Posted by admin on March 14, 2013 · 1 Comment
The Beautiful New House and Garden, Longport, New Jersey
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Category Built Environment, Current Design, Historic Context, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, New Jersey, Oldie But Goodie, Residential Architecture · Tags Architectural Beauty, Beautiful Houses, Contemporary Architecture, Curator of Shit, Longport Houses, Longport NJ Houses, Modern Architecture, Modern Garden, Modern House and Garden, Modern Taste, New Buildings, Style
Posted by admin on January 28, 2013 · 3 Comments
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Needs a Modernized Office Building, McCormick Apartments, Washington, D.C.
We have it on good authority, from one of our inside sources, that America’s National Trust for Historic Preservation is in the midst of selling their old headquarters with hope of one day occupying a modernized office building. It is possible [...]
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Category Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Residential Architecture · Tags Beaux Arts Architecture, D.C., McCormick Apartments, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National trust for historic preservation washington dc, National Trust Washington DC, Needs a Modernized Office Building, NTHP, Washington
Posted by admin on January 7, 2013 · 3 Comments
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Folk Modern, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, International, Location Location Location, Mid-Century Modern, New Jersey, Oldie But Goodie · Tags Art Deco Cottage, Beach Cottage, Curator of Shit, Mid Century Cottage, Mid Century Modern, Mid Century ranch, Mid-century Architecture, Modern Architecture, New Jersey Architecture, Ocean County New Jersey
Posted by admin on December 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Damaged House at Union Beach, New Jersey was the Princess Cottage…
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, New Jersey, Oldie But Goodie, Residential Architecture · Tags Beach Side Resorts, Jersey Shore, New Jersey Historic Architecture, Union Beach Disaster, Union Beach Front Street, Union Beach House, Union Beach NJ, Union Beach Sandy
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
Posted by admin on October 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Thompson Street Has A Deep Past, 10th & Thompson Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1918
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Category Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Architectural Salvage, Curator of Shit, Historic Philadelphia, Paving History, Paving Stones, Pennsylvania Architecture, Philadelphia Streets, Street History, Thompson Street
Posted by admin on October 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Di’s Cottage: The Cape May Cottage of Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny, 815 Beach Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey
Formerly the wife of the famous Civil War General, Philip Kearny, Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny was originally from Louisville, Kentucky and, upon her marriage to Mr. Kearny, Diana went back east to live in New York. However, the [...]
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, New Jersey, Oldie But Goodie · Tags 815 Beach Avenue, Bullitt Family History, Cape May, Curator of Shit, Di's Cottage: The Cape May Cottage of Diana Moore Bullitt Kearny, Jersey Shore Houses, John C Bullitt, Mrs Kearnys Cottage, New Jersey, New Jersey Architecture, Wood Frame Buildings
Posted by admin on August 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Jersey Lilly of Judge Roy Bean, District of the Peace, The Law West of the Pecos, Val Verde County, Texas
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Category Built Environment, Location Location Location, Oldie But Goodie, Public Architecture, Texas · Tags Curator of Shit, Famous Texas Judge, HABS HAER, Judge Roy Bean, Judge Roy Bean Justice, Justice Texas, Law West of the Pecos, Lilly Langtry, Texas History, The Jersey Lilly, Val Verde County, Val Verde County History, Wood Frame Buildings
Posted by admin on June 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Sodom Schoolhouse, Circa 1815, The Octagonal Schoolhouse Of Sodom, Pennsylvania…
West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
A Circa 1815 Octagonal Schoolhouse, this gem was constructed of stone by the charity, communal nature, and goodwill of the Sodomites of Pennsylvania, as a multi-use, public meeting house that was primarily used as a school building until 1915. The Methodists of Sodom were [...]
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Public Architecture · Tags Curator of Shit, Octagonal Architecture, Octagonal Buildings, Octagonal Schoolhouse, One room Schoolhouse, Pennsylvania Architecture, Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodom Pennsylvania, Sodom Schoolhouse, Sodomites Pennsylvania, Sodomy
Posted by admin on June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Row House With The Right Kind Of Awnings. Probably Pennsylvania.
A youngish couple, proud of their arrival to the solidly middle class, pose with their self-propelled conveyance (a bi-cycle) before their brick and stone masonry dwelling-a fanciful row house, no doubt two or three stories tall. While images of people and their houses are common [...]
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Techologies in Buildings and Structures, Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural Style, Brick Row House, Cloth Awnings, Collapsable Awning, Curator of Shit, Double Doors Row House, Iron Grates, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia Row House, Row House Period View, Row House Restoration, Stripped Awning, Town Houses Philadelphia, Tree Box