Sanborn 1886 Map:
1879 Bird's Eye View:
This section of High Street is no longer a street, but has been turned into a walkway in front of the Beinecke Library. All the buildings on this block were demolished for various Yale buildings.
Brewster Carriage Factory
Status: Demolished, 1892
Built for: Brewster Carriage Factory, 1820s-30s
This was originally constructed as the Brewster Carriage Factory, which later relocated to Wooster Square in the 1830s. Afterwards, the building was used as a photography studio and a bowling alley before it was demolished in 1892 for the Berkeley Oval. For an industrial building, its use of Greek Revival ornament is quite noteworthy.
This was originally constructed as the Brewster Carriage Factory, which later relocated to Wooster Square in the 1830s. Afterwards, the building was used as a photography studio and a bowling alley before it was demolished in 1892 for the Berkeley Oval. For an industrial building, its use of Greek Revival ornament is quite noteworthy.
105 High Street
Status: Demolished, 1892
Built for: Daniel Bradley, 1800-1830?
Only one image survives of this house, an aerial image from the 1860s, but it shows enough that this house was a Federal Style three bay, ridge front house with a side entrance, with iron supports and a tent roof. It was also demolished for the Berkeley Oval.
Only one image survives of this house, an aerial image from the 1860s, but it shows enough that this house was a Federal Style three bay, ridge front house with a side entrance, with iron supports and a tent roof. It was also demolished for the Berkeley Oval.
121 High Street
Status: Demolished, 1932
Built for: Josiah Gibbs, 1846
This was one of the city's more imposing three bay, stuccoed Greek Revival houses, built for a Hebrew professor at the college. It is similar to 339 Temple and 24 Elm Street. It had well formed Ionic columns on its porch and a low monitor on the roof. It was demolished in 1932 for Berkeley College.
This was one of the city's more imposing three bay, stuccoed Greek Revival houses, built for a Hebrew professor at the college. It is similar to 339 Temple and 24 Elm Street. It had well formed Ionic columns on its porch and a low monitor on the roof. It was demolished in 1932 for Berkeley College.
125 High Street
Status: Demolished, 1932
Built for: Richard E. Rice, 1850-9
One of the more impressive Italianates on High Street, this house followed the general pattern of the heavily classicizing, Anglo-Italianate style of Henry Austin, seen in the villas on Church Street. The house was a three bay, symmetrical cube with heavy Renaissance moldings over the windows, crowned on the upper stories by piles of carved foliage. The central triple window was shaped into a shallow segmental arch, while the porch had four Ionic columns. A simple and bracketless entablature sat under the wide eave and a grand cupola with elaborate surrounds and brackets topped the whole. This house was later bought by Yale and used as classrooms until it was demolished in 1932 for Berkeley College.
One of the more impressive Italianates on High Street, this house followed the general pattern of the heavily classicizing, Anglo-Italianate style of Henry Austin, seen in the villas on Church Street. The house was a three bay, symmetrical cube with heavy Renaissance moldings over the windows, crowned on the upper stories by piles of carved foliage. The central triple window was shaped into a shallow segmental arch, while the porch had four Ionic columns. A simple and bracketless entablature sat under the wide eave and a grand cupola with elaborate surrounds and brackets topped the whole. This house was later bought by Yale and used as classrooms until it was demolished in 1932 for Berkeley College.
Block Survival Rate: 0/4: 0%
No comments:
Post a Comment