Carriage House Week: 403-405 Vanderbilt Avenue
403-405 Vanderbilt Avenue (left) is a massive Romanesque Revival carriage house built circa 1890 for the owner of the house that stood at 404 Clinton Avenue (right) prior to the present building. The beautifully maintained Flemish bond brick building has a central segmental-arched entrance with original double dorrs hung on ornate iron hinges. A rectangular…
403-405 Vanderbilt Avenue (left) is a massive Romanesque Revival carriage house built circa 1890 for the owner of the house that stood at 404 Clinton Avenue (right) prior to the present building. The beautifully maintained Flemish bond brick building has a central segmental-arched entrance with original double dorrs hung on ornate iron hinges. A rectangular window and pedestrian entrance flank the carriage entrance and all are capped by splayed brick lintels with limestone keystones. Three windows light the coachman’s residence on the second floor. A small corbeled cornice supports the building’s most unusual feature, a parapet pierced by ziggurat-like openings. An ornate Beaux-Arts style fence of later date runs in front of the building. (Ed: The word ziggurat refers to a temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians which typically had the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.) GMAP P*Shark
I’m also enjoying the architectural appreciation.
There was anothe women-on-woman mugging last year over on Gates, East of Washington.
I think that was a few weeks ago. Saw it on setspeed’s blog.
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Is the picture on the right the current building at 404 Clinton Avenue?
Actually, Brownstoner, I’m rather enjoying what seems to be increased attention to items of architectural/design interest on the site of late. And, I love learning the actual names for building features that I’ve never known the names for before . . . or even noticed for that matter. Keep it up!
First vermiculation now ziggurat. What’s the next vocabularly word you’re going to spring on us, Mr. Stoner?