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  Herenbrug gezien van de Prinsessegracht, met zicht links op de Bezuidenhoutseweg hoek Oranjebuitensingel. en rechts de Zwarteweg met de hoek van de Herengracht .1900. Bron Gemeentearchief van ’s-Gravenhage.

  Dennenstraat 135. Op 20 augustus 1925 werd de eerste steen gelegd voor de nieuwbouw van het Sint Dominicuscollege; het gebouw werd ontworpen door Eduard Cuypers (1859-1927) en gevestigd op het landgoed de Witte Poort. Op 10 mei 1927 verhuisde het college uit de binnenstad naar Neerbosch, de officiële opening vond evenwel pas op 16 februari 1928 plaats. (1927) Bron: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen

  Overzicht voorgevel stalgebouw met tuinmanswoning op landgoed Brakkesteyn (1999) Landgoed Brakkesteyn werd voor het eerst vermeld in 1654. In de 18e eeuw werd er een sterrenbos aangelegd. In 1863 werd het landhuis afgebroken en in 1865 werd op die plaats een witte villa gebouwd huize Brakkesteyn. In 1915 werd het landgoed eigendom van dezelfde eigenaar als het aangrenzende landgoed Heyendaal en werd dit één aaneengesloten gebied. In 1916 werd een stalhouderij met koetshuis gebouwd en in de jaren '30 een tuinmanswoning, een waterput en nieuwe toegangspoorten. Tuinarchitect Samuel Voorhoeve maakte het park in die periode in zijn huidige vorm. In 1941 eindigde de bewoning van de villa en werd in het pand de kliniek voor neurologie van het Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis ondergebracht die daar tot 1966 zou blijven. Na enkele jaren leegstand werd in huize Brakkesteyn een restaurant gevestigd en werd het landgoed een openbaar park. Een deel van het park is tussen 1969 en 1971 door de K

  Voormalig klooster van de Redemptoristen Collegium Sancti Alfonsi in monte Nebo Noviomagi; gebouwd tussen 1926 en 1928 in opdracht van mgr. Suijs en ontworpen door Jan Stuyt. (1928) Het Neboklooster is een voormalig klooster van de redemptoristen in Nijmegen. Het klooster ligt buiten de stad in het uiterste zuidoosten van de gemeente, op een hoogte aan de Sionsweg, dicht bij Heilig Landstichting en Dekkerswald. Geschiedenis Het klooster werd gebouwd tussen 1926 en 1928, in opdracht van Mgr. Suijs, die tegenover het devotiepark Heilig Land Stichting graag een klooster wilde. Officieel heette het klooster Collegium Sancti Alfonsi in monte "Nebo" Noviomagi; het gebouw keek uit op de Heilig Land Stichting zoals Mozes vanaf de Neboberg uitkeek op het Heilige Land. In het klooster waren een kleinseminarie (in het noordelijke deel) en een studiehuis (het zuidelijke deel) gevestigd. Later kwam er een scholengemeenschap. Een deel van het gebouw werd gebruikt door de opleiding Cultur

  De rond 1892 gebouwde Villa "Rust" op de hoek van de Mr. Franckenstraat en de St. Canisiussingel waaronder andere notaris J. Klaassen, de graanhandelaar Pluijm en de directeur van de Maas en Waalse Bank, J.J.A. Kneppers, woonden. In het eerste huis in de Mr. Franckenstraat (no. 2) vestigde zich in 1917 de banketbakkerij van H.E. Span; op 21 oktober 1940 opende op no. 2 de bloemensalon Ton Jansen. De villa en de aanpalende huizen werden door oorlogsgeweld onherstelbaar beschadigd. In 1956 verrees hier een flatgebouw wat er nog staat. (c. 1930) Bron: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen

