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Victoria Mansion: Who This 1860 Interior Suits
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Victoria Mansion: Who This 1860 Interior Suits

Built 1858–1860 in Portland, Maine, an Italianate villa retaining around ninety per cent of its original interiors — among the most intact of its period in America.

April 25, 2026
The Seelbach: Lighting a 1905 Beaux-Arts Hotel
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The Seelbach: Lighting a 1905 Beaux-Arts Hotel

Opened 1905, a Beaux-Arts grand hotel in downtown Louisville with a marble lobby, murals, and a basement Rathskeller lined in Rookwood pottery tile.

April 24, 2026
The Philbrook Museum: Reading the Light in an Italian Villa and Its Gardens
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The Philbrook Museum: Reading the Light in an Italian Villa and Its Gardens

Waite Phillips' 1927 Italian Renaissance villa in Tulsa, now an art museum, with around 25 acres of formal gardens running down to a tempietto.

April 24, 2026
La Fonda on the Plaza: Reading High-Desert Light at 7,000 Feet
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La Fonda on the Plaza: Reading High-Desert Light at 7,000 Feet

Built 1922 in Pueblo Revival style on the corner of the Santa Fe Plaza, with adobe walls, carved timber, tin fixtures and a rooftop bar.

April 22, 2026
Trinity Church, Copley Square: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
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Trinity Church, Copley Square: A Photographer Answers Your Questions

H. H. Richardson's 1877 Romanesque church on Copley Square, with La Farge interiors and stained glass. Magnificent, dark, and governed by church rules rather than venue rules.

April 21, 2026
Biltmore Estate: Reading the Light on 8,000 Acres
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Biltmore Estate: Reading the Light on 8,000 Acres

George Vanderbilt's 250-room chateau, completed 1895, with Olmsted-designed grounds on around 8,000 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

April 20, 2026
A Photographer’s Walk-Through of Pittock Mansion
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A Photographer’s Walk-Through of Pittock Mansion

A 1914 French Renaissance house 1,000 feet above Portland, with the best city view in Oregon and interiors that punish a careless exposure. Here is the walk-through.

April 19, 2026
The Conrad-Caldwell House: A Walk-Through of a Richardsonian Mansion
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The Conrad-Caldwell House: A Walk-Through of a Richardsonian Mansion

Built 1895 in Old Louisville's St James Court, a Richardsonian Romanesque mansion in rough-faced limestone, now a house museum with event use.

April 17, 2026
The George Peabody Library: Reading the Light in a Cathedral of Books
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The George Peabody Library: Reading the Light in a Cathedral of Books

Opened 1878, the Peabody's stack room rises five tiers of cast-iron balconies to a skylight sixty feet above. One of the great interiors in America.

April 16, 2026
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