townscapes

This is a pair of semi-detached houses. Note that although the outer bays (containing the circulation spaces) are gothic, the inner bays (containing the principal apartments) are much like any Victorian house, with large canted bays. This would appear to be the laying out of a grand suburb, with remains of countryside to the left and further development to the right. This is clearly high-class work, in stone where this is not the local habit (note the brick garden wall and, I think, the other houses).

aldisley Thank you for all this information!

Absolutely sure this is also North Oxford but I cant find it. This really needs to be posted in a flickr group such as What's That Picture. Someone who knows or lives in Oxford could identify it straight off.

Thank you Andy for your comment!

Nos. 17+18 Parks Road, North Oxford, viewed from north east. Semi-detached houses on the east side of the Keble Road Triangle (Keble / Parks / Banbury Rd), opposite to University Parks' West Walk. Built in 1872, architect unknown. Named "South Elms" (No. 17) and "North Elms" (No. 18). Built on an estate of 16,000 square feet (the front line was more than 180 feet). Lots of gothic revival elements, pointed arches around doors & windows, stained glass windows along the staircases, quatrefoil windows, finials on top of the corners of the central roof. Among the residents were William Merry, Oxford preacher, Lecturer and Rector of Lincoln College, at North Elms, and T.K. Cheyne, English Biblical Scholar & Oriel professor, at South Elms. The house in the background on the left is No. 15 Parks Road, the northern part of "East View", which is also shown in this album. The space between East View and South Elms remained vacant for 20 more years until "The Red House" (No. 16) was built and leased in 1895. In the 1930s it became the home of the family of Sir Howard Florey, nobel laureate for his work on the development of penicillin. In the late 1950s, No. 16 had to make way for a school building of the Dept. of Metallurgy, a glass/steel structure known today as Hume-Rothery Building. Once the most prominent building in this street, North & South Elms soon became overtopped by further post modern buildings of the evolving Science Area, particularly Thom Building in 1963 and Denys Wilkinson Building in 1967. In 1963, nearby Pitt Rivers Museum started to use No. 18 as external storage space for collection items. After these had been returned to the Museums' Upper Gallery in 1972, the building was stripped of everything reusable (roof tiles, windows) and eventually, in 1973, demolished to make way for Holder Building. Sources: - T. Hinchcliffe: North Oxford (Yale Univ. Press) - Town Plan of Oxfordshire XXXIII.15.7 (1876), National Library of Scotland - Picture Oxon, photographs by Malcolm Graham - Internet Archive (archive.org) - The Pitt Rivers Museum Conservation Plan View the other photographs of Victorian Architecture of North Oxford in this album.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Maine Architecture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

This mansion is open to the public. It has American Chestnut wood for some of the interior woodwork and paneling. It is especially beautiful when decorated for Christmas.

InAweofGod'sCreation Thank you for your contribution.

PLAZA Y JARDÍN INDEPENDENCIA Esta plaza surgió a principios del siglo XVII tras el establecimiento de los religiosos de San Juan de Dios, quienes al arribar a Zacatecas en 1610, comenzaron a edificar su hospital y convento al sur de la ciudad. Uno de los primeros pobladores de este lugar fue don Juan de Villarreal quien recibió un terreno de los juaninos con la condición de que construyera sus aposentos. Al espacio público que se generó alrededor de las casas se le conoció como Plaza de San Juan de Dios. En una de ellas nació Juan Ignacio María de Castorena y Ursúa Goyeneche y Villarreal (1688-1733), primer periodista de América. La importancia y generosidad de esta familia hizo que a este lugar se le conociera como Plaza de Villarreal. En el costado norte se levantó la faustuosa mansión de los condes de San Mateo. Hacia 1840 se construyó una fuente en el centro de la plaza a donde acudía la gente a surtirse de agua. El 12 de julio de 1867, la plaza cambia de nombre, se le denominaría Plaza del 15 de Mayo, para perpetuar la Toma de Querétaro por las fuerzas liberales. A pesar de ello, la gente la siguió llamando de Villarreal hasta el 15 de septiembre de 1910, ya que al día siguiente, durante las fiestas del centenario del inicio del movimiento insurgente, asumió el nombre de Plaza de la Independencia. En el centro se erigió el monumento a la Independencia Nacional. El diseño fue realizado por Miguel Vázquez de León, la escultura fue tallada por Guillermo Cárdenas y la obra fue dirigida por el Luis C. Espinosa. En 1950 se colocó la balaustrada de cantera, árboles y flores para convertirse en el Jardín Independencia. Fuente: Manuel González Ramírez Tres plazas antiguas de la ciudad de Zacatecas (http://www.oem.com.mx/oem/notas/n1280521.htm)

La nomenclatura de los sitios importantes de una ciudad tan antigua,trasciende hasta tiempos contemporàneos : En los 80`s y 90`s escuchè a personas ( adultos mayores ) hacer referencia o señalar la Plaza por su antiguo nombre ; Villarreal , ( Por ejemplo,al abordar un taxi y teniendo como destino la citada Plaza ) Saludos .

Nowadays here's found Plaza Libertad and the buildings on the background are in Calle Independencia. You can find a photo of William Hernry Jackson (Detroit Publishign Company, Digital Collections and Programs, The Library of Congress) taken from right towards left of this picture. [03902 "Plaza and Fountain, Zacatecas"] Dr. Roberto Duarte Plastic Surgeon

Jesús Roberto Duarte ofernandoezequiel Antonio Garamendi Thank you very much for all your comments.