What Is An Arts & Crafts Style Home? Is Arts & Crafts An Architectural Style?What Does Arts & Crafts Mean? Arts and Crafts doesn’t refer to one particular house style, but to an entire architectural movement that initially emerged in Great Britain during the second half of the 19th century. This movement was a direct response to the Industrial Revolution which radically transformed, with architects and artists pushing back against cold “futuristic” designs, and rejecting inferior mass-produced goods and materials in favor of traditional artisan-crafted ones. What Is an Arts and Crafts Style House? Houses built in the Arts and Crafts tradition are known for functional floorplans that make their rooms suitable to various designs, décor styles, and uses. Many popular home styles are rooted in the Arts and Crafts movement, such as Craftsman, American Foursquare, Prairie School, Tudor, Bungalow, and others. Unlike typical British Victorian architecture, which focused on extrav

  Huize Diemerkamp in Hees. Links op de knuppelbrug is P. L. Soeters te zien, rechts naast de boom mevrouw Soeters. (1897) Huize "Diemerkamp" dateert uit ca. 1860. Het huis heeft een imposante uitstraling terwijl de inhoud toch relatief klein te noemen is. Onder het achterhuis bevindt zich een klein keldergewelf dat waarschijnlijk nog uit het begin van de vorige eeuw stamt. Aan het eind van de 19e eeuw omstreeks 1899 heeft er voor het eerst een grondige verbouwing plaatsgevonden, eveneens in de beginjaren van de 20e eeuw toen het pand van eigenaar veranderde, in 1991 en het laatst in 2021 onder de huidige eigenaar. Aan de buitenzijde is veel van het authentieke bewaard gebleven ofwel in oude glorie hersteld. De vijver die er tot 1992 lag, was lek gestoken en kon wegens de hoge herstelkosten niet in stand gehouden worden. Deze vijver maakte vroeger tot de aanleg van het Maas-Waalkanaal in 1928 deel uit van het inmiddels verdwenen stroompje de Diemer, die ergens richting Waal h

What Is A Belvedere? A belvedere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. The term has been used both for rooms in the upper part of a building or structures on the roof, or a separate pavilion in a garden or park. The actual structure can be of any form or style, including a turret, a cupola, or an open gallery. At Coolmore Plantation the grand belvedere was used to cool the house durning our hot southern summers. When you open the belvedere windows, it sucks all the hot air out of the house.!The fabulous view was just an added perk and bonus. Watson Brown's Backroad Photography

Set behind a grove of large magnolias and deciduous trees on a 12-acre lawn, you’ll find Coolmore Plantation and its matching outbuildings. The manor house was built from 1857-1860 by Dr. Joseph John Willis Powell and his wife, Martha Branch Whitaker Powell, both of Halifax County. Dr. Powell moved to Edgecombe County to run what was to become Coolmore Plantation for his Uncle Richard Harrison, one of antebellum North Carolina's wealthiest planters and businessmen. Dr. Powell subsequently inherited 2800 acres in 1856 and proceeded almost immediately to build one of the grandest plantation houses in the entire South. Coolmore Plantation manor house was designed by Baltimore architect, E. G. Lind. It is an Italianate style house with a central-passage plan, divided into a vestibule, stair hall and back hall. The surviving outbuildings, also done in the Italianate style, include a smokehouse, a carriage house, servants' quarters, a gas house, and a kitchen. The Powell family paper

Kendall Manor is a historic mansion in Eufaula, Alabama. It was built for planter James Turner Kendall. It was designed by architect H. George Whipple in the Italianate style. Construction began prior to the outset of the War Between The States of 1861–1865, and it was completed in 1867. It remained in the Kendall family; by the 1970s, it belonged to Dr. Kendall Eppes, Kendall's great-grandson and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. & Wikipedia

Known As “Wincoma” This Victorian Carpenter Gothic Is A Real Show Stopper, Midway, Kentucky. Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters. The abundance of North American timber and the carpenter-built vernacular architectures based upon it made a picturesque improvisation upon Gothic a natural evolution. Carpenter Gothic improvises upon features that were carved in stone in authentic Gothic architecture, whether original or in more scholarly revival styles; however, in the absence of the restraining influence of genuine Gothic structures, the style was freed to improvise and emphasize charm and quaintness rather than fidelity to received models. The genre received its impetus from the publication by Alexander Jackson Davis of Rural Residences and from detailed p

