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Fall is here at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.
The house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, an architect from New York City. When it was being built, the Hartford Daily Times noted, "The novelty displayed in the architecture of the building, the oddity of its internal arrangement and the fame of its owner will all conspire to make it a house of note for a long time to come."
Part of the Delaware County Courthouse Square District in Delhi, New York. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hard to resist not to try it again while I'm there. The famous central hall of the London Natural History Museum.
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Clock tower, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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The late winter sun illuminates the front face of the Albert Hall in Launceston. This magnificent public building was completed for the Tasmanian Industrial Exhibition that ran from 25 November 1891 to 22 March 1892.
From a photographic point of view I really like the way this beautiful Victorian house appears in monochrome. But since posting this morning, the more I've thought about it (despite my misgivings about the cloudless blue sky), I think it only fair you get the opportunity to see the colour version of this wonderful property.
The Blackwoods have done such a lovely job in ensuring the house is painted in the colour scheme popular at the time (creams with brown tiles and green highlights) that you should get to see it too.
Mallory-Neely House
Victorian Village
Memphis, TN
05-30-25
I was a little surprised to see a street of Victorian homes in Memphis. I guess I was expecting all Greek Revival with doric columns and wide front porches.
There were a lot of "Plantation style" homes. (the word "plantation" has been cancelled in the south, I found when visiting the Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville a few days later which is now called the Belle Meade Historic Site.) But on a couple of blocks along Adams Ave. only a few blocks from the hotel where I stayed on Union Street, there were about a dozen restored Victorian mansions, including this one, possibly the largest, the Mallory-Neely House, constructed in 1852.
"Cumnock" is a grand Victorian Italianate mansion designed by Melbourne architect Charles Webb (1821 - 1898), located on The Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville.
"Cumnock" is a splendid exmple of the fine domestic architecture available to those who were either wealthy by birth, or had made it rich during the boom period of Victoria's Gold Rush, when Melbourne was the weathiest city in the world.
Completed in 1889 for George Howat, the 26 room, 6 bedroom mansion remained with his family until it was purchased by Ridley College (a theological school) in 1919 after his death. It remained in the hands of the college, and was well maintained with beautiful gardens about it. Then in June 2007, Ridley College sold it to developers Drapac.
At the time of photographing, the gardens of "Cumnock" were in a sad state of affairs as workmen commenced subdividing the interior to make several prestige townhouses.
As a tall block of modern apartments which are not at all in keeping with the mansion are being constructed behind "Cumnock" as part of the subdivision and development of the estate, I thought it best to photograph it in its current state, before a tower of glass and balconies blocks out the blue sky behind this Grande Dame of Marvellous Melbourne!
Charles Webb also designed Melbourne's Grand Hotel (now known as the Windsor Hotel), the Royal Arcade in Bourke Street, "Charsfield" on St Kilda Road, "Mandeville Hall" in Toorak and the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School amongst other buildings.
Perched above the bustling concourse of Charing Cross Station, this elegant clock has silently marked the passage of time for generations of Londoners and travelers alike. More than a mere timepiece, it stands as a sentinel to history, witnessing moments both grand and everyday.
Notably, on 26 December 1918, the clock looked on as President Woodrow Wilson arrived at Charing Cross Station, greeted by King George V—a historic meeting commemorated by a plaque beneath the clock.
Charing Cross Station itself, opened in 1864, was designed by Sir John Hawkshaw and served as a pivotal terminus connecting London to the southeast and continental Europe. Its forecourt features the Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross, a Victorian homage to the original 13th-century monument, symbolizing the station’s deep-rooted historical significance.
Today, while trains come and go beneath its gaze, the clock remains a steadfast emblem of Charing Cross’s enduring legacy.
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Surplombant l’effervescence de la gare de Charing Cross, cette horloge élégante marque silencieusement le passage du temps pour des générations de Londoniens et de voyageurs. Bien plus qu’un simple instrument de mesure, elle est le témoin discret de l’histoire, observant des moments tantôt grandioses, tantôt quotidiens.
Le 26 décembre 1918, elle assista à l’arrivée du président Woodrow Wilson, accueilli par le roi George V—une rencontre historique immortalisée par une plaque située sous l’horloge.
La gare de Charing Cross, inaugurée en 1864 et conçue par Sir John Hawkshaw, fut un terminus essentiel reliant Londres au sud-est de l’Angleterre et à l’Europe continentale. Son parvis abrite la Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross, une réinterprétation victorienne du monument du XIIIe siècle, soulignant l’importance historique du site.
Aujourd’hui, tandis que les trains défilent sous son regard, l’horloge demeure un emblème immuable de l’héritage de Charing Cross.
EXPLORE: June 1, 2014
Victorian architecture is the prevailing style of Mackinac Island. Original buildings were built during the Victorian age, and new buildings have followed suit. The result is a place that truly appears to be frozen in time. It was a terrific place to spend part of Memorial Day Weekend. It was so quiet and peaceful with no motorized vehicles on the island.
