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Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis image shows the front facade of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis image shows the front facade of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis image shows the side facade of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis image shows the front facade and clock tower of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis image shows a window on one of the side facades of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Darke County Courthouse
No full textThis is the front entrance of the Darke County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1874 by architect Edwin May, and unlike many other courthouses, it was not built on the site of the buildings that preceded it. Instead, the county commissioners moved the location of the county courthouse from West Main Street to Broadway Avenue just after the Civil War because Broadway was becoming the city's main thoroughfare. The Second Empire and Renaissance building is rectangular in shape and has columns with rusticated bases as well as rusticated blocks framing the entrance doorway. In front of the tower stands a statue of Justice
Indianapolis: State House
No full textViewed from the south side, this photograph of Indiana’s State House shows the Italian Renaissance style dome and Neoclassical facade that makes this building one of the finest example of Neoclassical architecture in the state. The building was designed by Indiana native architect Edwin May in 1878. May died in 1880, shortly after the cornerstone of the building had been laid. The remaining construction was supervised out by May’s assistant, Swiss born architect Adolph Sherrer. While largely faithful to May’s vision, Sherrer made modifications to many of the facade details while overseeing the remaining construction.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1468/thumbnail.jp
English architect in Spain: five projects by Edwin Lutyens
Full text linkAlthough the work of Edwin Lutyens has received much careful scholarly study since the
1980s his important projects in Spain remain very little known. Presently, only a brief
article by Gavin Stamp and Margaret Richardson is devoted solely to Lutyens' work, and
they are merely touched on in his published biographies, especially that by Christopher
Hussey. Unfortunately, Lutyens was unable to complete his Spanish commissions, mostly
because of the deterioration of Spain’s economy and social order in the 1930s, and this has
played a major role in keeping these projects in the dark. Furthermore, the devastation
caused by the Civil War obliterated most of the evidence once held in Spanish archives.
Some of the projects of Edwin Lutyens in Spain are remarkable and unique for their use of
what may loosely be termed a ‘Spanish style’. The identification of this characteristic can be
understood as demonstrating a growing knowledge of and appreciation for Spanish
architectural heritage on the part of British architects and architectural historians by the
end of the nineteenth century. At the same time, the fact that the design of important
private residences in Spain were commissioned to an English architect shows the growing
anglophilia of Spanish economic and political elites under Alfonso XIII's reign. During
these years, the economic and political ties between Britain and Spain became closer than
ever before, which also had an impact on the architecture of the time.
Ultimately, this dissertation is predicated on the assumption that it is important to study
further, and understand better, the Spanish projects of Edwin Lutyens in order to gain
fuller and further insight into his methods as a designer. The first three of them (the first
project of the Palace of El Guadalperal, the Palace of La Ventosilla and the Palace for the
Count de la Cimera) cast light on Lutyens´s work during the Great War years, a relatively
obscure period of his career which was, however, extraordinarily fruitful. The second
project for the Palace of El Guadalperal is even larger than his previous Spanish projects,
approaching the grandeur and magnificence of the Viceroy’s House in Delhi. In this
respect there may be seen to be a correspondence between these otherwise discrete and
apparently un-related projects, running from Britain, through Spain, all the way to India.
Moreover, given their scale, along with the design input required to make them successful
and coherent buildings, they must be appreciated as pivotal moments in the design
development, if not built oeuvre, of Edwin Lutyens as an architect. Finally, the
Reconstruction of Liria Palace, is not only his last commission in Spain but it can also be
considered as the last building he designed. Only when these projects are brought to the
fore and analysed properly can a full understanding of Lutyens as an architect be reached
Rae Edwin Featherstone, 14 March 1973.
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/272559Rae Edwin Featherstone, Dip. Arch. Des., F.R.A.I.A., University Staff Architect 1957-1972. Admitted to the degree of Master of Philosophy honoris causa 14 March 1973. Photograph taken on the occasion of being awarded an honorary degree. Presented in black album which has gold university emblem and 'Degrees Honoris Causa of The University of Melbourne' inscribed on front.202221
Item: [1994.0025.00106] "Rae Edwin Featherstone, 14 March 1973.
Improving the public house in Britain, 1920-40: Sir Sydney Nevile and 'social work'
No full textThe 'improved public house' movement in the inter-war years was a central part of the shift towards retailing by the brewing industry. An important part of the reform movement was the alliance between certain brewers, notably Whitbread, and 'social workers', particularly those associated with the University Settlement movement in London. Using the papers of Sydney Nevile, the importance of a particular social milieu is outlined, calling into question attempts to align the movement to improve public houses with transatlantic Progressivism. Rather, this alliance drew upon longstanding English traditions of public service and religious affiliation amongst a fraction of the gentry.public houses, brewing, Whitbread,
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