Photos from Architectural Record, 1918.
Showing posts with label Memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
The Allen Memorial Art Museum
The Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum designed by Cass Gilbert c. 1917 at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Click HERE and HERE for more on the building and HERE to see it on google street view.
Labels:
Cass Gilbert,
Memorial,
Ohio
Thursday, August 1, 2013
The Carson C. Peck Memorial Hospital
The Carson C. Peck Memorial Hospital designed by Ludlow & Peabody c. 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City. Click HERE for a 1919 NYTimes article on the opening of the hospital which closed in the 1990s and was demolished in 2003. The hospital was built in remembrance of Carson C. Peck, vice president and treasurer of the F.W. Woolworth Company and owner of the Brooklyn Daily Times. Click HERE for photos of the hospital taken in 2001.
Photos from Architectural Record, 1919.
Photos from Architectural Record, 1919.
Labels:
Memorial,
New York City,
Other
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
'Holiday Farm'
'Holiday Farm', the Astor Home for Children designed for Vincent Astor by Harrie Lindeberg c. 1914 in Rhinebeck, New York. Click HERE for more on 'Holiday Farm' and HERE to see the residence on bing.
Photos from Architecture, 1915.
Photos from Architecture, 1915.
Labels:
Albro and Lindeberg,
Memorial,
New York
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
The Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial designed by Henry Hornbostel of Palmer & Hornbostel c. 1910 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Conceived to honor veterans of the Civil War, the memorial today honors the entire United States Armed Services. Click HERE and HERE for more on the memorial. Click HERE to see the memorial on google street view.
Labels:
Memorial,
Other,
Pennsylvania
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The 'Victory Arch'
The 'Victory Arch', built by Mayor John F. Hylan and designed by Thomas Hastings c. 1919 at Fifth Avenue and 24th Street in New York City to commemorate the city's soldiers and war dead. Click HERE for a 1919 NYTimes article on the arch's conception. The arch was constructed of wood and plaster with the intention of eventually being replaced by a permanent structure which never happened. The 'Victory Arch' was eventually demolished.
Labels:
Carrere and Hastings,
Demolished,
Memorial,
New York City
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Samuel J. Tilden Monument
The Samuel J. Tilden Monument designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1895 in Cemetery of the Evergreens in New Lebanon, New York. Click HERE for more on the Tilden Monument.
Labels:
Ernest Flagg,
Memorial,
New York
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