Whitney Hotel, James Street and Ludington Street, Columbus, WI : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Whitney Hotel, James Street and Ludington Street, Columbus, WI / w_lemay
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| 説明 | Built in 1858, this Italianate-style building was built for H. A. Whitney to replace an earlier hotel on the same site, which was built in 1848 and destroyed by a fire in 1857. The building is one of the oldest remaining brick buildings in the city of Columbus, Wisconsin, as well as the oldest hotel, and served as an important social gathering place for over six decades. Originally home to a restaurant on the ground floor with a hotel above and a ballroom on the third floor, the building became increasingly dilapidated and run-down during the 20th Century, eventually becoming home to low-end shops on the ground floor and low-rent apartments above, before becoming completely vacant by the 1990s, by which time it had lost its bracketed cornice. The building features a buff brick exterior, one-over-one windows, a cornice with large paired brackets, decorative window hoods, stone sills, first floor storefronts on Ludington Street that replicate the original first floor facade elements of the building, a corner entrance door, a low-pitch hipped roof, and a partially exposed basement that becomes increasingly prominent along the slope of James Street. The building was almost demolished in 1991 due to deterioration during its period of abandonment, but was saved and rehabilitated to serve as affordable housing on the upper floors, with commercial space on the ground floor. The building is a contributing structure in the Columbus Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-09-26 11:30:15 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Columbus, Wisconsin, United States 地図 |