The house was demolished in 1801 and the estate divided into two with two new properties built – Gunnersbury Park and Gunnersbury House. Both properties subsequently passed into the hands of the Rothschild banking family and, after part of the estate was sold off for housing, the houses and s...
Will and Guy are building a collection of amusing, witty, and droll names of houses, flats, and bungalows. Our only criterion is that the name brings a smile to our faces. Will and Guy’s Top Ten Funny House Names Bogg View has been seen; it is, apparently opposite a public toilet C...
The ornate late Victorian/Queen Anne Revival home currently on the site was erected the following year. Pennsylvania: Fallingwater, Mill Run Richard A. Cooke III/Corbis HIstorical // Getty Images Pennsylvania: Fallingwater, Mill Run Commissioned in 1935 as a summer home for prominent Pittsburgh ...
These included scenes of him delivering presents by going down the chimney, riding over the roofs of houses on a horse, and arriving from Spain by steamboat. Today, the Dutch holiday season traditionally begins in mid-November, when Sinterklaas arrives by steamboat at a designated port, then ...
Alice.This name is the Old French short form for Adelaide, which means noble and kind. Many princesses have had this name, including Princess Alice of Battenburg, the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In Victorian times, the name became popular after Lewis Carroll’sAlice in Wonder...
Victorian Boy Names (Classic Names From the 1800s) 31. Neven Neven is a Breton name that means sky. The name Neven is also found in many Slavic language countries where it means marigold, making it not only a weather baby name but also a rare flower baby name for boys. ...
4) The Victorian Source An architectural style named for Queen Victoria, this house style became the darling of the wealthy eager to flaunt their positions in society at the turn of the century. That said, these houses are no “one size fits all” buildings. Known for exterior gingerbread st...
Someone visiting New Jersey for the first time must be exposed to the Victorian charm of Cape May. The resort town’s historic district was designated a National Historic Landmark in May 1976, and is a showcase of late-Victorian-era architecture. Take a stroll through town to capture the ...
Both names also share a Victorian style-era. Ernest was a top 20 name for five decades, from 1870 to 1924, in England and Wales. August, however, was little used in Britain — the forms Augustus, Augustine, and even Austin, were more common. But in Germany, where August was the stand...
This modest Victorian in an unassuming Cleveland neighborhood is instantly recognizable as the home of young Ralphie Parker by aficionados of the 1983 holiday classic "A Christmas Story," based on semi-autobiographical accounts by humorist Jean Shepherd. In 2004, San Diego entrepreneur Brian Jonespurch...