O emblemático coreto (Musikkpaviljongen), situado no coração do Byparken, o principal parque público de Bergen, Noruega, é um ponto de referência da cidade desde a sua inauguração em 1888. Oferecido à cidade pelo empresário e cônsul F. G. Gade, este coreto em ferro fundido, com a sua característica cúpula verde e estilo arquitetónico vitoriano com influências mouriscas, serve de palco para concertos ao ar livre, especialmente durante o verão, e constitui um elemento central do animado Julemarked (Mercado de Natal) de Bergen. Rodeado por canteiros meticulosamente cuidados, repletos de begónias e outras flores coloridas, o coreto integra-se numa paisagem pitoresca, entre o lago Lille Lungegårdsvann e a praça Festplassen, com as montanhas e a arquitetura tradicional norueguesa a completarem o cenário urbano da segunda maior cidade do país. A sua construção insere-se no desenvolvimento urbanístico do século XIX, associado à expansão da burguesia de Bergen.
The emblematic Musikkpaviljongen (bandstand), located in the heart of Byparken, the main public park in Bergen, Norway, has been a city landmark since its inauguration in 1888. Given to the city by businessman and consul F. G. Gade, this cast iron bandstand, with its characteristic green dome and Victorian architectural style with Moorish influences, serves as a stage for open-air concerts, especially during the summer, and is a central element of Bergen's lively Julemarked (Christmas Market). Surrounded by meticulously tended flowerbeds filled with begonias and other colorful flowers, the bandstand is part of a picturesque landscape between Lake Lille Lungegårdsvann and Festplassen Square, with the mountains and traditional Norwegian architecture completing the urban setting of the country's second largest city. Its construction is part of the urban development of the 19th century, associated with the expansion of Bergen's bourgeoisie.
St Thomas More RC Church is one of the more interesting buildings in Bradford-on-Avon. Originally built in 1854 as a speculative attempt to get the Town Council to buy it as a town hall; then bought by a bank but leased to the Church; then bought by the Church but ground floor leased to a bank.
Irish Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2012
De Gallant was launched in 1916 under the name Jannete Margaretha in Vlaardingen. She served as a herring lugger in the North Sea until 1936. In 1982 she was used as a cargo vessel by her Danish owner. Then in 1987 she returned to the Netherlands and was fully restored by a teaching and work experience project for youth in Amsterdam.
She now sails in the North Sea, the Baltic and the English Channel as a sail training ship. She is a regular participant of the Tall Ships Races.
Photographed on my vacation to San Francisco in 2015. This is one of the most photographed areas in San Francisco, and it was a bit overcast when I arrived at Alamo Square. Dozens of people were at the square, and it was difficult to try and get photos without any people in them.
I got a few shots under this tree, with the leaves framing the buildings, and thought about digitally editing the guy with the baby carriage and the others out of the shot, but on this one, decided to let them stay.
I photographed this before I got into HDR, so there is only one exposure, but I did run it through Photomatix to bring out color and detail.
Edit: Explored at 299 when I woke up this morning. 08-07-17. Thanks to all.
"Cumnock" is a grand Victorian Italianate mansion designed by Melbourne architect Charles Webb (1821 - 1898), located on The Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville.
"Cumnock" is a splendid exmple of the fine domestic architecture available to those who were either wealthy by birth, or had made it rich during the boom period of Victoria's Gold Rush, when Melbourne was the weathiest city in the world.
Completed in 1889 for George Howat, the 26 room, 6 bedroom mansion remained with his family until it was purchased by Ridley College (a theological school) in 1919 after his death. It remained in the hands of the college, and was well maintained with beautiful gardens about it. Then in June 2007, Ridley College sold it to developers Drapac.
At the time of photographing, the gardens of "Cumnock" were in a sad state of affairs as workmen commenced subdividing the interior to make several prestige townhouses.
As a tall block of modern apartments which are not at all in keeping with the mansion are being constructed behind "Cumnock" as part of the subdivision and development of the estate, I thought it best to photograph it in its current state, before a tower of glass and balconies blocks out the blue sky behind this Grande Dame of Marvellous Melbourne!
Charles Webb also designed Melbourne's Grand Hotel (now known as the Windsor Hotel), the Royal Arcade in Bourke Street, "Charsfield" on St Kilda Road, "Mandeville Hall" in Toorak and the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School amongst other buildings.
San Francisco, CA
09-29-2015
Processed: 11/29/23
This is a current reprocessing of a photo from 2015 I posted as "Across From Alamo Square." I've always been concerned about the blue tint inherent in my photos taken on that San Francisco trip, and occasionally I will pull out an image and try some reprocessing.
Before adding HDR to the single exposure (this was taken a few months before I discovered three exposure HDR) I color corrected in Photoshop.