Ardoyne House Circa 1894 is a Victorian Gothic Revival, Schriever, Louisiana. Louisiana State Senator, and third generation sugar cane farmer, John Dalton Shaffer was looking for a home for his wife, Julia Richardson Cutliff Shaffer. Mrs. Shaffer requested that her husband build her a little cottage that overlooked Bayou Black. In 1888, he purchased approximately one thousand acres of land in Schriever, Louisiana. He then commissioned New Orleans based architect, John Williams of Williams and Brothers to design and build the main residence on a twenty-acre tract. The location of the house on the property lead, in part, to the name. “Ardoyne” in Scottish means “little hill or knoll” which was the high point of the property, and the name of a Scottish castle. The construction of the main residence began in 1890 and was completed in 1894. Local immigrants of German, Italian and African descent contributed the labor to build the residence and later would comprise a good portion of the labo

Old Town Chicago, Illinois: Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire. Doorways Of Chicago Wikipedia

Queen Anne Victorian Mansion Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Identifiable Features Of A Queen Anne: -Abundance of decorative elements -Steeply pitched irregular shape roof -Cross gables -Asymmetrical facade -Large partial or full width porch -Round or polygonal corner tower -Decorative spindlework -Projecting bay windows -Patterned masonry -Textured wall surfaces -Columns or turned post porch posts -Patterned shingles -Single pane windows -Decorative, Stained glass panes breathing_timemachine http:// www. phmc. state.pa.us/ portal/communities/ architecture/styles/ queen-anne.html

Holland Island is a marshy, rapidly eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay, in Dorchester County, Maryland. Holland Island was originally settled in the 1600s, taking its name from early colonist Daniel Holland, the original purchaser of the property from the Dorchester County Sheriff. By 1850, the first community of fishing and farming families developed on the island. By 1910, the island had about 360 residents, making it one of the largest inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay. The island community had 70 homes, stores and other buildings. It had its own post office, two-room school with two teachers, a church, baseball team, community center, and a doctor. The islanders supported themselves mainly by dredging for oysters, fishing for shad and crabbing. Their fleet of workboats included 41 skipjacks, 10 schooners and 36 bugeyes, some of which were built on the island. The wind and tide began to seriously erode the west side of the island, where most of the houses were located, in 19

The Hamilton–Turner Inn (also known as the Hamilton-Turner House) circa 1873 is a Second Empire mansion in Savannah, Georgia. As one of the most historic inns in Savannah GA, Hamilton-Turner Inn boasts a heritage as rich and vibrant as that of the city itself. Samuel Pugh Hamilton, informally known as “The Lord of Lafayette Square”, had this parkside mansion built for his family in 1873, long before they were turned into the luxury Savannah suites that they are today. Along with his wife Sarah, the successful businessman and prominent Savannah alderman created a social center for the city’s elite, hosting a variety of activities in their home that was impressive in workmanship and size. Mr. Hamilton was born on July 2, 1837 and grew up to be first, a loving family man, a professional businessman second, and third, a very accomplished host. He married his first wife, Emma Sprigg, in Charleston while he was stationed there in the U.S. Navy. They had two children together before her death

The Cassius Clark Thompson House is a historic residence on the edge of downtown East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Built in 1876 in a Late Victorian form of the Italianate style of architecture, it was built as the home of one of East Liverpool's leading businessmen. Born in 1851, Cassius Clark Thompson was a major player in East Liverpool's dominant pottery industry; he was the owner of a prosperous pottery firm that had been founded in 1868. Intending to build himself a house, he purchased a hillside lot on the southeastern edge of downtown, finding the site's view of the nearby Ohio River highly attractive. The house that he constructed is a brick structure with elements of wood and stone, two-and-a-half stories tall. The dominant feature of its architecture is a large tower at the front of the house: measuring three stories tall, it is crowned with an ornate wrought iron railing. In 1971, the Thompson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it w