Monday, September 06, 2010

Summit Avenue #2-Cass Gilbert, 1893

"Cass Gilbert at the top of his form.  It's the last and best of a trio of Gilbert-designed mansions that form a row along the avenue's bluff side. At a time when Richardsonian Romanesque was already giving way to Classical Revival, Gilbert here combined the two into one taut yet monumental package. The sandstone entry arch is a Richardsonian trademark as are the squat columns with Byzantine capitals that screen a row of windows above.  But the rest of the front facade. built of rough-faced quartize, has the symmetry and calm lines of classical architecture." Credit: AIA Guide to the Twin Cities,  Larry Millett

8 comments:

  1. I don't know Byzantine from Birmingham, but I do like this "classic" St. Paul style...on the river...reminds me of a Lucas Davenport novel.

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  2. Those are some BIG stones. A classic facade.

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  3. I love your Summit Avenue home series! We used to live and Wellesley Avenue and in those days we often walked up and down Summit Ave!

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  4. There are two houses in my home town that have that same arch. Now you have me wondering who the architect was.

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  5. I think I'm in love!

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  6. I said RICHARDSON immediately when I saw this photo, and was quite surprised to read that it is by someone else. Thanks for educating me. We have many Richardsonian buildings in New England. I knew the name Cass Gilbert but didn't know what his work looks like.

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  7. It's a very handsome house and I love the stone that he used!

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  8. Very nice stone work, lovely house.

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