Antique Interior Design Furniture Architecture Video

Some of the homes you'll visit belong to:

Attorney-General P. C. Knox, Washington, D. C. (He later became Senator Knox).

Mr. Samuel Eberly Gross, Real Estate; Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (I believe his development was the forerunner of Levittown).

Hull House, Chicago Illinois

Colonel Edwin F. Holmes; Amelia Palace (previously owned by Brigham Young and called the Gardo House). Salt Lake City, Utah. These images were taken before the commisioned Shipley images in 1916 and a couple are of the same spots in the same rooms!

Senator Depew, Washington, D. C.

John H. Nolan, Drexel Boulevard, Chicago

Mr. J. Wooley, Drexel Boulevard, Chicago

Secretary of State, Hay, Washington, D. C.

Senator Foraker of Ohio, Washington, D. C.

Mr. John Morgan, Cleveland, Ohio

Secretary of War Elihu B. Root, Washington, D. C.

Senator Depew, Washington, D. C.

Senator James McMillan of Michigan, Washington, D. C.

Mr. Joseph Green, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il.

Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, Washington, D. C.

Senator Eugene Hale of Massachusetts, Washington, D. C.

Admiral George Dewey, Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette (Sunnycrest), Pasadena, California

General Grant, Washington, D. C.

General John A. Logan, Washington, D. C.

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, Washington, D. C.

Lieutenant General Miles, Washington, D. C.

Senator Hanna, Washington, D. C.

Mr. Levi E. Leiter, Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore, Ellis Ave., Chicago

The White House, Washington, D. C. 
Red Room
Blue Room
Library
President's Private Office
East Room
Corridor

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henry De Young, 1919 California Street, San Francisco California

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, Virginia Hotel, Chicago (Panama Canal developer).

Mr. and Mrs. Albert. G. Wheeler, Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago Il.

Mrs. Letitia Samples, Louise Home (Daughter of President Tyler) Washington, D. C.

Mr. Thomas F. Rochford, St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn New York

Mr and Mrs. Fred Pelham, Chicago

Mr. and Mrs. Risser, Chicago

Mr. and Mrs Harmon, Chicago

Mr and Mrs. Joseph S. Sosman (Scenic artist and Scottish Rite Mason), Chicago

Mr and Mrs Armour, Chicago

Mrs. Fred Lee, Dowagiac, Michigan

Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Noyes, Chicago

Lucian Swift, Esq. Kahtadin. Minnetonka, Minnesota

Mrs. John C. Black, Chicago

Mr. and Mrs. John Dickenson, Chicago

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shaffer, Evanston, Il.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Partridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

John Farson - Pleasant Home (Prairie School) Pleasant Home's National Historic Landmark Nomination is online in this National Park Service organization .PDF, and some might find it interesting to compare the similar (but different) pictures online to the same room in the video.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Richardson, Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Georgia.

Honorable Charles K. Wheeler, Paducah, Kentucky

Matthew T. Scott, Bloomington, Il.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller, (probably George L. Miller) Kimbark Avenue, Chicago


 

  like watching a Victorian version of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous!"

     Go back in time and visit some of the most luxurious mansions in America. You'll see very rare photographs, and by the time you're done watching it you'll feel like you've gone on a lavish home tour of historical and famous citizens. The column on your left has a list of the people who owned, decorated, and lived in them.

     Some of the fascinating things you will see:

• Massive, Beautifully Carved Stairs and Staircases
• Glass Chandeliers and Gone-With-The-Wind Lamps
• French Mantel Clocks
• Antique Furniture*
• A Tiffany Window
• Exquisite Draperies and Walls
• Ball-rooms
• Sun-rooms
• Parlors
• Dens
• Bedrooms
• Grand Entrances
• Arch-ways
• Fireplaces
• Oriental and Egyptian Antiques in Oriental, Indian (India), and Egyptian themed rooms.
• Luxurious exterior architecture and landscaping, although most of it is focused on elegant interiors.

* Stickley Mission, English Windsor, Early American, Queen Anne, and French Rennaissance chairs. There are also buffets, cabinets, settes, side boards, oil paintings, wicker furniture, vases, knick knacks, dressing screens, pianos, and just about anything you'd expect to find in wealthy American homes.

     Some of the styles and periods of the furnishings are: Louis Fourteenth (Louis 14th), Arts and Crafts, Prairie School, French Rennaissance, Second Rennaissance Revival, and of course, Victorian.

     Originally published in 1902 as a book by Charles E. Banks, it contained fairly random images that are probably unknown because it wasn't about homes per se. It contained poems, plays, etiquette, and various other interests that were completely unrelated to architecture and interior design. This video was constructed by extracting the photographs of the architecture and interiors. It was digitized as a Windows Media Video (.WMV) presentation with black and white stills, and audio was added. The audio portion is a short introduction and music. 

     This CD is viewable on Windows formats - Windows Media Player and Real Time. All you have to do is put it in your computer and a window should pop up and ask you which player you want to play it with!

Time:   38:28 

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