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Casa Loma (Spanish for "Hill House") is a Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, [1] who designed several other city landmarks.
The Esther M. Hill House blends geometric forms with natural materials found in the American Craftsman tradition. The residence has an open plan and is an example of the Third Bay Tradition style. [5] A repository of plans from the tradition are housed at the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley. [6]
The house, for its time, was very large and was the "showcase of St. Paul" until James J. Hill's death in 1916. [1] It is listed as a U.S. National Historic Landmark, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. It is also a contributing property to the Historic Hill District. [2] The home has 36,000 square feet (3,300 m 2) of living area and ...
The Edward R. Hills House, also known as the Hills–DeCaro House, is a residence located at 313 Forest Avenue in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. It is most notable for a 1906 remodel by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his signature Prairie style. The Hills–DeCaro House represents the melding of two distinct phases in Wright's ...
Bhimakali temple, built in Kath-Kuni style of architecture.. Kath-Kuni is an indigenous construction technique prevalent in the isolated hills of northern India, especially in the region of Himachal Pradesh Kath is derived from the Sanskrit word kāshth meaning wood and kuni from the word kona meaning corner.
Since 1978 the building has served as a fraternity house for Delta Sigma Chi from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. J.C Hubinger Mansion 1887 Queen Anne: C.H Stilson Keokuk: Was demolished in 1918 John Peirce Mansion: 1893 Romanesque revival: Hansen Bros. Sioux City: It is open to the public for quarterly open house events and is available ...
Glensheen, seen through the fence along Highway 61. In 1968 the estate was given to the University of Minnesota Duluth to own and operate. [4] At the time, Elisabeth Congdon (Chester Congdon's youngest daughter) was given a life estate, allowing her to occupy Glensheen until her death.
The two-story, L-shaped house has an Italianate design. A verandah, which is topped by a porch with a balustrade, runs along the front of the house. The low hip roof features a cornice with paired brackets along its edge. Cast iron lintels cover the house's tall, narrow arched windows. In 1904, prominent local attorney and financier L. V. Hill ...