Direct image link - Moyamensing Prison - World Digital Library
"This view shows the prison built in 1832β35 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter (1804β87) at Tenth and Reed Streets in Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon used to carry convicts, known as a Black Maria, draws toward the front of the Gothic-style building. Two men watch the carriage from near the road and two others are visible close to one of the battlement towers. The prison, which operated under a system of solitary confinement, was demolished in 1968. The print was originally published as Plate 9 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by the firm J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers (Philadelphia, 1838).
The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring. John Caspar Wild (circa 1804β46) was a Swiss-born artist and lithographer who arrived in Philadelphia from Paris in 1832. He produced numerous prints and paintings of Philadelphia and other American cities. Bowen was a prominent Philadelphia lithographer and the most important mid-19th-century American publisher of publication plates. He was born in England circa 1801, immigrated to the United States in 1834, and worked as a colorist and lithographer in New York before relocating to Philadelphia. He took over the firm Wild & Chevalier, including the rights to Views of Philadelphia."
PDF - The Gothic Revival by Stephen Carver
The Gothic Revival shorter web link with images
PDF - The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West
"Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 β October 30, 1887) was an American architect of German descent, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that is predominately the current appearance of the U.S. Capitol building. Walter was one of the founders and second president of the American Institute of Archit
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This website, "UK Castles", lists 20 castles as being 'Neo-Romantic'. Wikipedia has just one such castle (Wernigerode Castle) and, in its article on Neo-Romanticism, does not define neo-romantic architecture.
I also searched the web for 'neo-romantic castles' and didn't learn what the characteristics of such architecture might be.
In fact, the 'Neo-Romantic' castles on UK Castles are mostly described as Gothic Revival on Wikipedia, such as 'Victorian Gothic Revival' for Banwell Castle.
Is the UK Castles website is mis-using the term, or are the two terms synonymous?
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Week 88: Wedding Venues & Chapels, Las Vegas Edition!
π₯1st Place (41.10% of the votes):
> /u/Blmd26 - Retro Pink Wedding Chapel - TS4
π₯2nd Place - (34.25% of the votes):
> /u/artsyalexis - Vaporwave Wedding Chapel - TS4
π₯3rd Place (24.66% [TIED] of the votes):
> /u/SarahLaCroix - I Do Wedding Drive Thru - TS4
> /u/Saaedra - Church of Satan Wedding Chappel - TS4
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#Introduction for Newcomers
Every two weeks the challenge will change, Weβll design a different house or interior of a room and we might even sneak a few Create-A-Sims in to break it up a little.
Certain challenges will have a monetary limit, some will be spend as much as you like/can to impress.
We try to make it so everyone can participate in all challenges no matter which Sims game you have and which expansion/stuff packs you have.
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#Bi-Weekly Build Challenge, Week 90: Victorian Architecture Series; Gothic Revival (1830-1860)!
Most American Gothic Revival homes in the 1800s were romantic adaptations of medieval architecture. Delicate wooden ornaments and other decorative details suggested the architecture of medieval England. These homes did not try to replicate authentic Gothic styles β no flying buttresses were needed to hold up the Gothic Revival homes found throughout America. Between 1840 and 1880, Gothic Revival became a prominent architectural style for both modest residences and churches throughout the United States. Characteristics of the much-beloved Gothic Revival style and 19th-century architecture are listed below.
>Key Elements:
>* Pointed & oriel windows with decorative tracery, leaded glass.
>* Steeply pitched roofs/gables, grouped chimneys.
>* Asymmetrical floor plans.
>* One story porches.
Must be residential (NO apartments!), and fully functional. (TIP: Consider using cheats to unlock debug/hidden items and to place obj
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