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St. Mark's Church 2

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:23:24 -0700

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[This is one of 4 images] St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Cochran, Brunswick County, Virginia), built in 1916, is a small Gothic brick country church, which served as a parish church only until 1950 when it became a community center. It now is owned by the Brunswick County Historical Society. It was built by students from Episcopalian-affiliated St. Paul’s College (known in 1916 as Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School) in the county seat of Lawrenceville. The church is of single gable construction with a steep-pitched roof, parapetted at front and rear. Each side has 5 buttresses, with windows positioned between the abutments. The windows are fixed and have two pointed vertical Gothic panes with a patterned third window at the top with a circular pane inside a geometric space. A narrow band of brick begins 2/3rd up each side of the window, culminating in an arch. The front entry is of different height and width than the main structure with a buttress on each side as part of the front façade. Where the entry joins the main structure are two slender brick chimneys, partially external. The entrance consists of two wooden doors, each with a large, single rectangular pane in the upper portion. The transom above the doors mimics the pattern of the windows, except the Gothic panes are truncated and the circle is larger. I don’t know the condition of the building, but it appeared to be solid but undoubtedly with some renovation needs. The building was not open when I was there.

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St. Mark's Church 3

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St. Mark's Church 1

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St. Mark's Church 4

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:23:23 -0700

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Red Italianate, Austinburg

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:36:34 -0700

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Not until I spent a wet morning (early May 2010) in Austinburg, Ashtabula County, Ohio had I seen so many Italianate structures. This 2-story red brick and stone house, not occupied at the time of the photo, was next to Stuffed Toy International www.flickr.com/photos/universalpops/4691744682/ , virtually in the center of the town. Its roof is low-pitched with any rise barely visible. Eaves with prominent overhang are supported by large brackets. A cornice pattern shows small, narrow rectangular windows situated between the brackets—a small window flush with the wall with a recessed larger window between. In front there are three narrow 2/2 sash windows with arched surround, a device employed on the sides. On the left also can be seen a door which opens onto the roof of the porch. The distinctive wraparound porch (2 sides) has slender fluted Doric columns as support for the porch roof; brackets are just above each column. Each column rests on a stone base. In lieu of balustrades, the stone barrier fills the space between the columns; between the blocks of stones are small vertically-oriented rectangular spaces. Toward the rear left façade, the red stone changes to white. The entry is a double-leaf door with a semicircular transom and arched surround. The 2/2 sash windows on the first level are larger than those on the second story. A 1-story adjunct to the house is in the rear and is possibly a later addition.
I have no information regarding this house, date or any specific history.

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Point of Honor 5

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:44:06 -0700

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Point of Honor (Lynchburg, Virginia) is an excellent example of Federal-style domestic plantation architecture, built by Dr. George Cabell (1766-1823) physician of Patrick Henry. The architect/builder is no known. Although the front façade gives the impression of symmetry, the house is irregularly shaped. The construction on the 2-story stuccoed brick house began ca 1806 and was completed in 1815. The porch is not the original one which was thought to be two stories high; the stone steps and wrought iron, however, are original. One-story additions in the rear have altered the original look. Sometime mid-19th century, the house was altered to conform to the Italianate-style, but all that remains of that is the porch. To the right of the front faced is the office of Dr. Cabell. A polygonal projection is on either side of the central section of the house. The existing Italianate porch is raised with stone steps leading to the centrally-placed entrance. Eight square columns with panels support the second-level open balustrade. The second-level porch overhang is supported by thin brackets, and below that is a line of dentil. The entrance consists of double wooden doors with a half-circular transom with a sunburst pattern. The arch with prominent keystone extends to the floor in the form of pilasters. The low-hipped roof has a cornice with thin brackets. External end chimneys are on both of the side facades. The windows on the first level are 9/9 sash but 6/9 on the second-story. The surrounds have a trapezoidal shape with keystone above the window. The interior (which I unfortunately paid little attention to) has Federal woodwork; pineapple and tassel-and-swag ornamentation are on the door surround and mantel of the drawing room. The house is in that section of Lynchburg known as Daniel Hill, and the view of Lynchburg is impressive from the front lawn.

