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#original photography#photography#mine#summer#nostalgia#americana#trees#townhouse#brownstone#house#buildings#old buildings#red brick#old brick#homes#brooklyn#golden hour#golden light#street scene#urban gothic#metal gates#sunlight
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Wonderful tabby and old brick fireplace. Tybee Island GA.
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Patio - Outdoor Kitchen Picture of a large farmhouse backyard patio kitchen
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PAUL NEWMAN as Brick Pollitt Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks
#and a man has not looked this good in front of a camera ever since legendary stuff#its him at 1. 2 alain delon & 3 brando the prettiest actors of all time#paul newman#cat on a hot tin roof#filmedit#classicfilmedit#brick pollitt#classic hollywood#old hollywood#classic film#classic movies#richard brooks#1950s#when actors were movie st☆rs™#beautiful men
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History and Architecture Quiz Answer
The answer is Old Brick.
Just north of the central part of Iowa City and located on the eastern edge of the University of Iowa campus stands a red brick church building we now call Old Brick. It is one of the oldest in Iowa City and is the oldest surviving church building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Old Brick was constructed in an eclectic Romanesque revival style between 1856 and 1865. Following the derecho of July of 1877, the tall steeple that was destroyed needed to be replaced. A square crenelated parapet was installed making the tower look like a castle from the Middle Ages of Europe. Various other details blend a sixteenth century church floor plan with revivalist themes from Norman Period and the High Middle Ages.
The building was constructed for the North Presbyterian Church. The congregation of this church organized in 1840 and was the first Presbyterian congregation in Iowa City, so their buildings were also known as First Presbyterian. The congregation also appears in histories as the “Old School” church. There is a lot to unpack there, and critical discussion of the schism that led to Old and New School Presbyterian churches is valid but will not take place here. It is enough to note that the schism in the North was resolved by 1869.
It’s not clear at this time what role the individuals that were members in the First Presbyterian Church played in the change in Iowa that occurred in the decades leading to the Civil War, but since the new church building was not completed until after the end of the Civil War it likely played no great part in events surrounding the war or its related movements such as Freedom seekers passing through Iowa City on the way to Chicago or Canada.
In the decades following the Civil War, the polymath Professor Samuel Calvin was a member of First Presbyterian church and he took some of the first aerial photographs of Iowa City from the top of the tower. But the building is more than a symbol of the Nineteenth Century. Old Brick is also the living record of the contemporary historic preservation moment in Iowa City.
A short version of the story of saving Old Brick goes as follows. By the late 1960s, the First Presbyterian Church had a new pastor and many members of the congregation wanted to move to a new building. Iowa City was undergoing urban renewal and demolition of old buildings was very common. The appeal of the suburbs probably was at its greatest since the major expansion of suburban styled subdivisions in Iowa City during the first decades of the twentieth century. The church decided to move to a new location on the edge of the built up area of town, offering to demolish the building to more easily find a buyer of the property.
In a series of events worthy of a novel or movie adaptation a story unfolded in the local, state, and, at one point, the national press. There were many players including multiple parts of the State government, sometimes working across purposes. University professors from two universities, the The University of Iowa administration, the Iowa Board of Regents, The Iowa Division of Historic Preservation, as well as members of two church congregations and other members of the Iowa City community organized in three different groups all played a role. For the promotional reel, pan in on two members of the church as they nail grievances to the door and then are later excommunicated for causing a disruption. The Iowa Division of Historic Preservation ultimately was a major broker of the final negotiation as were a group that included lawyers and concerned citizens who were vocal in the press and the courts. Again, there is much to tell here at another place or time.
Today, Old Brick is a good example of adaptive reuse of a historic building. Operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, the main hall, the former sanctuary, serves as an events space sought after by many. The former classrooms and offices serve as low cost rental space for nonprofit organizations.
Links for Old Brick and Friends of Historic Preservation
Old Brick website https://oldbrick.org/
Friends of Historic Preservation https://www.ic-fhp.org/about
Sources
Clarence Ray Aurner, Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History. Volume 1. Cedar Rapids, IA: Western Historical Press, 1912, pp. 311–322
Clarence Ray Aurner, Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History. Volume 2. Cedar Rapids, IA: Western Historical Press, 1913, pp. 366–367
Daily Iowan, Nov. 23, 1967, p. 1
Daily Iowan, Jan 1, 1974, p. 1
Iowa City’s Friends of Historic Preservation: Their First 25 Years. Iowa City: Friends of Historic Preservation, 2001.
Joseph Hubbard, Chair. The Presbyterian Church in Iowa, 1837–1900: History. Cedar Rapids: Committee of Synod of Iowa, 1907, p. 3
Mrs. Joseph E. [Tillie] Baker, North Presbyterian Church. National Register Nomination Form ID 73000730, Washington, D.C.: Keeper of the Register, National Park Service, 1973
This essay relates to the quiz questions posted on March 14, 2023 and was written by Tim Weitzel.
CC-BY-NC 4.0 or by standard written permission from the author.
