“Nimitz House”
The Nimitz House was built in 1900 on Goat Island, now Yerba Buena Island, as a residence for the Commandant of a Naval Training Station.
Officially known as Quarters One, the Classical Revival home got its nickname from Admiral Chester Nimitz, a World War II naval hero who spent his last days there.
In 1998, the house became a bizarre flashpoint in the construction of the new Bay Bridge when the Navy refused to let Caltrans engineers onto Yerba Buena Island. Why? Their design called for a span that would cast a shadow on the Nimitz House.
Construction didn’t restart for a year and a half as the plans were redrawn to ensure the historic home would remain in the sun.
Photographs by Casey Smith / Mimi Plumb
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Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh’s Mansion, Saint Petersburg, Russia,
Interiors by Vasily Ivanovich Schoene and Vladimir Ivanovich Chagin.
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I fucking love presentations. If I had anyone to give presentations to, I’d give one about Gothic-revival architecture because dhsjsjhw it’s so pretty.
And I saw somewhere that Wayne manor was built in the mid-1800s and I just jumped for joy lmao.
I’m a huge fucking nerd, but so are y’all because you really want to see me make a bunch of floor plans so—
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Haunted AF House. 1903 mansion in Wilson, North Carolina. 4bds, 6ba, $884,900.
Check it out. As soon as I see the grand entrance I get a bad vibe. The woodwork is amazing, but it's all painted gray. I think that adds to the cold haunted look.
The rooms look dark. Every lamp is on.
Maybe there's too much stuff around. Note the cat on the table.
How could they have painted over this magnificent woodwork? If anything, maybe I would've highlighted the trim.
Connecting hallway.
Crowded library.
Home office off the library. Good luck moving all this stuff out.
Looks like a family room.
The vintage kitchen is cute.
There's a sink and a kind of pantry by the service stairs.
Nope, ain't gettin' in the creepy elevator.
The 2nd fl. landing is large enough to be a sitting area.
Primary bedroom and en-suite.
The bedrooms are very large and all have en-suites, which is unusual for an older home.
Walk-in closet in the hall.
Linen closet could be another walk-in clothes closet.
Closet under the attic stairs. The attic isn't finished.
The grounds are truly stunning. Look at this lily pond.
A second pond.
Beautiful patio and gardens along a brick path.
1.28 acres of beautifully landscaped property.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/900-N-Nash-St-Wilson-NC-27893/107087785_zpid/
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Parliament, Budapest, 1896. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
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Heino Otto (architect)
Villa Müller, Stübelallee 21, Dresden, Germany
1902
(destroyed in 1945)
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Notre-Dame Basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. Architect François Baillairgé designed the interior decoration and choir 1785-95; facade and vault decoration, 1818.
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