by Architectural Observer | May 22, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Miscellaneous eye candy! It’s been a while since I posted random images from a road trip, so it’s high time for me to do so: ...
by Architectural Observer | May 20, 2018 | Blog, Drag Queen Architecture
Probably built around 1920, this house originally had late Prairie styling, some of which remains. The low veneer of buff brick still provides a strong horizontal emphasis while windows retain their three-over-one sashes. It’s difficult to say exactly what...
by Architectural Observer | May 16, 2018 | Blog, Observations
The use of Flemish bond as an upscale brick-laying technique lost popularity in many urban areas in the 1830’s (along with Federal-style architecture, also known as Adam), but it persisted in many smaller communities after that time. It experienced a...
by Architectural Observer | May 15, 2018 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses
Design No. 1509 was a popular plan for the Radford Architectural Company of Chicago judging by the number of surviving examples I’ve seen. The most recent I’ve found is surprisingly intact and appears to be loved by its owners. While this one in Oakley,...
by Architectural Observer | May 15, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Recently I had the pleasure of touring a vacant farmhouse which has remained in the same family since its construction in 1918. Although the house has had many of the updates one would expect over the course of a full century, it has had far fewer of them than...
by Architectural Observer | May 6, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Recently I found this house pictured in a display of old photographs which had been reproduced for a fascinating display of local history at the Fick Fossil and History Museum in Oakley, Kansas (definitely worth a visit when traveling on I-70!). The house looked...
