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The brick house had two stories, each with two rooms. A walnut wood staircase connected the floors, supposedly transported from Philadelphia along with bricks and window panes. [1] [2] When it was built, it was largely among cabins and simple frame houses, making its high ceilings, grand staircase, and walnut floors unusual. [3]
The William Stevens House is a historic house at 131 Cow Hill Road in Clinton, Connecticut.Built near the start of the 18th century, it is one of Clinton's oldest surviving buildings, which is especially noted for its unusual floorplan.
Columbus Near East Side District. May 19, 1978 , #83004287 increase: Roughly bounded by Parsons Ave., Broad and Main Sts., and the railroad tracks; also 43-125 ...
Schroeder stairs; Shepherd's Steps; Small Staircase in Kalemegdan Park; Smokeproof enclosure; Spanish Steps; Spanish Steps (Tacoma, Washington) Stair climbing; Stair lift; Stair nosing; Stair rod; Stair tread; Staircase; Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte; Staircase tower; Staircases in Mariahilf; Stairways in Naples; Strudlhofstiege
Stairways in the United States — outdoor staircases, a part of external pedestrian infrastructure in the U.S. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]
The East Town Street Historic District is a historic district in Downtown Columbus, Ohio.The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1982; the district boundaries differ between the two entries.
Balloon framing originated in the American Mid-west near Chicago in the 1830s. It is a rare type of American historic carpentry which was exported from America. Balloon framing is very important in history as the beginning of the transition away from the centuries-long method of timber framing to the common types of wood framing now in use.