoned by three enslaved Africans. At the time, Ambrose Madison held 29 slaves and close to 4,000 acres. After his death, Frances managed the estate with the help of their son, Colonel James Madison, Sr.
Madison, Sr., expanded the plantation to include building services and blacksmithing in the 1740s, and bought additional slaves to cultivate tobacco and other crops. He married Nelly Conway Madison (1731–1829) and had 12 children.
James Madison, Sr.'s first-born son, also named James, was born on March 16, 1751 at Belle Grove, his mother's family estate in Port Conway, where she had returned for his birth. James Madison spent his early years at Mount Pleasant.
In the early 1760s, Madison, Sr., built a new house half a mile away, which structure forms the heart of the main house at Montpelier today. Built around 1764, it has two stories of brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern, and a low, hipped roof with chimney stacks at both ends. His son James Madison later stated that he remembered helping move furniture to the new home. The building of Montpelier represents Phase 1 (1764–1797) of the construction. Upon completion, the Madisons owned one of the largest brick dwellings in Orange County.
Phase 2 (1797–1800) of construction began in 1797, after son James returned to Montpelier with his new wife Dolley Madison. He was then 39 and she was a young widow with a child. At this time Madison added a thirty-foot extension and a Tuscan portico to the house. Madison's widowed mother, Nelly, still resided in the house following the death of her husband, James, Sr., in 1801.
In the last period of construction, Phase 3 (1809–1812), Madison had a large drawing room added, as well as one-story wings at each end of the house and he directed construction of single-story flat-roofed extensions at either end of the house; these provided space for the separate household of the newlyweds James and Dolley Madison. After his second term as president, in 1817 Madison retired there full-time with his wife Dolley
Ive been away from Flickr for a while. Hellooo
Returning with the rest of my USA trip images.....slowly.....
My friends Todd will hopefully help me pinpoint this on the map.....
This house, designed in 1901 by Carroll H. Pratt — the architect, not the laugh track pioneer — is one of the many stately dwellings lining the streets of Prospect Park South. The neighborhood originated as a turn-of-the-20th-century suburban community whose developer, Dean Alvord, sought to "illustrate how much of rural beauty can be incorporated within the rectangular limits of the conventional city block." Alvord had the area's numbered streets renamed to sound more aristocratic — East 11th through 16th Streets became Stratford, Westminster, Argyle, Rugby, Marlborough, and Buckingham Roads, respectively — and he required potential buyers to provide references "so as to protect the families of lot purchasers against undesirable social and moral influences."
The original house here is said to have been built by a Paisley merchant turned laird, in the early 17th century. Another story states that it was built in 1681 by one George Cunningham, Writer to the Signet (lawyer) - a date to be found on one of the gables. If so, he only occupied his new house for a very short time as the Earl of Argyll attacked Rothesay Castle in 1685, leaving it uninhabitable, whereupon Sir James Stuart thereof, purchased the Mansionhouse as his dwelling.
The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo land near Española, New Mexico. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. (Source: Wikipedia)
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I saw this as I visited Khan el Frenj with some friends in summer 2007.
It wasn't my first visit so I had some time to capture some details and other less popular views.
It always worth to visit a place more than one time.
Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/panoramique/] for identify the constructor of this buildings. It is the nest of mud daubers.
1- Scientific name = Sceliphron sp
2- English name = mud dauber
3- Family = Sphecidae
4- Arabic name =
The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum (NHHM) (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय हस्तशिल्प एवं हथकरघा संग्रहालय) commonly known as National Crafts Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest crafts museums in India.
It is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of the Pragati Maidan, facing the Purana Qila complex.
HISTORY
It was set up over a period of 30 years starting in the 1950s and 60s by the efforts of the renowned freedom fighter late Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, when the area was envisaged as an ethnographic space where craftsmen from various parts of India would come in to work towards preservation of various traditional arts and crafts. By the 1980s it already had a substantial collection, and in time the museum space gradually evolved and transformed into its present shape.
Today the museum holds over 35,000 rare and distinctive pieces reflecting the continuing tradition of Indian craftsmen through painting, embroidery, textiles, various crafts of clay, stone and wood, all housed in a building designed between 1975 and 1990 by architect Charles Correa, incorporating traditional architectural vocabulary into a modern design.
OVERVIEW
Various galleries within the museum include the Tribal and Rural Craft Gallery, Gallery of Courtly Crafts, Textile Gallery, Gallery of Popular Culture etc. Some of its prized collection include, the 250-300-year-old, Bhoota Collection from Karnataka, rare Kashmiri 300-year-old ‘dushalas’, handkerchiefs from Chamba, known for their unique embroidery, rare brocade and Baluchari saris, Kutch embroidery, precious metal jewellery and much more. The museum is popular for an exhaustive collection of textiles. The museum also houses a village complex spread over 20,000 m2, with 15 structures representing village dwellings, courtyards and shrines from different states of India, with items of day-to-day life displayed. The entire village complex is a remnant of a temporary exhibition on the theme of rural India, held in 1972. Today several traditional craftsmen in residence at the museum, can be seen working in a designated area within the museum complex, who also sell the crafts they create.
Apart from the collection, the museum houses Research and Documentation facilities, a reference library, a conservation laboratory, a photo laboratory and an auditorium. It is open from 9.30 am to 5 pm, except on Mondays. It is accessible through Pragati Maidan Delhi Metro Station.
The Manitou Cliff Dwellings in Manitou Springs, Colorado at the base of Pike's Peak are a small but interesting example of early Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings.
