Andreas Moerbe’s Old Wooden House at Loebau, Texas
Probably taken between 1910 and 1915, this photograph reflects the Andreas Moerbe farm and its buildings as it stood after only 10 to 15 years of occupation by Moerbe and his large family. The Moerbes lived in Serbin, roughly 10 miles from Loebau until the first years of the 20th century, when he bought this [...]
The Old Chimney of William Christian, Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin, Virginia
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Highly Unusual Wood-Frame Misery Dwelling, Eads Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
Highly Unusual Wood-Frame Misery Dwelling, Eads Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
Located in the 5600 Block of Eads St, NE, Washington, D.C, this tiny one room, perhaps two, wood-frame dwelling is a highly unusual building to be found in today’s architectural context of Washington, D.C. The house is one that is typical of poor African Americans in more southern [...]
Lee County Texas Germans Were Drawn To Trailer Houses Early On…Mobile Homes, Lee County, Texas
Lee County Texas Germans Were Drawn To Trailer Houses Early On…Mobile Homes, Lee County, Texas
The removal and reuse of buildings and/or building materials was popular long before the development of Green as a fashionable environmental religion in modern American society, this was especially true among common folk–as were the ”German” or Wendish settlers in Lee County, Texas. Most settlers in Lee [...]
One of the First Helicopter Engines in America, by Emile Berliner…In An Old Barn At 1458 Columbia Road, NW, Washington, D.C.
One of the First Helicopter Engines in America, by Emile Berliner…In An Old Barn At 1458 Columbia Road, NW, Washington, D.C.
Emile Berliner (1851-1929) began studying aeronautics/aviation in the 1890s at his Columbia Heights (then Pleasant Plains) Mansion at 1458 Columbia Road, NW, where he owned nearly all of the 1400 block. This was prior to [...]
Eclectic African American Church Zoned Industrial, Bladensburg, Maryland
Located in Bladensburg, Maryland, this African American church is rather an usual little gem of architectural styles, a medley of various motifs including Queen Anne Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque, and a strong sense of vernacular combinations.
After the Plummer dwtling proved too small the congregation, St. Paul Baptist Church moved from the log cabin on Anderson Street in Hyattsville, [...]
No One Minds A Qurantine Station…When Its In Honolulu…United States Quarantine Station, Interior View of the South European Latrine Building, Honolulu, Hawaii.
No One Minds A Qurantine Station…When Its In Honolulu…United States Quarantine Station, Interior View of the South European Latrine Building, Honolulu, Hawaii.
West End Of Soldiers Latrine, The Other End Is Similarly Arranged. United States Quarantine Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1914.
As a manner of inspection this photograph was taken by the Hawaiian construction contractor and sent [...]
Bob’s of New York’s Last Canal Boat, New York, New York
Vanishing from the scene, as the photographer was surely aware, Bob’s of New York is a canal boat–an occupation that by 1900 had already deceased dramatically due to advanced technologies in transportation. Yet in the early 20th century, lumber merchants often still employed the “not very seaworthy” boat. Even as late as 1911, the Canal [...]
Paint Shop or Salvage Yard?…Recessed, Urban Wood-Frame Building, Location Unknown
Probably third to fourth quarter 19th century, the wood-frame paint shop gone all-purpose salvage yard was probably the venue of a real Jack of all trades, but regardless, Jack’s business or whoever had pre-dated the more intense commercial buildings that lined the historically laid-out urban streetscape. The hilly yard leading to the gable fronted façade [...]
A Well-Kept and Planted Wood-Frame House in Belton, Texas
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