Second of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…
Starting this week: 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. This week's installment covers 1900-1909. For more on the timeline and a link to…
For the history of the mansion and the downstairs rooms, see last week's post. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/OkHKGWBtKDM. This week, we're mounting this lovely staircase…
This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/mehgweDIyik. The Gilded Age mansions of the late nineteenth century were the homes of entrepreneurs who earned their wealth by advancing science, technology, and…
In the last three weeks, we looked at the architecture of the James Museum, sculptures on the entrance level and the second floor, and paintings on the second floor. This week,…