Posted by admin on April 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Widener Mansion, North Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Widener Mansion, NW Corner of Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
See more at http://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/index.php/2009/03/the-widener-mansion/.
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · Tags Curator of Shit, Girard Avenue, North Broad Street, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia History, Phillyhistory, Widener Mansion
Posted by admin on March 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Second Empire (1860-1900ish) · Tags Architectural History, Architectural Turds of America, Architecture, Art, Brick Buildings, Curator of Shit, Design, Dryvit, Dryvit Covered, German Architecture, German Architecture in America, Mansard Roof, Philadelphia Architecture, Ugly Buildings
Posted by admin on March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey · Tags Atlantic County, brownstone, brownstone houses, brownstone mansion, Curator of Shit, Do Not Enter: The New Brownstone Mansion at Longport, Jersey Shore Mansion, Longport Developer, longport new jersey, Mansions, Modern Mansions, New Jersey
Posted by admin on March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Residential Architecture, Turds · Tags Architectural Turds of America, Brigantine, Curator of Shit, Desecrated House, New Jersey, Old Houses, Ugly Old Houses
Posted by admin on March 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Anton Frank’s Odd Little Room, Self-Portrait, 1897, Mobile, Alabama
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Category Absurd Mansard, Alabama, Architectural History, Historic Context, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent · Tags 19th Century Interior, 19th Century Photography, antique photographs, Curator of Shit, Historic Interior, MObile Alabama, Old photos, photography equipment, Salvage, Victorian Interiors
Posted by admin on February 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Folk House (Bumpkinastic Revival), Location Location Location, Most Recent, Texas · Tags Christ Lutheran Church, Curator of Shit, John Schulze, Lee County, Loebau, Loebau Church, Lutheran Church Architecture, Selma Beisert, Texas, Texas German Architecture, The Last Wendish Wedding: John Schulze and Thereasa Moerbe, Theresa Moerbe, Wendish Church, Wendish Museum, Wendish Wedding
Posted by admin on February 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Residential Architecture · Tags Dutch Architecture, Gambrel Roof, Gambrel Roof Cottages, New Jersey Architecture, Ocean Grove New Jersey, Ocean Grove NJ, the Jersey Shore
Posted by admin on February 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Not to be confused with the Essex County Penitentiary or any of the state correctional facilities, these photographs depict the ruins of one of the oldest penal complexes in the State of New Jersey in February 2013. Fairly new in the history of Newark, New Jersey, the Essex County Jail was established in 1832 on [...]
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Public Architecture · Tags Curator of Shit, Essex County History, Essex County Jail, Essex County Prison, Jail Architecture, Jail HIstory, New Jersey Architecture, Newark Architecture, Newark Jail, Prison Architecture
Posted by admin on January 7, 2013 · 1 Comment
Contemporary Gothic Revival Beach House, Tom’s River, New Jersey
-Contemporary Rusticated Concrete Block, Gothic Revival Beach House
Appearing in a typical slab on grade suburban neighborhood of inland Tom’s River, Ocean County, New Jersey, a community comprised of permanent and summer residents alike, this Gothic Revival house is a product of modern construction and nostalgic creativity as adapted [...]
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Gothic Revival, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Residential Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Beach House Architecture, Curator of Shit, Gothic Revival Architecture, Gothic revival House, Jersey Shore Architecture, Jersey Shore House, New Jersey Shore
Posted by admin on December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Known first as City Refuge—although not municipal, Miss Elizabeth Morris and several other of her lady friends founded Morris’ Refuge at 1242 Lombard Street in Philadelphia in May 1874. An address where the establishment can still be found today. The name changed to the “Morris Refuge for Homeless and Suffering Animals” in January 1884 at which [...]
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Interior, Location Location Location, Medical Interiors, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags Animal History, Animal Rights History, Animal Shelter, Animal Shelter Philadelphia, Cat Rescue History, City Refuge, Curator of Shit, HIstory of Animal Rights, Morris Animal Refuge, Morris Refuge, Philadelphia Dog Pound, Philadelphia History
