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Freeport, Illinois 📚
314 W. Stephenson St.

$30,000 from Andrew Carnegie, February 21, 1901 (about $1.2 million today)

📷 2cooljohn · CC0

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with a stone-trimmed facade, its entrance set in a round arch flanked by tall columns and topped with “PUBLIC LIBRARY” carved into a stone pediment and “1901” set in a circular medallion. Wide stone steps with metal railings lead up to the glass-paneled door, with round-arched windows to either side and a large tree and lawn in front under an overcast sky.
October 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
bedlamsbard.bsky.social
the Varvakeion Athena appears in Medusa's temple! and there's a painted pediment in Argos! also then there's the rest of the movie.
October 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
everycarnegie.bsky.social
Hutchinson, Minnesota 📚
50 Hassan St. SE
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$12,500 from Andrew Carnegie, April 13, 1903 (about $448,000 today)

📷 McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with white-columned classical portico and triangular pediment; arched window above double doors, with rectangular windows each side and basement windows below. Concrete path through manicured garden.
October 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
gravewriter71.bsky.social
This rather forbidding bust of a dead church leader (bishop?) startled me when I peered into the imposing mausoleum of church leaders in the neighboring Catholic cemetery. If that's what the dude was like, glad he's locked in there behind heavy marble.
Interior of a large marble-lined mausoleum. A white marble bust of a man with a long beard, wearing a priest's robe and cross, glares at the viewer. It sits atop what looks like a funeral vault inscribed with a mitre, the name Josephus Joannes Fox, D.D. & dates of his birth (1855), death (1915), & other dates in between presumably of his churchly accomplishments, in Latin. Other vaults, only half of which also appear to have names & dates, line the walls. A stained glass window at the back depicts a cross. The outside of the mausoleum. It sits snobbily apart from other graves, with two small walking paths leading diagonally to it. It's a basic Federal-revival block with columns & a triangular pediment atop. Carved above the tall, heavy bronze doors are the words IN MEMORIAM, RVDMI J. FOX EPPI. There was quite a bit of goose poop on the grass & walkways around it. Maybe Catholic geese like it.
September 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
booktweeting.bsky.social
love a cemetery elk! here's a tragically blurry one from New Orleans
an image of a tomb at the Greenwood cemetery in New Orleans commissioned by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a US fraternal organization the tomb is a grass-covered tumulus perhaps 15 feet/5 meters high to quote local author Douglas Keister: "An ever-watchful bronze elk peeks over the pediment of the tumulus of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks number 30. Although there are only 18 crypts inside the tomb, the bronze doors secure the remains of dozens of fallen Elks, since the crypts are emptied periodically and the bones are neatly piled elsewhere in the tomb. The tomb was designed by prominent New Orleans monument architect Albert Weiblen in 1912. Weiblen warned the engineer responsible for building the tomb that it needed a beefed up foundation since it was right next to a canal, but Weiblen’s advice went unheeded. The tomb, 75 years later, has a pronounced tilt. Above the entablature is a clock with its hands frozen at 11:00 o’clock, a sacred time to all Elks. At any Elks ritual the following toast is read: “My Brother, you have heard the tolling of the eleven strokes. This is to impress upon you that the hour of eleven has a tender significance. Wherever an Elk may roam, whatever his lot in life may be, when this hour falls upon the dial of night, the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs. It is the golden hour of recollection, the homecoming of those who wander, the mystic roll call of those who will come no more. Living or dead, an Elk is never forgotten, never forsaken. Morning and noon may pass him by, the light of day sink heedlessly in the West, but ere the shadows of midnight shall fall, the chimes of memory will be pealing forth the friendly message, ‘to our absent Brothers.’”
September 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
Nevile's Gate, a 17th century stone gateway with a large wooden double door and integrated 'wicket gate', being the rear entrance to Trinity College, Cambridge viewed from inside the college grounds
#AdoorableThursday #DailyDoor #Doors #ThursGate #lovegates
A large weathered dark wooden double door set within a stone archway that is topped by a carved decorative pediment bearing a coat of arms; there is small 'wicket gate' integrated into one side of the door to allow pedestrians through without opening the large gates.
September 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
bgallaghercoll.bsky.social
Peregrine Falcons on George Street in Glasgow city centre yesterday lunchtime. The juvenile male perched high on the tower of the City Chambers and the adult male on the pediment of the Royal College building, University of Strathclyde. #birds
Juvenile Peregrine on the capital of a stone column Adult Peregrine surrounded by weathered red sandstone
September 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM
conifergirl.bsky.social
Running from the Executive Residence starting with George Washington and ending at the West Wing with Trump’s 2023 criminal mugshot, the display features portraits of every US president in unsightly gold frames. For some bizarre reason each portrait is overhung by an ugly gold pediment.
September 29, 2026 at 4:44 PM
clio2.bsky.social
PullIng down the statue of King George III at Bowling Green, NY., July 7, 1776 (as imagined by painter William Walcutt in 1857).
Golden statue of a King astride a prancing horse, being dislodged by ropes and levers from a pediment; on the point of falling. Surrounded by enthusiastic people of all ages and conditions, including a brawny man in shirtsleeves, waving a hammer; a well-dressed woman with two children; a Black and a white man running excitedly; and an older man shouting from his perch on an upended box. On the far side of the pediment a bigger part of crowd can be partly seen, behind some railings. Sky bright and a little bit misty.
September 28, 2026 at 4:46 PM
artofangles.bsky.social
Years ago in DC (Bush 43 era), I stood in a small crowd in front of the Supreme Court building. As I read the engraved pediment that reads “EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW,“ the lady standing next to me said softly, loud enough for me to hear: It was a wonderful idea. A shame it’s been lost. True.
September 28, 2026 at 8:27 AM
inneskeighren.bsky.social
Back in Avignon for a final dig in the archives, fourteen years since my first visit. Where did the time go? Anyway, here is William Macintosh's townhouse on the rue des Trois Testons, looking rather nice in the early evening sun.
A photograph of a stone building,with a triangular pediment. The top half of the building is illuminated by the setting sun.
September 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
everycarnegie.bsky.social
Bemidji, Minnesota 📚
426 Bemidji Ave.
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$12,500 from Andrew Carnegie, February 10, 1908 (about $448,000 today)

