J. W. Thompson House, Hortense Place and Kingshighway Boulevard, Central West End, St. Louis, MO : 無料・フリー素材/写真
J. W. Thompson House, Hortense Place and Kingshighway Boulevard, Central West End, St. Louis, MO / w_lemay
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Built in 1909, this Viennese Secessionist-style house was designed by Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes and Barnett for J. W. Thompson. The house is a rare example of the Vienna Secession outside of Europe. Closely affiliated with the Art Nouveau movement, another aesthetic trend rarely seen in the United States, the house was originally more elaborate, complete with ornate balconies and decorative trim on the four green marble pillars of the front facade, which were removed when the house was butchered by a subsequent owner, whom found them gaudy, reducing the house to a plain box, with the missing elements being partially reconstructed by an owner in the 1980s, though with less ornament and detail than the originals. The house is clad in yellow buff brick with large window bays containing casement windows, limestone and green serpentinite marble trim, a one-story sunroom on the west side of the house, clad in limestone, with decorative reliefs, a front terrace with circular planters atop stone piers, and a decorative frieze around the building’s parapet. Despite the house’s immense architectural significance, it is not designated as a historic landmark, and the unfortunate alterations, though partially reversed, have diminished the beauty, authenticity, and complexity of the house’s original design. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-03-09 14:07:54 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Central West End, Missouri, United States 地図 |