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Building Language: Dormer Windows

by Raina Regan | Nov 27, 2012 | Building Language | 2 |

Dormer windows on the Ovid Butler House (1306 N Park Avenue) Dormer Windows. A dormer window is a...

Building Language: Window Sash

by Raina Regan | Oct 23, 2012 | Building Language | 1 |

Window Sashes on 1060 Virginia Avenue, Fountain Square Window Sash. You might have heard the term...

WTH Wednesday: Mystery on Holmes

by HI Team | Oct 17, 2012 | WTH | 4 |

How apropos that this mysterious domicile should stand on a street name that evokes everyone’s favorite Victorian sleuth. Not sure Sherlock himself would have gotten to the bottom of this one, though. Ever pass a house and...

WTH Wednesday: House of Five Gables

by HI Team | Oct 10, 2012 | WTH | 5 |

This almost evokes days of playing with legos…before you knew how to appropriately assemble...

Building Language: Bay Window

by Raina Regan | Oct 9, 2012 | Building Language | 1 |

Bay Window. The bay window is a favorite feature of mine on historic buildings. A bay window is a...

WTH Weds: Ginormous on Jefferson

by HI Team | Oct 3, 2012 | WTH | 3 |

What is going on here? -Window openings have been altered with a scale too small for the size of the home -Windows have been removed and/or covered– note there is no rhyme, reason or symmetry to the placement of...

WTH Weds: Bad Prospect

by HI Team | Sep 19, 2012 | WTH | 2 |

While in the Fountain Square area, I came across this polyglot. By all appearances this was a turn of the century house at one time. The porch does not exist anymore, and by the looks of things, it seems to have become some...