Pt. Fermin Park
San Pedro, CA
01-18-2025
Processed: 11/01/25
I'm beginning to go through my photo folders for the year 2025, in preparation for compiling my "Best of 2025" photo collection and slideshow video. In January I purchased my long yearned for full frame 10-20mm lens for my Canon EOS R5. I took some photos of the Point Fermin Lighthouse on Jan. 18th, and presented one of those photos on social media last January.
Here is one of my "natural frames" shots, taken through the picket fence surrounding the Stick Style Queen Anne Victorian lighthouse. I've also created this image as a "focus stack" combining HDR shots of the lighthouse and the fence itself so everything is in sharp focus.
The Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, south-west London, UK.
In this image, I chose to focus on the architectural detail and decorative motifs such as the finials, pediments and acanthus leaf capitals.
This is a Victorian building, begun in 1860, in the Renaissance Revival style. Decimus Burton and Irish engineer, Richard Turner, were the designers.
I've visited these gardens so many times over the years, truly a favourite place to pass a day.
A World Heritage Site, Kew houses the largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world as well as the thousands of living specimens one can enjoy throughout the park.
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From the visitpewseyvale.co.uk website:
“This “Victorian gem” of a church serves a scattered community in Savernake Forest.
“It was built in 1861 by the Marchioness of Ailesbury in memory of her mother, to serve the family estate and their household in Tottenham House.
“The church was severely damaged in an accidental explosion at the end of the Second World War, and was restored to use in 1952 by sealing in the arches of the north aisle, which is now a pleasant meeting room.”
The church is in a beautifully quiet location, almost 3 km from the nearest settlement, Great Bedwyn. It has a parish primary school next door and a faithful congregation, with services being held every Sunday.
Dating from the mid-1800s, and possibly by the same architect as the nearby church, this building is the former village school with a house attached - presumably for the schoolmaster. Now the Grade II-listed building is just the one residence. The village of Orlingbury lies between Wellingborough and Kettering in the north-east of Northamptonshire, a couple of miles from where I live.
The iconic and world famous Tower Bridge in London. I took this photo on a beautiful day with my Nikon camera. I am no longer able to walk very far but did love the walk from Westminster Bridge along the south side of the river to Tower Bridge as there is so many interesting sights to see. A walk over the bridge and you can visit The Tower of London a castle built by the Normans back in 1078.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
The bridge was constructed to connect the 39 per cent of London's population that lived east of London Bridge, equivalent to the populations of "Manchester on the one side, and Liverpool on the other", while allowing shipping to access the Pool of London between the Tower of London and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, on 30 June 1894.
The bridge is 940 feet (290 m) in length including the abutments[4] and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Originally hydraulically powered, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. The bridge is part of the London Inner Ring Road and thus the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, and remains an important traffic route with 40,000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways, and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition.
Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (800 m) upstream, which has led to a persistent urban legend about an American purchasing the wrong bridge.
Homes along Union Street in the Stockade Historic District of Schenectady, New York a few days after the Blizzard of 2017.
Vyrnwy dam, Powys, Wales, UK
Liverpool began as a small town, but by the 19th century, it had become a sprawling city and the greatest trading sea port in the world. With an insufficient supply of water, the search began for the perfect place to build a water reservoir that could supply the entire city.
Several dams were constructed throughout northern England, but by 1865, the demand once again exceeded the supply. Mr Deacon, the city engineer of Liverpool, arrived in Llanwddyn in 1877. With more than 400 streams running directly into the Vyrnwy Valley and a solid rock bar lying across the valley bed, he had finally found the perfect place to build a reservoir large enough to supply the city.
The following year, trial shafts were inserted at the site to test if the rock bed would be secure enough to hold an impressive ten billion gallons of water.
With the tests proving successful, the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks act was passed by Parliament and received the Royal Assent on 6th August 1880.
With a work force in place, they began constructing what was the first large masonry dam in Britain and the largest artificial reservoir in Europe at that time. Measuring 144ft high and 1,171ft long, the dam was built using huge blocks of Welsh Granite, construction was completed in 1888.
Meanwhile, the village of Llanwddyn also had to be rebuilt as once the dam was filled, the entire village was lost, . When the water level is low, it is possible to see the remains of the old village which are still standing.
Text source: www.lakevyrnwy.com/history-timeline/
As per Wikipedia: "The Louis Bank of Commerce building is an historic structure located at 835 5th Avenue in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, in the U.S. state of California. It was built in 1887."
One of the few remaining Victorian staircases from Madeira Drive to Marine Parade tagged from top to bottom by what can only be kids. A lot of it is chalk so will wash of in the rain.
Murfreesboro, TN.
Bedroom for the mistress of the house. In this shot I made it a faded Dagguerreotype then randomly selected items within the room to color. Adjoining the bedroom is the sitting room. The wall pictures on the right hand side of the photo are Valentines drawn by the Mistress' mother in the 1940's.