The Cleveland Museum of Art, designed by Cleveland Architects Hubbell and Benes, opened to the public in 1916. While there have been several additions, this original building, made of white Georgia marble, still stands as an excellent example of neoclassic...
Part of a large estate-owned by railroad tycoon George Jay Gould, the Georgian Court Bridge was constructed in 1899, during the Gilded Age, to carry travelers over a man-made lagoon which connected the estate to a nearby lake. Bruce Price, a noted architect of...
The Rhode Island State House in Providence was built in 1895 in the Doric style common to many government buildings of the period. It is seated on a terraced platform and features a domed rotunda which rests on four large columns, or tourelles. The dome is...
The oldest performing arts center in continuous operation in America, the 93-year-old Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) features a façade that incorporates extraordinary decorative detail in brick, polychrome terra cotta, granite and marble. Working in...