Several people had direct or indirect connections with the house. After Cabell died, the house passed to the Langhorne family, one being Henry Langhorne who was the great-grandfather of Lady Astor and her sister, the Gibson Girl. The house was owned by the Daniel family and Judge William Daniel was the father of Senator John Warwick Daniel (whose house is also in Lynchburg). It belonged to Col. Robert Owen, President of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The city obtained the property in 1928 and used it as a neighborhood center for a while. Then in 1968 the Historic Lynchburg Foundation began a restoration; it is now part of the Lynchburg Museum system. The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places Feb 26, 1970 with NRHP Reference ID # 70000872

The website for Point of Honor is www.pointofhonor.org/

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Point of Honor 4

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:44:30 -0700

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Point of Honor 3

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Stonebriar, St. Paul 1

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:36:35 -0700

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The 10-bay Stonebriar Apartments (currently a facility for senior citizens) was at one time the St. Paul Hotel and the Blue Sulphur Hotel. Built in 1901 or 1909 (the Virginia Department of Historic Resources file hives both dates) it had the latest of modern conveniences: telephone service, hot shower and central steam heating. The 3-story brick structure has a flat roof above its symmetrical façade. Three windows show on both second and third levels, the major difference being the center window on the 2nd floor, which is larger than the others. Between the levels is a course of brickwork (which is best seen in the second image for this building). Presumably a less noticeable belt course is between the 1st and 2nd floors, but I didn’t notice this. The window surrounds display masonry details of ashlar quoins, alternating small and large blocks. The surrounds arch above the windows and shows a keystone element. On the front façade the windows are 1/1 and appear to be fixed. The entrance shows the same ashlar quoin pattern of the windows and has a semicircular transom. It is flanked by paired windows with the surround being shared by each on one side. A porch spans the width of the structure with a modern balustrade between the iron pipes which support the flat porch roof. The name Stonebriar is prominent on the fascia. At the rear is a modern addition. These photos were taken a little past 7 on a very foggy morning in St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia. The building is listed as part of the St. Paul Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places; the district was added June 8, 2011 with ID #11000351

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Stonebriar, St. Paul 2

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:36:35 -0700

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Circular Floral Design 5

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:16:04 -0700

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Somewhere I’ve read that banks employed Classical detailing in the façade to impart the sense of stability and permanence. The Bank of LaCrosse (Mecklenburg County, Virginia) is no exception, a small town bank exhibiting the Classical features that seemed standard for early banks. I have no date for the structure but guess before 1925; I also don’t know the building material. The façade is framed by four pilasters instead of columns, one at each corner and the remaining two on either side of the entrance. The stylized capitals are elongated and grooved. Above the overhang are recessed panels, functioning as extensions of the pilasters. The overhang has prominent rectangular brackets which resemble large dentil. Below that at each corner is a circular floral design and the name of the bank. A broken pediment is above the entrance with an urn (in funerary sculpture it symbolized immortality, hence permanence of the institution). There's an ornamental swag pattern in the panel between the two large brackets, which support the pediment, and below each bracket are long narrow vertical panels. The doorway itself consists of narrow grooves. The windows are fixed and are enclosed within a large panel between the pilasters in a set pattern (except for the window above the entrance): the second-story windows are arched and have recessed areas, simulating a surround with a bracket form as the keystone; the first story windows are to either side of the entrance; between the stories is a recessed ornamented rectangular panel and below the first-story windows the panel is raised instead of recessed.

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The Bank of LaCrosse 1

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Ornamental Details 4

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Pedimented Entrance 2

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Detail of Pilaster Capital 6

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Brackets for Pediment 3

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Point of Honor 2

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Point of Honor 6

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Point of Honor 1

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Archways

nobody@flickr.com (Universal Pops ( Computer Died)) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:19:39 -0800

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The Danville Science Center and the Amtrak station in Danville, Virginia are in the same area. This is the part of the street underpass for the railroad.

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