Connecticut’s gold-domed capitol rises on a hill with a commanding view of Bushnell Park and Downtown Hartford. The state’s history is carved in the statuary and friezes all around the Victorian Gothic landmark. Name: Connecticut State Capitol Location: 210 Capitol Avenue Year Completed: 1878 Architect: Richard Michell Upjohn Style: High Victorian Gothic Wikipedia: Connecticut State […]
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Harvard’s Memorial Hall aka Annenberg Hall is located just across Cambridge Street from Harvard Yard, the original campus core. It was built as a memorial to the 136 Harvard men who died fighting for the Union during the Civil War. Name: Memorial Hall aka Annenberg Hall, aka Sanders Theater Location: 45 Quincy Street Year Completed:
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Buffalo Savings Bank is a Beaux Arts landmark on Fountain Plaza with a stunning gold dome and spectacular interior. Unlike many such landmarks, this building still serves its original purpose: banking. Name: Buffalo Savings Bank Location: 1 Fountain Square Year Completed: 1901 Architect: Green & Wicks Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Buffalo Savings Bank Google Map
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Boston Public Library, McKim Building, a landmark on Copley Square. Acclaimed as a “palace for the people” when it opened in 1895. Name: Boston Public Library, McKim Building Location: 230 Dartmouth Street Year Completed: 1895 Architect: McKim, Mead & White Style: Beaux Arts, Renaissance Revival Wikipedia: Boston Public Library, McKim Building Google Map
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Youth’s Companion Building aka Pledge of Allegiance Building, Boston. Name: Youth’s Companion Building Location: 209 Columbus Avenue Year Completed: 1892 Architect: Hartwell & Richardson Style: Richardsonian Romanesque Wikipedia: Youth’s Companion Building Google Map
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101 Arlington Street/130 Columbus Avenue, is Boston’s historic Armory of the First Corps of Cadets; now an events venue dubbed Castle at Park Plaza. Name: Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Location: 101 Arlington Street Year Completed: 1897 Architect: William Gibbons Preston Style: Romanesque Revival Wikipedia: Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Google
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United Railways & Electric Company Power Plant on Pier 4 is now home to Phillips Seafood and Hard Rock Cafe on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. It had been built to power Baltimore’s street railway. Name: Pratt Street Power Plant Location: Pier 4 Year Completed: 1900 Architect: Baldwin & Pennington Style: neo-Classical Wikipedia: Pratt Street Power Plant
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10 Light Street, aka Bank of America Building, was built in 1929 as the Baltimore Trust Company Building. Originally an office building, the Art Deco skyscraper has been converted to residential use above the fourth floor. Name: 10 Light Street / Bank of America Building Location: 10 Light Street Year Completed: 1929 Architect: Taylor &
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Cincinnati Music Hall dominates the performing arts scene in the Queen City. The Venetian Gothic landmark now serves Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Name: Cincinnati Music Hall Location: 1241 Elm Street Year Completed: 1878 Architect: Samuel Hannaford & Sons Style: Venetian Gothic Wikipedia: Cincinnati Music Hall
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Carew Tower, a Cincinnati Art Deco landmark since 1930, is a mixed-use skyscraper containing offices, hotel, and restaurant and shops. Name: Carew Tower Location: 441 Vine Street Year Completed: 1930 Architect: Delano & Aldrich, W W Ahlschlager & Associates Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Carew Tower Google Map
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