They are small in size especially when compared to Mesa Verde but interesting nonetheless. This picture shows just about the entire site (except for the de rigueur gift shop and museum).
View of the 1000 block of North Warwick Avenue facing northwest within the proposed Edmondson Avenue Historic District.
This is the entrance to the Wentworth Dwellings on Goulston Street where on the 30th of September 1888 around 2:55 AM, a torn piece of Catherine Eddowes's apron was found inside underneath some graffiti with anti-semetic implications.
The graffiti was immediately erased by Sir Charles Warren, head of the Metropolitan Police, when he arrived on the scene before it could be photographed, fearing there would be anti-semetic riots. He was heavily criticised for this, & it is still debated whether or not he made the right call.
There were already anti-semetic rumours going about in the case, with the Leather Apron scare earlier. I try not to judge him. Would have been a terribly difficult decision to make.
Nikon F65. Ilford Super XP2 400 35mm C41 B&W film.
Dwelling mounds in the dusk after sunset on Hallig Hooge, the queen of the holms in the North Sea which is surrounded by the Wadden Sea.
To me, the rock and dwelling patterns in this subject are like an angular version of the Gothic- a little more jazzy.
Included with a few pictures from the circles area in a personal blog post today. dennissylvesterhurd.blogspot.com/2024/08/queens-park-neig...
As we were headed out to town, I made a last stop to run down the sidewalk and get a photo of this lovely home. I suppose one could classify it as a Queen Anne style dwelling but I think more correctly it would be classified as "Eclectic". It is undoubtedly an architect designed house and full of visual surprises at every turn. My sincere thanks to my traveling companions for patiently allowing me to stop sometimes quite abruptly to go photograph interesting old houses. Greenfield left a permanent positive impression and may be a good place to seek our future home based on its abundance of nice old homes. The downtown is equally impressive with its grand Romanesque style courthouse at the center and the period buildings deserved many photos. But we had appointments to keep and a travel schedule to stick to. Greenfield seems to be on the upswing.
Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park (Cliff Palace and Long House are larger), was constructed between A.D. 1211 and 1278 by the ancestors of the Puebloan peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 216 feet (66 meters) at greatest width and 89 feet (27 meters) at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people.
The cliff dwelling was first discovered in 1888, when two local ranchers chanced upon it while searching for stray cattle. A large tree, which they identified as a Douglas Spruce (later called Douglas Fir), was found growing from the front of the dwelling to the mesa top. It is said that the men first entered the dwelling by climbing down this tree, which was later cut down by another early explorer.
Spruce Tree House was opened for visitation following excavation in 1908 by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Fewkes removed the debris of fallen walls and roofs and stabilized the remaining walls. Due to the protection of the overhanging cliff, Spruce Tree House had deteriorated very little through the years and has required little supportive maintenance.
idar is well known historical and religious place located about 100 kms NE of ahmedabad. being nearly on tropic of cancer, here, the mountains are eroded exposing huge granite boulders due to extreme weather conditions. erosion has shaped many strange and mysterious caves in all around the highest and main mountain of Idar. these mysterious formations has attracted sadhu-like people of all religions to make their own shrine, esp. for meditation and other religious activities.
this is the picture shows the interior (with added small constructions for utilities) of the most well known & highest cave dwelling where the sadhu-like man is reading religious text to his followers, in the sacred hindu month of 'shravana'. for the whole 'shravana' month they stay here in this cave dwelling doing religious activities; thereafter, they go down the 'idar' town and get busy with their earthly routines and responsibilities.
see more IDAR images here.
View of the 1000 block of North Warwick Avenue within the proposed Edmondson Avenue Historic District.
Title: First Court, Colorado County, Republic [of] Texas, 1837
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. 1911-1922
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection
Series: Series 3: Photographs
Series 3, Subseries 3, Postcards
Series 3, Subseries 3d, RPPC, Texas
Place: Colorado, Bastrop County, Texas
Description: This real photographic postcard shows the large oak tree used as the first courthouse west of the Brazos River in 1837 Texas.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_d_0414_c_columbustree.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.
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Cave dwellings in Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey. At this time, in the mid-1980s, Cappadocia was a very different place from today. Apart from the Japanese guy I was travelling with, I didn't see any other foreign tourists.
The story associated with this photo can be found at:
View of 2560-66 Arunah Avenue facing northwest within the proposed Edmondson Avenue Historic District.
A family of five lived in this one-room Mannahill dwelling until the 1960s. The dunny is centre right.
Inhabiting the four corners area of the United States, the Ancestral Puebloans are most well known for building cliff dwellings such as these. At the turn of the 20th century bricks from ruined dwellings around the Cortez, Colorado area were hauled to Manitou Springs and reconstructed with a mindfulness for authenticity. They were opened to the public in 1907 with an accompanying museum and have been a tourist attraction ever since.
The inclusion of a few adults in this pic lets the viewer appreciate the size of these dwellings.
100_4007e; Traditional Dwelling
Included with a few pictures from the circles area in a personal blog post today. dennissylvesterhurd.blogspot.com/2024/08/queens-park-neig...
In case you couldn't tell, this is a very old picture. I am the middle sized child in the center of the photo. I imagine the original slide is in better shape than this photo, which I scanned and attempted to enhance. "The Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum exhibits relocated Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings. The Anasazi lived and roamed the Four Corners area of the United States Southwest from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300. The museum was established in 1904 and opened to the public in 1907.[1]" -Wikapedia
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October 2015
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