Owen Petersen

 

March 27, 2018

• Cary Building, king & Kellum 1856-57
• Roosevelt Building Richard Morris Hunt 1873-1874

*Columns do not descend to ground

*Capital has addition above it

 

Skyscraper Problems

→ Artistic Expression

→ Structure

→ Iron-cast & wrought

→ Masonry

→ Fireproofing

 

• Second Empire Baroque 1855-1880
• High Victorian Gothic 1860-1880
• Other Styles
• Stick (1862-1880)
• East lake 1872-1890
• Queen Ann 1875-1890 → Mash up of style
• Shingle style 1880-1900

 

• Romanesque Revival 1880-1895

(aka) Richardsonian Romanesque

→ Roman brick → Thick Elongated

→ Spanish tile roof

 

Romanesque Characteristics

• Extensive use of masonry “Honest”
• Variety of shapes and outlines
• Use of natural polychrome (many colors)
• Contrasting colors and textures
• Round, broad arches framing windows

 

• Long Island Hospital Therapeutic Nursey, originally Brooklyn Public Library William Tubby, 1887

 

• Schermerhorn Building, Henry J. Hardenbergh 1888-1890