📷 McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A single-story red brick building with a stone foundation and a pitched roof with a triangular pediment, “CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY” carved above the entrance. Two columns flank glass double doors reached by a short flight of steps, with tall windows on either side and a “SHOP 426” sign in one window.
September 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Great visit to Barking’s Eastbury Manor House last weekend for Open House. The house, built 1570s, contains early examples of Arabic numbers used by the builders on site to construct the rafters. Thanks to my fellow guests who pointed this out.
The side of Eastbury Manor House facing the sun, mellow red bricks and windows (three storeys and six bays) with two gables. Very nice. The main door of the house. It’s relatively small and discrete, but there’s a small pediment picked out by tasteful brickwork. The rafters of the Manor House. These would have been originally covered in plaster. The floors may have been used for indoor sports like bowling. The number 12 carved on two planks used to build the rafters. It resembles Arabic numerals.
September 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM
toms-travels.bsky.social
Angers: Gallery 2 - Galerie David d'Angers. Housed in the former All Saint Abbey church, rerofitted with a glass rather than a lead roof houses casts made of the works of Pierre-Jean David, AKA David d'Angers, including the pediment of the Panthéon.
September 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
everyuklibrary.bsky.social
Blackness Community Library 📚
225 Perth Road DD2 1EJ
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Dundee, Scotland

