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15173. judithathome - 5/26/2005 8:12:36 PM Here's a little bit of info on Charles Eastlake 15174. Ms. No - 5/26/2005 8:12:56 PM Now that you all know how to get there I expect you'll all attend the housewarming in the Spring. ;-> 15175. PelleNilsson - 5/26/2005 8:21:32 PM I don't get it. There is no house on the map called Red Roof. Is it One Park Ave.? 15176. thoughtful - 5/26/2005 8:38:54 PM It displays elements of the Queen Anne, Italiante and Eastlake style common to the late nineteenth century.
Actually the way that tower is shaped, it looks like elements of the Flying Nun! 15177. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 8:48:14 PM How about this hall--is it kind of Italiante of Eastlake you think, thoughtful?
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15179. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 8:53:10 PM 
Self portrait of Miss Ida Jolly Crawley, artist and world traveler who opened the house as a museum.
15180. Ms. No - 5/26/2005 9:08:56 PM Pelle,
Yes, it's One Park, we've always called it the Red House though or Red Roof. I never knew the address until the website went up. 15181. thoughtful - 5/26/2005 9:24:11 PM Mags, all of that ornate woodwork and dim lighting reminds me of a number of victorian mansions I've been to. I associate italianate with more stone and plaster work.
Here for example is the hallway from Mark Twain's house in Hartford...very victorian.
Pardon my messing up the margins, but I did want you to be able to read the description. 15182. thoughtful - 5/26/2005 9:29:30 PM When I think Italianate, I think the Breakers in Newport RI
Lots of stone, marble, archways and columns 15183. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 9:38:28 PM Far too much wood they used in those days, probably the only material easy to get at the time. Around here, there are houses whose owners imported wood workers from Europe and repatriated them. They are mostly on the larger lake in the area and many are still owned by the descendents of the Chicago elite. Every year you can visit them and admire the furnishings on a tour that is hugely successful. Most have much of the wood on walls taken out over the years. Some are quite beautiful and their winter gardens are showpieces of art and plants. 15184. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 9:39:02 PM Toys 15185. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 9:40:23 PM Thank you for the link about Eastlake, Judith. 15186. thoughtful - 5/26/2005 9:43:50 PM My tastes are truly eclectic. There are some aspects of almost all designs that I enjoy. Yet, if it's too much of any single design, I find it overpowering and don't like it. For example, I love the shape of the gothic arch, but to surround myself with all that stonework and huge heavy wooden furniture...nuh uh...and you can keep the suits of armor.
There are some wonderful shapes out of art deco that are just gravity-defying and ever so sleek and graceful. But give me a hollywood glam art deco room and blech.
About the only style I really can't abide is the overdone american country with the chickens and watering cans. Yuck! 15187. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 10:15:55 PM I like simple and clear lines myself in everything. Flexy likes to look at the new subdivisions in our area and I can't believe the horrors of architecture he imposes on me. It’s amazing that so much money is spent on them with so much excreable taste.
Gosh, Flexy just shouted: "Do you realize that Monday is Memorial Day? No, I didn't, goodness, I better get a grocery list ready for him. Have you got any plans for this weekend?
15188. Ms. No - 5/26/2005 11:17:04 PM The man who built what's now called Hanger Hall owned a saw mill so that's why there's so much wood. Also, Biltmore Village is only about 20 minutes away. The town was created to house the European craftsmen Vanderbilt imported to construct the Biltmore house and most of them stayed in the area even after construction was complete. You can see the products of their labors all over the area and the artisan tradition is still very strong. 15189. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 11:26:08 PM I enjoyed the site, Ms. No, and particularly the history of the area. It must be lovely to live there. 15190. Ms. No - 5/26/2005 11:33:21 PM Well, I've never lived there as an adult for more than a week at a time, but it certainly is beautiful and it's a wonderful city to visit. I'll likely live there at some point, but I don't know that it will be soon. I'm planning to rent the house for at least a year once we get it finished. It may turn out that it's better for me economically to lease it to someone else than to live in it myself for awhile. It's all kind of up in the air right now. 15191. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 11:48:24 PM I just wonder about all the interest the locals have in your house and whether or not it may incite you to invest more than you planned. It looks to me that you may make quite a bit of money eventually were you to sell it since there’s definitely a market for retired people who want to live in a place where there’s some culture and a nice way of life. 15192. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 11:48:57 PM And, of course, a nice climate, too.
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