by Architectural Observer | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Double Feature! Today we’ll look at two structures which are recent recipients of altered fenestration… Recipient # 1 After a period of stagnation, work appears to have restarted on the second re-interpretation of a former church building in a nearby...
by Architectural Observer | Nov 25, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Who doesn’t love a good time capsule? This one, built in 1952 in Gladewater, Texas, has been on Zillow for about 10 days and is already generating lots of interest online; I ran across it when a reader shared it on the always mesmerizing Old House Dreams....
by Architectural Observer | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Dominated by large steel windows filled with green slag glass, this Masonic Temple in Oberlin, Kansas, was built in 1931. The buff brick facade is elaborated with glazed terra cotta ornament which enhances the Art Deco styling of the building. Although the ground...
by Architectural Observer | Nov 2, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Admirers of the work of Louis Curtiss don’t normally associate the architect with the Colonial Revival, yet this house in Kansas City is an interesting example of the style and it demonstrates the architect’s versatility. Despite the outwardly staid...
by Architectural Observer | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog, Observations
It’s that time of year again; a time when haunted houses bask in fleeting celebrity and a time when the horrific gains new prominence. Speaking of horrific, get a load of these formerly normal structures which have received creepy alterations… and...
by Architectural Observer | Oct 20, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Long abandoned, this c. 1905 Folk Victorian farmhouse has unusually nice detailing for its geographic location, even if those details aren’t all stylistically consistent! Though re-sided in the mid-twentieth century, enough of the siding has fallen off to...