📷 David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building facade with ornate stonework: two robed classical female figures sit either side of a central oval cartouche above a pediment, with blue-grey multi-paned windows visible above.
September 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
everylotcambridge.bsky.social
28 Irving St
Cambridge, MA
Built 1910 · University building · 4 floors
Assessed $30,124,700, last sold 1958
Historical maps of this lot: https://mapbeast.net/#ll=42.37590,-71.11060,18
Street-level photograph of the property at 28 Irving St. The multi-story building is constructed of red brick with light-colored stone or concrete banding and trim, featuring a flat roofline with a prominent cornice and a central pediment-like element on the parapet. A paved path leads to a central entrance with steps and a recessed dark wood doorway, flanked by regularly spaced rectangular windows with white sashes. Low black fencing and various plantings, including trees and shrubs, are visible around the property, all contributing to its Neoclassical architectural style characterized by a symmetrical facade, flat roof, and classical detailing. Parcel [142-45].
September 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
everycarnegie.bsky.social
Aberdeen, Washington 📚
121 E. Market Street, Aberdeen, WA. 98520-5292

$15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, January 18, 1907 (about $518,000 today)

📷 Publichall · Public domain

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with a rounded corner bay of tall windows above a lighter stone-faced ground floor, a row of round columns supporting a pediment reading “public library” above the entrance, and stone steps leading to two doorways. Wood-frame houses stand nearby on bare, unpaved ground.
September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
magnumificent.bsky.social
Chelt and ham once again 🙂
September 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
brainchain.ca
A spherical concrete pediment on a concrete fence in front of a black brick house. This sphere has a face on it with two red eyes, turquoise nose, and a red mouth.
September 25, 2026 at 10:45 PM
brainchain.ca
A spherical concrete pediment on a concrete fence in front of a black brick house. This sphere has a face on it with two red eyes, turquoise nose, and a red mouth.
September 25, 2026 at 10:45 PM
baronfrosti.bsky.social
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September 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
nguthrie.bsky.social
Chiswick House: portrait of Alexander Pope (1735) by William Kent above a door (validating Horace Walpole’s observation that Kent was a mediocre painter) #c18 #c18th #18thc
View of a white doorway with gilding and pediment, oval portrait above with supporting gilt merboys (putti with fishtails) Closer view of the portrait
September 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
bmdecorativearts.bsky.social
Salesman's Sample of a Parlor Cabinet/Bed https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2588
Salesman's sample for convertible bed in form of a parlor cabinet; walnut, other woods, silvered glass. Upright rectangular case with fake slant-topped cabinet below; scrolling pediment at top of case with lost finial in center; stepped cornice around top edge; paneled sides. Front of cabinet has two arched mirrored windows in top section with molded strip in between; there appears to be a lost piece at the top of this strip which probably served as a handle for opening the bed; scrolling brackets in each top corner of front section. Hinged slanted top opens to empty space down front of unit (perhaps for storing bed linens). Bottom section of case with arched panels. Entire front of cabinet pulls down into a bed: the brackets fold down to form legs at the foot of the bed and support a rectangular box bed frame; removable box spring formed by joined slats of bent wood and springs; headboard across open back of cabinet with scrolled top edge. Condition: Good; some lost pieces including finial at top of cabinet, handle device, and slats in box spring; large crack in proper left lower front panel; scuffs in wood and losses in silver of mirrored glass.
September 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
everycarnegie.bsky.social
Eatonton, Georgia 📚
309 N. Madison Ave.

$6,000 from Andrew Carnegie, June 11, 1914 (about $193,000 today)

📷 Perry Jennings · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: A red brick building with a pale stone entrance framed by columns and a rounded arch over the double doors, topped by a triangular pediment. Tall arched windows flank the entrance, a low brick wall and iron fence line the front yard, with steps leading up under shading trees.
September 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
nguthrie.bsky.social
Chiswick House: interior views (photography strictly verboten!) #c18 #c18th #18thc
The Blue Velvet Room, with rich silk wall hangings and masses of gilding. The photography police were too passively aggressively vigilant to allow me to take snaps of the Red Velvet Room, where the interpretive guides have gone pretty heavily into the ‘Lord Burlington was a crypto-Jacobite’ theory promoted by Jane Clark (which I’m not sure I buy) Doorway in the Blue Velvet Room with gilt pediment and over door portrait flanked by gilt putti Under the central octagonal dome , hung with large paintings over Roman marble bust on gilt brackets Curved white marble fireplace with gilding
September 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM