Kingston House, Edinburgh – side view
Image by kaysgeog
Originally known as Craigend Park, Kingston House is now luxury flats, but was once Kingston Clinic. Built for the tailor William Christie in 1867-9 to a design by Pilkington & Bell. Described as ‘Ruskian Gothic’ by architectural historians. Upper floors have view across the city.
Person-McGhee House–Franklin County, NC
Image by Universal Pops (mostly inactive)
Located in Franklin County, North Carolina, the Person-McGhee House is very visible from US route 1, about 1 miles south of the Tar River which is the boundary between Franklin and Vance Counties. It probably dates from the 1890s. The owner was Lemuel McGhee, a prosperous Franklinton merchant. The woodwork is superb and the asymmetry of the gables in both form and decoration is an intriguing feature of this structure. The property is described in A Guide to Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina by Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern. They speculate that this might be a design of George F. Barber, mail-order architect from Knoxville, Tennessee.
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[Close-up aerial view of John Gillin's house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright]
Image by SMU Central University Libraries
Title: [Close-up aerial view of John Gillin's house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright]
Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall (1908-1984)
Date: October 3, 1957
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photographs
Physical Description: 1 negative: film; 12.4 x 17.6 cm.
File: ag1982_0234_4523_3_close_opt.jpg
Rights: Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this
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Man in Front of a House in Galveston, Texas … 04/1973
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Man in Front of a House in Galveston, Texas. This Is One of a Series of 21 Black and White Photographs. They Document the Environments Remaining From the 19th Century in Terms of Architecture, Commerce and Lifestyles. The Pictures Also Compare the Contemporary City Showing Displacement of the Unique by the Ordinary and Noting Current Urban Problems. The Pictures Show a Region and Its Uniqueness in People and Architecture in East Texas Which Is Still a Part of the South 04/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-15188
Photographer: Lyon, Danny, 1942-
Subjects:
Texas (United States) state
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=557638
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
Abandoned House, Port of Spain
Image by Mark Morgan Trinidad A
Abandoned House Derelict : When I first saw this house it was completely covered by the vine, unfortunately by the time I came back with my camera, someone had cut away all the lower vines. Interesting counterpoint to the plate-glass modernity next door
86. Webb House
Image by InAweofGod’sCreation
The house was built in 1752 by Joseph Webb following his marriage to Mehitabel Nott in 1749. A young and successful merchant, he hired Judah Wright to frame a stylish three-and-a-half story house and shop with a massive gambrel roof that provided greater upper-floor storage for Joseph’s trade goods. It was also probably used as the sleeping quarters for the household’s enslaved Africans.
When Joseph Webb died in 1761, the property was inherited by his son Joseph Jr., who married Abigail Chester in 1774. The couple entertained lavishly, earning their home the nickname “Hospitality Hall.” In May 1781, they were the host and hostess when Gen. George Washington spent five nights in the house. Here, in one of the front parlors, Washington met with the French general Comte de Rochambeau to plan a joint military campaign that led to victory at Yorktown and American independence.
Due to economic difficulties, Joseph was forced to sell the house in 1790. After a series of owners, the property was finally purchased by Judge Martin Welles about 1820. He modernized the south half of the house and it remained in his family until his grandson died in 1913.
In 1914 the Webb House was bought by a group of local businessmen who sought to operate it as an athenaeum or library. When they failed to raise sufficient funds, they sold it to Wallace Nutting in 1916. After extensive redecorating, including the installation of painted murals in the hallway and front parlors, he opened the house to the public on July 4, 1916, as a sales area and studio. The Webb house was one of several historically significant sites in the “The Wallace Nutting Chain of Colonial Picture Houses.” Unfortunately, with the travel restrictions created by World War I, Nutting lost money on the venture. He sold the house to the Colonial Dames of Connecticut in 1919 to be preserved as a house museum.
www.webb-deane-stevens.org/webbhouse.html
Stone House
Image by Moyan_Brenn
A stone house in the ancient village of Sermoneta, Italy
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Japanese traditional style house interior design / 和風建築(わふうけんちく)
Image by TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)
Nansho-so(house), Morioka-shi(city) Iwate-ken(Prefecture), Japan
岩手県盛岡市(いわてけん もりおかし) 盛岡市保護庭園「南昌荘」 (もりおかし ほごていえん なんしょうそう)
Cylinder House in Chartierville, Quebec
Image by animaltourism.com
Looks like a quonset hut turned into a house. It’s economical, maybe even energy efficient. Though I would like to see some windows.
Governor Shirley House, Roxbury
Image by Boston Public Library
File name: 07_10_000060
Cab no.: Cab 23.58.1
Title: Governor Shirley House, Roxbury
Creator/Contributor:
Date created: 1898 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print : salted paper
Summary:
Genre: Photographic prints
Notes: Built in 1748.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions
