Magnolia Hall: Photographing a Greek Revival Town House
A mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival mansion in central Natchez, with crystal chandeliers and ornate plaster ceiling medallions.
The Asheville Masonic Temple: A Photographer’s Walk-Through
A 1913 Masonic lodge in downtown Asheville, with ceremonial rooms, decorative plasterwork and a ballroom, now used for events.
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum: Who This Venue Suits
An 1823 building on Chartres Street housing America's first licensed pharmacy, with original mahogany cabinetry, apothecary jars and a walled courtyard.
The Auburn Museum: Field Notes on a Freestanding Spiral Stair
An early nineteenth-century brick mansion on parkland in Natchez, known for a freestanding spiral staircase rising through its hall.
The Tate House: Who This 1755 House Suits
Built 1755 in the Stroudwater district of Portland, a Georgian house with an unusual clerestory gambrel roof, and an eighteenth-century-style garden.
The Pirates’ House: Who This Venue Suits
One of the oldest buildings in Savannah, an eighteenth-century seamen's inn near the river, with a warren of small low-ceilinged dining rooms and a cellar.
The Rose Theater: A Walk-Through of a 1926 Movie Palace
Opened 1926 in downtown Omaha as the Riviera, an atmospheric movie palace with Spanish-Moorish detailing and a ceiling painted to suggest an open sky.
The Engineers Club: Building the Shot List at the Garrett Mansion
A private club occupying a historic mansion on Mount Vernon Place, with marble entrance hall, panelled rooms and a substantial staircase overlooking the square.
Stanton Hall: Four Ways Out of the White-Column Problem
A large Greek Revival mansion on its own city block in Natchez, with white-painted columns and mature gardens.
The Harvard Club of Boston: A Season-by-Season Guide
A private club in Back Bay with panelled function rooms, oil portraits and traditional finishes. An indoor venue whose photographs still change completely with the season.