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Exterior view from the front lawn, showing southwest-facing front door and front gable. One major feature of the Gamble House was to be distinct from many other houses nearby, such as the Neoclassical style Fenyes House [citation needed] (Robert Farquhar, 1906–1907). Considering that many Greene and Greene projects have been altered to some ...
Darby, Ken, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983, Little, Brown and Company; ISBN 0-316-17280-4). Biography of the brownstone "as told by Archie Goodwin". Includes detailed floor plans. Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G., The Nero Wolfe Handbook (1985; revised 1992, 2000). Self-published anthology of essays edited by a longtime member of The Wolfe ...
The house received its most famous make-over in 1964 when it was redressed for the premiere of the sitcom The Munsters.The third-story octagon tower with its mansard roof and four windows was altered into a covered widow's walk with a tented roof, the second-story center window was given a faux gingerbread gable, and a chimney and a crooked vampire-bat weathervane were added. [1]
Its first floor consists mainly of principal rooms for entertaining, including a reception room, lounging room, breakfast room, dining room, great hall, and ballroom. The Ringlings hired Willy Pogany (American, born Hungary, 1882–1955), an artist and designer, to create murals for the elaborate interiors of the house.
The home has a billiards room with an antique fireplace. [12] [26] In 2018, a painting of Marion Davies occupied the same room. [27] The home has an Art Deco nightclub, two-story library, four bars, one wine cellar, and two screening rooms. [3] [11] [17] [28] There are 12 fireplaces. [29] There are two apartments for guests. [30]
Beverly Hills promotional celebrity map, 1926 1924 L.A. Post article on celebrity home maps. Maps of celebrity homes, also known as maps to the stars or star maps, the most famous of these being Hollywood star maps, are maps produced and sold by various companies that purport to identify the home addresses at which various celebrities reside, most commonly Hollywood movie stars.
First floor plan (north is on the left) Lovell Beach House December 2013 The Lovell Beach House is located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California.The building was completed in 1926 and is now recognized as one of the most important works by architect Rudolf Schindler, second only to the Schindler House, built four years earlier for his family as a show house and studio.
"Bag End" was the real name of the Tudor home, dated to 1413, of Tolkien's aunt Jane Neave in the village of Dormston, Worcestershire. [15] [16] The scholar of literature and film Steven Woodward and the architectural historian Kostis Kourelis suggest that Tolkien may have based his Hobbit-holes on Iceland's turf houses, such as those at Keldur ...