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The imposing clock tower at Shuttleworth House stands as a testament to Victorian architectural ambition. Designed by architect Henry Clutton and completed in 1876, this four-stage tower rises approximately 100 feet, featuring clock faces on each side and surmounted by arcading, complementing the house’s Jacobean-style design.
An Italianate mansion built in 1867 by William Bushnell as a wedding gift to his daughter Amelia, who married Philip E. Chapin in 1866.
While some Brush Park treasures are still deteriorating and many are gone, some are scheduled for demolition, and others are in various states of renovation. This house has a truly remarkable history that can be read in WikipediaIn brief, it was completed in 1876, Gillis sold it within 2 years, wealthy families occupied it until 1919. Then, it became a boarding house, a storefront was added, and then it becanme and stayed vacant since the mid Sixties. Somewhere along the way, a pottery business and later an auto shop operated in its carriage house, which still later became a gas station; the station was torn down and a restaurant was built in its place. The property has now been renovated and a 3 br, 3 story condo within it is for sale for $2.5M. Amazing stuff.
I took this photo from Butlers Wharf with my Samsung phone camera on a hot very and bright sunny July morning I am no longer able to walk very far but once loved 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.
Taken during my first autumn trip to Colorado--right before sunset. Leadville sits at the highest elevation of any incorporated town in the US, at 10,158 feet (3,096 m).
This is a Pano combining two shots.
happy halloween! `i took this photo some time ago. i think the house is a foreign embassy, but i'm not sure.
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The beautiful Hastings Building (1890) in Port Townsend, WA -- always a pleasure and challenge to photograph
Trafalgar Square on a snowy day. The place does not need much description. It is perhaps the most famous and iconic square in the World. It was designed and built by Sir Charles Barry and completed in 1845.
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Die Trinity Church in der Stadt Boston ist ein nationales historisches Wahrzeichen, das von den Mitgliedern der American Association of Architects als eines der 10 besten Gebäude des Landes angesehen wird.
Trinity Church in the City of Boston is recognized for its National Historic Landmark building, considered by members of the American Association of Architects as one of this country's top 10 buildings.
This post office was built in 1889 and I'm glad to say it is still running. In rural towns that's a reason to celebrate! Built of sandstone quarried in the area, this is a fine example of Victorian architecture. This was also the original telegraph station relaying messages between Launceston and Hobart.
Enlarge the photo and take a look around. You'll see clearly the postcode for Ross and the manager taking firewood inside to stoke up the woodfire on this winter's afternoon.
The centre of Bath by no means consists totally of Georgian buildings, though these certainly predominate. On the corner of John Street and Quiet Street is this very attractive Grade II-listed building dating from around 1840 and the start of the Victorian era. It is described by British Listed Buildings as a "rich and carefully considered design to (an) important corner site." The buildings in Quiet Street (on the right) also date from the Victorian era. They are described as, "an example of commercial Victorian architecture at its most confident, designed by the City architect in a contrasting, non-Georgian idiom."
The Henry Ohloff House under a typical overcast day in SF. One of the grandest Victorian homes in the city - located at the corner of Steiner and Fell streets, it is now a recovery center for adult men with alcohol or drug dependency issues.
This was taken with an iPhone and I decided to play around with this image by adding some textured effects to it.
Ralston Hall Mansion located in Belmont, California, was the country house of William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco businessman, founder of the Bank of California, and financier of the Comstock Lode. It is an opulent Italianate Villa, modified with touches of Steamboat Gothic and Victorian details. It is a California Historical Landmark and is designated a National Historic Landmark.[3] It is now part of Notre Dame de Namur University.Ralston Hall Mansion is situated on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University, on the San Francisco Peninsula. The mansion has been built around the villa of Count Leonetto Cipriani, former owner of the estate. Taking three years to build, it was completed in 1867, when San Francisco's leaders and first citizens had large summer homes on the Peninsula, an integral part of San Francisco high society. Architect John Painter Gaynor, who later worked with Ralston on the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, is thought to have worked on it. Several of the design elements of Ralston Hall Mansion were copied in the design of the Palace. Victorian-Italianate Villa
William C. Ralston House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
California Historical Landmark #856
A view from Stockport Viaduct of the town's Hat Museum which is located in Wellington Mill formerly called Wellington Bridge Mill, built 1830-1831 for cotton spinning before becoming a hat works in the 1890s, the 200 feet (61m) chimney was added in 1860, the mill became a Hat Museum in 2000 and is Grade 11 Listed
The Royal Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
15 and 16 Cathedral Close, lying just to the east of St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh, were built in 1855. This handsome pair of houses are Grade B+ listed.
Sculptures depicting Commerce, Justice and Britannia, look down benignly from the apex of the Merchant Hotel’s magnificent façade on Belfast’s Waring Street. Originally the headquarters of the Ulster Bank for a century and a half, since 2010 this building has been a luxury hotel.
Bank Directors Robert Grimshaw and James Heron visited Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1857 to glean as much information as possible on the best banking buildings. It was their earnest wish that the building should appear elegant, substantial and prosperous. The location was deemed eminently suitable being, as it was then, in the heart of Belfast’s mercantile and commercial centre.
The Glaswegian architect James Hamilton designed an imposing building in High Victorian Italianate style executed in Giffnock sandstone.
The Merchant Hotel is located in the Cathedral Quarter nightlife district.
This description incorporates text taken from the Merchant Hotel’s website.
Third in this series. I photographed and posted several houses in Brush Park five years ago. On a visit to Detroit, on March 18, 2024, I spent sometime going through the neighborhood again.
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Brush Park in midtown Detroit was developed in the second half of the 1800s as an upscale neighborhood, but began a decline in the early 1900s. By the time of Detroit's general, steep decline later in the 20th century, Brush Park, once nicknamed "Little Paris", suffered severe urban blight. Today, some of the relatively few historic buildings remaining are being renovated. This HP Pulling House has been renovated and converted to a duplex.