Jefferson Apartment Building : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Jefferson Apartment Building / NCinDC
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Jefferson Apartment Building located at 315 H Street, N.W., in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1899 to the designs of local architect George S. Cooper (additional designs by Cooper may be viewed here), the Romanesque Revival style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Via the National Park Service - "The Jefferson is a four-story, Romanesque Revival apartment building constructed in 1899. It is one of 105 purpose-built multiple-family dwellings constructed in Washington, D.C. between 1880 and 1900 of which thirteen remain. The Jefferson is an early example of a Conventional Low-Rise Apartment Building. The building was designed to offer modest accommodations for Washington's middle-class. The Jefferson Apartment Building, located at 315 H Street, N.W., was designed and constructed in 1899. This four-story plus basement and attic structure contains eight apartments, two units on each floor. It measures approximately 24' wide by 100' deep with light shafts. The building is faced with ocher roman brick with Indiana limestone trim. The facade is four bays wide and incorporates four horizontal divisions. The Romanesque Revival architectural details include the rough-cut stone base, rough-cut stone lintels over the windows, and round-arch windows. However, the flatness of the wall plane, the post-and-lintel stone door surround, festoon panels, keystones, and the modillioned cornice represent Classical Revival elements in the facade. The lowest horizontal division begins with a limestone base comprised of four courses of rough-cut ashlar surmounted by one course of smooth-cut ashlar. The left-side entrance incorporates two squat Doric pilasters which support an unconventional entablature. The word "JEFFERSON" is embossed on the lower frieze and set between a pair of raised fleur-de-lis. The original wood double doors have been boarded up. The balance of this level is comprised of three round-arch windows. The arches have three courses of rowlocks which spring from rough-cut limestone impost blocks featuring a low-relief leaf motif. The rowlocks are outlined with a dark brown reed molding. The next horizontal division includes the second and third floors. It is marked at its lower level by a smooth faced limestone stringcourse which links the second-story window sills. Three two-story pilasters divide this section in two parts. The recessed areas incorporate pairs of rectangular one-over-one, double-hung wooden sash windows (boarded up). The second floor rough-cut limestone lintels extend to the edges of the recessed areas. This detail is repeated at the third story where the stone extends to the edges of the building. Two terra cotta panels which feature festoons are set between the floors. The fourth level is defined at its lower edge by a dark brown cornice which extends the width of the building and also functions as a window sill. The four arched openings incorporated one-over-one, double-hung wooden sash windows. The arches are comprised of three courses of rowlocks, an oversize, rough-cut limestone keystone. The smooth-cut limestone impost blocks link the arches and stretch to the edges of the facade. Corbelled bricks, which extend the width of the four windows, are set above the oversize keystones. The top edge of the fourth level is defined by a metal cornice with large dentils. The attic story takes on the appearance of a parapet wall. Three small rectangular windows are arranged in an a🅱a pattern. Each window is set between pairs of recessed brick panels with corbelling. A chimney, located at the western corner, is mimicked on the eastern corner to enhance the facade's symmetry. The roof is flat and was originally covered with tin. A metal fire escape with limited decoration extends between the center two bays of the second through fourth floors; a ladder stretches up to the attic story. The building has a lightwell in its central section and a recess at the rear of the building incorporates an additional metal fire escape. Two-over-two, double-hung wooden sash windows are located along the rear wall and in the lightwell and light shafts. Three chimneys project from the west party wall. It is interesting to note the similarities between the Jefferson and Cooper's Lafayette Apartment Building designed one year earlier, in 1898, at 1605-1607 7th Street, N.W. The Jefferson Apartment Building has been neglected in the recent past. At the time of documentation, the interior had been partially gutted. The areas which retained the original trim were in severely deteriorated conditions." |
| 撮影日 | 2013-04-22 14:38:16 |
| 撮影者 | NCinDC , Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | Canon PowerShot S90 , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/500) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 6 mm |