This week’s feature is Redstone, a three-story Romanesque-style mansion built in 1886 for lumber magnate and financier Eli Clinton Clark, who ultimately lost the property after defaulting on a $16,000 ...
Samuel Cupples chose the Romanesque style – more typically found in a church or city hall – for his house on West Pine Boulevard. Purple sandstone from Colorado was laid upon the pink foundation ...
In true 1890s style, this Romanesque Revival row house makes a grand curbside impression and the interior doesn’t stint on original detail, including mantels, wood floors, wainscoting, a stained glass ...
Rugged, muscular and opulent, the Romanesque Revival style was perfectly suited to the power and might of Victorian robber barons, captains of industry, and grand money makers. It was a highly ...
Much of New Orleans culture derives from outside influences imported by newcomers, whose traditions and tastes gradually syncretized locally into something distinct. The city has returned the favor, ...