Richardsonian Romanesque has both French and Spanish Romanesque characteristics, like the First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Michigan by architechs George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice in 1891

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of American architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston in Massachusetts. photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Richardsonian Romanesque File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Richardsonian Romanesque File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Romanesque St. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... City motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) City nicknames: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Architectural style constitutes a mode of classifying architecture largely by morphological characteristics in terms of form, techniques, materials, etc. ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Library, North Easton, MA Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 - 1886) was the outstanding American architect of his day, one of a half-dozen most influential American architects. ... Categories: US geography stubs | Boston | Massachusetts landmarks | Episcopal Church in the United States of America ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ...

This very free revival style incorporates 11th century southern French and Spanish Romanesque characteristics. It emphasizes clear strong picturesque massing, round-headed "Romanesque" arches, often springing from clusters of short squat columns, recessed entrances, richly varied rustication, boldly blank stretches of walling contrasting with bands of windows, and cylindrical towers with conical caps embedded in the walling. (10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Romanesque St. ...

The style epitomizes work by the generation of architects practicising in the 1880s— before the influx of Beaux-Arts styles— such as J. Cleaveland Cady of Cady, Bird and See in New York City, whose American Museum of Natural History's original 77th Street range epitomizes "Richardsonian Romanesque." The style influenced the Chicago school of architecture and architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. In Finland, Eliel Saarinen was influenced by Richardson. Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, the home territory of this style, which influenced American architecture in the period 1885 – 1920. ... J(osiah) Cleaveland Cady (Providence, Rhode Island, 1837 - April 17, 1919) was a New York-based architect whose most familiar surviving building is the south range of the American Museum of Natural History on New Yorks Upper West Side. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ... Chicago architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism and is considered by many to be the creator of the Prairie School of architecture. ... Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873–July 1, 1950) was a Finnish architect, who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ...

Research is currently ongoing to try and document the westward movement of the artisans and craftsmen, mostly immigrant Italians and Irish, who built in the Richardsonian Romanesque tradition. The style began in the East, in and around Boston and while it was losing favor there it was gaining popularity further west. Thus the stone carvers and masons appear to have surfed the style west until it died out in the early years of the 20th century.

For pictures of H.H. Richardson’s own designs and some of the details, see Henry Hobson Richardson. Library, North Easton, MA Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 - 1886) was the outstanding American architect of his day, one of a half-dozen most influential American architects. ...

Images

Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado, 1889-90, James A. McGonigle, of Leavenworth, Kansas and Sprague and Newall of Chicago, Architects Download high resolution version (650x658, 120 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Richardsonian Romanesque File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Pueblo is a city located in Pueblo County in southern Colorado. ...

Residential Richardsonian Romanesque & detail, Denver, Colorado photos by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Richardsonian Romanesque File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Colorado State Capitol Building City nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 154. ...

Starkweather Chapel, Ypsilanti, Michigan; George D. Mason, of Detroit, architect, 1888: Clearly-articulated clustered forms in a mock-military exercise in rustication Download high resolution version (648x663, 188 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Richardsonian Romanesque File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. ...

References

• Kelsey, Mavis P. and Donald H. Dyal, The Courthouses of Texas: A Guide, Texas A&M University Press, College Station Texas 1993 ISBN 93007022

• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America unpublished manuscript

• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Starkweather Memorial Chapel, Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Unpublished thesis 1983

• Larson, Paul C., Editor, with Susan Brown, The Spirit of H.H. Richardson on the Midwest Prairies, University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneopolis and Iowa State University Press, Ames 1988

• Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, H.H.Richardson: Complete Architectural Works, MIT Press, Cambridge MA 1984 ISBN 82006603

• Van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold, Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works, Dover Publications, Inc. NY 1959 (Reprint of 1888 edition) ISBN 68012915

External links

• Digital archive of American architecture: Richardsonian Romanesque
• Richardsonian Romanesque described and illustrated by buildings in Buffalo, New York
• Starkweather Chapel, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Pueblo Union Depot