Showing posts with label 20007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20007. Show all posts
Friday, May 9, 2008
Tudor Place - Historic Home & Garden
This Georgetown home was designed by Dr. William Thornton in 1815 in American neoclassical architecture style. It was originally the home of George Washington's granddaughter, Martha Curtis Peter and remained in the Peter family for 180 years. Over that time many of the objects they collected remain on the property including a 1919 Pierce-Arrow Roadster pictured below.
Dumbarton Bridge (Buffalo Bridge)
Built in 1915 to cross Rock Creek Park and connect Dupont Circle and Georgetown neighborhoods. The bridge is recognized by many for the four buffalo sculptures at each corner where were created by Alexander Phimister Proctor.
Learn more? Read the article, Scenes from the Past... (PDF)
Dumbarton House in Georgetown
"The site of the Dumbarton House can be traced to as early as 1703. That year, Ninial Beall, a Scottish immigrant, was awarded a land patent of 795 acres by the Maryland Assembly. The named the land "Rock of Dumbarton," in homepage to his native Scotland.
In 1751, George Gordon and George Beall, Ninian's son, petitioned the Maryland Assembly to erect a town on sixty acres of the original "Rock of Dumbarton" tract. In honor of King George II, they named the site "Georgetown."" Read more by enlarging the following image.
In 1751, George Gordon and George Beall, Ninian's son, petitioned the Maryland Assembly to erect a town on sixty acres of the original "Rock of Dumbarton" tract. In honor of King George II, they named the site "Georgetown."" Read more by enlarging the following image.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
German Embassy
Ambassador's Residence
Completed September 1994
19,270 square feet
Construction cost approx. $18.9 million
Architect: Prof. O.M. Ungers & Partners
Landscape Architect: Dr. Bernhard Korte, Dusseldorf
Engineers: Lockwood Greene, Atlanta
Completed September 1994
19,270 square feet
Construction cost approx. $18.9 million
Architect: Prof. O.M. Ungers & Partners
Landscape Architect: Dr. Bernhard Korte, Dusseldorf
Engineers: Lockwood Greene, Atlanta
On the south side of the residence is a landscaped park which includes a rose garden, winding footpaths, a pond, and pavilion.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Belgian Embassy: Ambassador's Residence
The residence has 3 stories, 44 rooms, and a free-standing, 2-story, 8 car garage. African American, Julian Abele (1881-1950) was the architect for “Marly,” completed in 1931, and commissioned by Anna Thomson Dodge, the heiress of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company family fortune, as a wedding gift to daughter Delphine and son-in-law Raymond Baker. Marly was purchased for the residence of the Embassy of Belgium in 1945.
Abele spent the majority of his career as chief designer for architect Horace Trumbauer, whose Philadelphia firm specialized in elegant houses for America's elite. The firm often designed in 18th-century French academic style.
The residence is relatively private and easy to miss. Though it does catch your eye when you do spot it. The most you can hope to see from the road is similar to the third photo.
Abele spent the majority of his career as chief designer for architect Horace Trumbauer, whose Philadelphia firm specialized in elegant houses for America's elite. The firm often designed in 18th-century French academic style.
The residence is relatively private and easy to miss. Though it does catch your eye when you do spot it. The most you can hope to see from the road is similar to the third photo.
Friday, April 25, 2008
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