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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:08 pm    Post subject: Any Guesses? Here's a lesser-known view of a well-known building...any guesses what it is?    Filesize:  386.92 KB  Filename:  jmcva.jpg  Viewed:  93 Time(s) _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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Checkpoint43 Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Lexington, VA	Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:30 pm    Post subject: Yes - I know this famous house. I've been there several times. I'll bet you a nickel I can name it.
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:10 am    Post subject: Re: Any Guesses? rltarch wrote: Here's a lesser-known view of a well-known building...any guesses what it is? rltarch - not sure if you're familiar with Popular Forest . It has come back into the public's eye the last 25 years or so...... I saw the HABS drawings for this while still at Oxford. A friend of mine spent the summer living in this building as they documented it for the NPS. (You might know the young lady as she would have been a sophomore during your senior year at Mother Miami). It was not open to the public when she worked there. This is the house I need to go see next time I'm out east.
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:50 pm    Post subject: Funny you should mention Poplar Forest, I just read an article about the recent restoration...Old House Journal, I think. And I'm headed that way later this week...hope to have time to stop by and see it. I will be looking for interesting (good and bad!) architecture along the way - whatever I find I'll post on my blog at www.rtastudio.blogspot.com. _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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Checkpoint43 Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Lexington, VA	Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:31 pm    Post subject: No - It's not poplar forest. It's Monticello. http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1207618244058375355MoaNiC http://www.flickr.com/photos/10164139@N08/2053640182 http://www.oftwominds.com/blog-photos/monticello1.jpg As you can tell from the camera angle of the original post, the dome is hidden from view. But the privacy screens are a giveaway.
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:37 am    Post subject: OK, too easy. I think Patrick knows it's Monticello, he was just redirecting the conversation a bit. But you're right, the angle of the photo is less known, but the details nail it. How about this one?    Filesize:  172.6 KB  Filename:  display_image[1].jpg  Viewed:  70 Time(s) _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:42 am    Post subject: rltarch wrote: OK, too easy. I think Patrick knows it's Monticello, he was just redirecting the conversation a bit. But you're right, the angle of the photo is less known, but the details nail it. How about this one? That's a tough one..... you obviously took a course or two from Catherine Cresswell. (Also no longer at MU - "retired" and moved out west last we heard). My good friend and a classmate of yours - Whit Tussing - would know this building. Whit is teaching in Newark and practicing in Glenford. He renovated/converted the Bank in Glenford into a home for one of his clients (was featured on Restore America). All of my history classes where with Sergio (who ran my thesis). I have the emotional scars to prove it Whit's Bank project...... the vault became the master bathroom. If you get into some serious historic renovation project - Whit's the go-to guy. He has a number of renovations of early Ohio brick homes under his belt. He can be selective with his projects since he teaches and the work shows it. Just beautiful work. And yeah... I knew the first was Monticello. How about this one....... just try to determine the potential architect. The house was built from a sketch plan from this gentleman and the house is in Louisville, KY.
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sic MvdR Joined: 03 Jun 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:12 pm    Post subject: Farmington House - Thomas Jefferson, that's a good one.
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:21 pm    Post subject: sic MvdR wrote: Farmington House - Thomas Jefferson, that's a good one. Give'em a cigar..... good job .
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:22 pm    Post subject: Very nice...it was the graph paper that thru me off...thought it was a trick question!! Where is that located? I'm going thru VA this week and next, might like to stop by. _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: ooops, just noticed Patrick, you said Louisville. Out of my way on this trip! _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:25 pm    Post subject: Any guesses on the other? Hint: it's in VA, shares a name with a past US President. _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:09 pm    Post subject: Did a President live in the building?
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rltarch Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Dublin, Ohio	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:12 pm    Post subject: Not that I'm aware of! Just shares the name. _________________ Residential Architecture Studio Blog - Sense Of Place
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Checkpoint43 Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Lexington, VA	Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:54 pm    Post subject: hmmm... No widow's walk or cupola, so it's not the Governer's Palace in Williamsburg. But it's a good resemblence. Maybe it's in PA? I'll need a hint.
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