19th & Early 20th Century
Victorian & Revival Architecture

Gallery Two

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Front (east) elevation of a brick Georgian Colonial Revival mansion.  House seen in opening credits for the TV show, "Dynasty".  From a 1988 museum postcard (color by Lynn Hunton). Front corner elevation of a Victorian French Renaissance chateau.  Kearney planned to build an even larger chateauesque home, making this the caretaker's "cottage". Front elevation of a palatial French Neoclassical estate, built for Alfred L. du Pont.
Willis J. Polk, Filoli
(W. B. Bourn Estate)
1916. Woodside, CA
W. J. Polk & M. Herbert?
Kearney Mansion
1900-03. Fresno, CA
Carrère and Hastings
Nemours, 1909-10
Wilmington, Delaware
South elevation of the mansion from the Italian gardens, which were designed by Bruce Porter and Isabella Worn. Oblique side elevation as seen from the rear. Designer of home is uncertain, although Kearney did employ the named architects to design portions of the complex. View from a fountain in the formal French gardens back toward the main house.
Willis J. Polk, Filoli
(W. B. Bourn Estate)
1916. Woodside, CA
W. J. Polk & M. Herbert?
Kearney Mansion
1900-03. Fresno, CA
Carrère and Hastings
Nemours, 1909-10
Wilmington, Delaware
Rear view (ocean side) of a stone craftsman home and its medieval looking stone tower. A chateauesque garage behind the large home. A large Mission Revival home, almost Art Deco in feel, built on a hill overlooking the copper mining town.
Robinson Jeffers
Tor House, 1914-27.
Carmel, California
W. J. Polk & M. Herbert?
Kearney Mansion
1900-03. Fresno, CA
James Douglas
Douglas Mansion, 1916
Jerome, Arizona

"The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through."

- Alexis de Tocqueville, probably from Democracy in America, 1835.


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