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Thursday, June 26, 2014

The J. Brooks Nichols Estate

 The J. Brooks Nichols estate designed by Chittenden & Kotting c. 1915 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Nichols was a director of the U.S. Radiator Corp. and treasurer and director of Detroit Princess Manufacturing Co.  It is unknown if the house is extant.


Photos from Architecture, 1915.

Friday, April 18, 2014

The Hotel McAlpin

 The Hotel McAlpin designed by Frank Mills Andrews c. 1912 at Broadway and 34th Street in New York City.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Hotel McAlpin.  Click HERE to see the hotel on google street view.











Photos from Architecture & Building, 1913.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

'Fairmore'

 'Fairmore', the Mark Skinner Willing residence designed by Frost & Granger c. 1900 in Lake Forest, Illinois and pictured here under the ownership of Mrs. Charles I. Dangler.  I am unsure if the house is extant.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1909.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Harperley Hall

Harperley Hall designed by Henry W. Wilkerson c. 1910 at 41 Central Park West and West 64th Street in New York City.  Click HERE to see floor plans to the building and HERE to see Harperley Hall on google street view.

Photos from Architects' and Builders' Magazine, 1910.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Adolph B. Spreckels Residence

 The Adolph Bernard Spreckels residence designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. c. 1912 in San Francisco, California.  Spreckels was the head of Spreckels Sugar Company and donated the Palace of the Legion of Honor Art Museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924.  His wife Alma de Bretteville Spreckels was a noted philanthropist and had the nicknames 'The Great Grandmother of San Francisco' and 'Big Alma'.  Click HERE for more on the Spreckels residence and HERE to see it on google street view.




Photos from Architectural Record, 1914.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

The C. Howard Clark Jr. Residence

 The Clarence Howard Clark Jr. residence designed by Charles Barton Keen between 1910-1914 in Devon, Pennsylvania.  Clark, a financier, was partner at E.W. Clark & Co. and president of the Centennial National Bank in Philadelphia.  He was the son of Clarence Howard Clark Sr. and grandson of Enoch White Clark.




Photos from Architectural Record, 1914.

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.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The William B. Dickson Estate

 The William B. Dickson estate designed by Frank E. Wallis c. 1903 in Montclair, New Jersey.  Dickson was a vice-president of U.S. Steel and later president of the New Jersey Employers' Liability Commission.  He was a founder of the Montclair Art Museum.  It appears the residence has since been demolished.


Photos from Architectural Record, 1909.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

'Greystone Hall'

 'Greystone Hall', the Philip M. Sharples estate designed by Charles Barton Keen c. 1907 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.  Sharples created and manufactured the Sharples Tubular Cream Separator.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see 'Greystone Hall' on bing, now a catering facility.







Photos from Architectural Record, 1909.

Monday, July 1, 2013

The New Orleans Post Office

 The New Orleans Post Office designed by James Gamble Rogers c. 1915 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After the post office moved out the building found use as a high school and currently houses the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see the building, now known as the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building, on google street view.




Photos from Architecture & Building, 1915.