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Contemporary Exterior in Houston Large trendy two-story brick house exterior photo with a clipped gable roof and a shingle roof
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Brick - Exterior
#Large cottage red two-story brick house exterior idea with a clipped gable roof and a shingle roof red#coastal home#red brick#white exterior#porch#old brick#brick exterior
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POV they just told their da shixiong on you
#pov you’re boutta get your ass beat by a 4 ft of kickass#the image of these two tall muscular demons struggling in battle and turning to the tiniest member in their group for help is so funny to me#swk: I heard you were bullying my brothers >:T#and he’s like half their size glaring up at you#would shit bricks personally#journey to the west#jttw sun wukong#sun wukong#journey to the west fanart#digital art#my art#sorry I haven’t posted anything substantial in a while#it’s my last semester and I’m really tryna stay on top of work so I can finally graduate or2#got this joke out tho lol#can you tell I really love my design of swk#I’m gonna pin that design cuz I want more people to look at it#I’m real proud of it sorry#oh right#zhu bajie#sha wujing#jttw zhu bajie#jttw sha wujing#oughhhh my back hurts… (<= old man)
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Contemporary Exterior (Houston)
#Inspiration for the exterior renovation of a mid-sized#contemporary#multicolored#two-story brick home with a hip roof and shingles. front yard#wooden bench#old brick#wood siding#landscape#brick exterior
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Chernivtsi, Ukraine
#landscape#nature#original photographers#view#photography#natureview#travel#photographers on tumblr#naturephotography#ukraine#chernivtsi#architectureview#old architecture#architecturephotography#university#scenary#brick#building#brick wall#architecture#autumn#autumn leaves#autumn vibes#український tumblr#tumblrphoto#tumblr photography#beautiful nature#nature beauty#travelphoto#traveladdict
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i really gotta wonder what goes through the heads of people that are adopt don't shop EXCEPT when it comes to service dogs. as if this somehow makes them noble? as if service dog users are the only people in the world that deserve dogs with stable temperaments or dogs that are bred with thought towards their health and structure? it's a really bizarre way of thinking that really, to me, harkens to the ARAs that are anti sled dogs until it's somebody doing it for fun only or until you mention indigenous people. are you so afraid of looking ignorant for your ill held beliefs? is challenging your currently held beliefs about what's 'morally right' for dogs that uncomfortable?
there are so many other jobs that dogs currently DO for us that require balanced, stable, healthy, purposeful dogs (including companionship!) and on top of all this dogs deserve to exist with thought and care put towards their existence. Dogs do not deserve to only exist if they're random happenstances from backroad strays or somebody's ill conceived backyard litter with zero health testing. dogs deserve responsible breeding just as much as humans deserve to have dogs with responsible breeding. how is this remotely hard to grasp?
#dogblr#dogs#responsible breeding#if responsible breeders do not keep breeding responsibly bred dogs will cease to exist btw#you cannot just pause the breeding of dogs and expect to pick it back up with dogs of quality#especially when many breeds are thousands of years old and developed organically#you can't replicate that. you just cannot#the number of rare Indigenous breeds i have seen barely come back from the brick of extinction like....guys.
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empty solo
#original photography#photography#mine#nostalgia#americana#trees#autumn#autumn colors#fallcore#fall#colorful leaves#colored leaves#dark academia#brooklyn#old brick
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PAUL NEWMAN as Brick Pollitt Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks
#paul newman#cat on a hot tin roof#filmedit#classicfilmedit#brick pollitt#classic hollywood#old hollywood#classic film#classic movies#richard brooks#1950s#when actors were movie st☆rs™#beautiful men
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Unusual, architecturally interesting 1928 brick home in Birmingham, AL. 3bds, 3ba, 3,268 sq ft, $995k.
2 porches- one is covered and one is like a patio.
Small entrance foyer for coats, etc., and note the sculpted doorway.
Beautiful arches and a niche on the right. French doors to the front porch let in natural light.
And, look at the unusual fireplace. Rustic stone surround and a classically sculpted mantel.
A large dining room has doors to the covered front porch.
From one who was forced to take years of lessons and can't play a note, I can tell that this pass-thru is clearly for a piano teacher.
This kitchen! it's so vintage. Look at the sink! I love the floor and the cabinetry.
Beautiful brick alcove for the stove, probably had a big cast iron stove at one time.
The cabinets look original.
Vintage guest half bath with storage.
The 2nd fl. landing is nice and wide. There's a phone niche in the wall on the right.
The primary bedroom is large, and look at the arched original door.
This is nice, an original vintage bath.
The bedrooms are large and have doors to a rooftop deck.
The smallest room is a home office/guest room.
Great rooftop deck.
Nice big yard. Love the rock wall and iron fence. 0.43 acre lot.
Above the garage there's a little guest house that the current owner seems to be working on refurbishing.
You can see the stucco walls. They put down a new floor and painted the walls an unfortunate dreary battleship gray.
They put in a new sink and cabinets.
And, it has a new tile shower. I don't know why they picked brown when they painted the whole place gray, though.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/844-Essex-Rd-Birmingham-AL-35222/964283_zpid/?
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