Cristina Moscoso

Architectural Splendor

Architectural Splendor

Three historic preservationists sharing our country's architectural heritage one photograph at a time.

Our friend sent us this totally Carpenter Gothic church over in Cahawba, Alabama so we wanted to share it with you! Now a ghost town, Cahawba was actually the first permanent state capital of Alabama. Carpenter Gothic isn’t a style you come acr
With the recent launch of @HistoricAtlanta and their #SaveATL campaign, we of course wanted to get in on the action and help raise awareness about the great work they are trying to do! Today we wanted to talk about the sad state of some of Atlanta&rs
Look at the texture on this lovely town house in San Francisco! Clad in novelty siding on the main floor, and octagonal pattern shingles up top, there’s not a square inch of this house that is boring to look at (and that isn’t even touchi
Thanks for the great year! We’ve been MIA for a bit due to LIFE, but we’re hoping 2018 brings us all good fortune and good health. It’s pretty special to see so many Atlanta buildings in our top 9. Especially today as we remember Jo
We have another San Francisco post coming at you tonight, this time a beautiful Art Deco apartment building that we encountered while exploring the area around Coit Tower! The steel and concrete construction works well with the multi-level terraces o
Last month we took a trip to San Francisco, and I got some great pictures while I was out there! I went to Alamo Square Park to check out the famous Painted Ladies, which were very nice, but right around the corner I saw this collection of houses tha
Nothing makes an already beautiful historic home look even classier than a nice little snow covering, and being here in Atlanta, getting to enjoy this is certainly a rarity and a pleasure! As you might remember from our post back in April, this is ou
Now that Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror, and December is right around the corner, it seemed like just the right time to post this waterfront icon from Old Town Alexandria, VA. This is the Christmas Attic at 125 South Union Street, just one bl
Today was a nice crisp fall day here in Atlanta (finally!). A friend of ours snapped this picture in Midtown while out and about so we just had to share it with you. Check out those poppin’ red leaves that beautifully frame the house in the bac
The Solarium at Scottish Rite, first started in 1915, is located in Decatur and was originally built as the Scottish Rite Convalescent Home for Crippled Children. The campus was further expanded in 1919 to include several more structures. We had the
This charming Victorian-era farmhouse is Locust Grove. Located in Prince George's County, Maryland. Check out the rad "wall dormers" (dormers which are flush with the wall surface of the lower stories) and all of those gorgeous big panes of
We stumbled upon this house during our last trip to Miami, and what a truly Miami house it is! One of my favorite architectural features that you come across in that area is the use of “coral rock” (which is actually oolitic limestone), t
Built circa 1737, this is the A. L. Filfield House house on Main Street in Amesbury, MA, all decked out for fall 🍁🍂🍁🍂. The house is two stories high, five bays wide, with a steep gable roof and that classic central chimney. Though modest, it has
I noticed this lovely home while walking back from the Grant Park Farmer’s Market this afternoon. While the complex roofline, deep porch, and delicate porch ornamentation (such as the dentiled cornice and simple Tuscan columns) certainly caught
Don’t see the architectural splendor in this post? What you see here is a light beacon that was used as a night time navigational aid during the early days of the Air Mail Service (think of a light house for planes!). These are quite rare to f