Essay about Swannanoa Palace

Tucked away in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, you will find one of the historic houses built. The Bellamy Mansion. Constructed in 1859 and finally finished in 1861 It is massive in size and also one of the last houses built by slaves. This place is full of history at every turn. It is even rumored to be haunted.

Two single-story wings were added to the mansion, providing room for Jackson’s library and office and a large formal dining room and adjoining pantry. The mansion gained a more Classical appearance during this renovation with the addition of a front portico, supported by 10 columns.

Elegant living is what this community is all about. Each one of the apartments offers ceilings that are nine-feet tall, crown molding, and countertops made from granite. Each one has a floor plan designed to provide each resident with as much space as possible and our residents feel at home from the moment they set foot in the apartments. They are luxurious

The Biltmore Estate was built from 1889 and 1895. It cost about $10,000,000 to build. The Biltmore Estate was built on 125,000 acres of land. It had a total of 250 rooms. Included in these rooms is a swimming pool and a bowling alley. In the Biltmore Estate, there are 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65

The drastic difference in time periods between the Hearst Castle and the Topakapi Palace leads to the differentiation in materiality and function, but the similarities of both the structures come together with the grandiosity of the project and the lasting effect of the architecture. While the Hearst Castle was initially built just to accommodate the Hearst family, the Topakapi palace was built for Mehmed II and his dynasty. After a long line of collaboration with the Hearst family, Julia Morgan was assigned to design a space for William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon because he was “tired of going up and camping” and wanted “something that would be more comfortable”.[1] Morgan began construction in 1919, and started with guest houses, since Hearst put emphasis on the idea of having his family and friends over. Additionally, Morgan partially based her design on the tower of the church at Ronda in Southern Spain, a favorite site of Hearst. The California location gave Morgan and Hearst the excuse to resemble and mimic the renaissance style of Southern Spain. Controversy, the Topakapi Palace was originally built in 1465 by the Sultan Mehmed II and his reign. The Topakapi Palace was a center for administration, education and most importantly, to accommodate the Sultan. Aspects of religion and spirituality were highly active through the site and the rich diversity of Islamic architecture was prevalent throughout the space. Despite the

A tour of the historical James Wadsworth Rossetter House at 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne shows an interesting sight of old and genuine architecture. The tour starts by going through the main house which was built in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne in 1859 by John Houston who intended for it to be a plantation. The main house is restored to how it was renovated by James Rossetter in 1904. The tour then goes into the building behind which was built to be a slave shack by Houston but that ended soon after the Civil War. After the house was taken by William Roesch, the back building was converted to a kitchen and had a second floor added. The tour ends by going through the gardens of the house that contain many exotic plants.

Taliferro was also responsible for repairing and renovating the Governor's Palace and may have been working on both projects at the same time (Whiffen 175). In 1755 George Wythe married Elizabeth, Richard Taliferro's daughter and then moved into the house. When Taliferro died in 1755, the house was deeded to the couple. The brickwork of the exterior is of high quality with artistic touches seen in the flayed brickwork above the windows (Whiffen 175). Perhaps the most notable aspect of the house's construction is the use of ratios and symmetry to appeal to the viewer's eye (Whiffen 88). All four exteriors of the house are symmetrical, with the interior only symmetrical along the east-west axis (Whiffen 175). Outbuildings and kitchens were removed from the main structure, as was typical in colonial Virginia (Whiffen

In the 1500s, the Medici moved their entire residence to the Palazzo Vecchio and established the centralization of power of the Palace. It had been the town hall of Florence ever since the people wanted to make a new seat of power in Florence. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria and it holds a copy of Michelangelo’s David in a symbol of the city. There are also a plethora of statues surrounding the building that represent what the city is. The first stone of the building was set in 1299 and was not finished for nearly thirty years later. The bell tower is the most notable part of the palace. The tower is a little more than 300 feet tall, which, at that time, was a very impressive height. It was named for the architect who designed it: Torre d’Arnolfo. The three bells in the bell tower are almost as old as the tower itself. In fact, the original bell is still inside the tower ringing for town hall meetings and impending danger. A couple of notable fun facts: First, The Palazzo Vecchio held the prisoner Savonarola before his execution. In 1497, Savonarola was excommunicated by the Pope and was sentenced to death. He was held inside the Palace so that he could be executed in the most

The complex offers one, two, and three bedroom apartments and each one has wall-to-wall carpeting, a walk-in-closet, and either a patio or balcony to enjoy. Each apartment has spacious rooms for comfort. Ceiling fans, dishwashers, and garbage disposals make life even more comfortable in this complex.

This palace houses an astounding forty members of the royal family along with servants and guests, but its functionality is easily overshadowed by the wealth that clearly went into its structure. It is the most visited tourist attraction of all in Fluania. There are many reasons why this is apparent.

"Presented itself as a hoary building, of the early stage of Classic Renaissance," – describes Bathsheba’s house. It is described as ornate and moss-covered.

The house was built in 1735 by his father. It has 21 rooms today ! He personally supervised each renovation even during the Revolutionary war. Its 11,028 square feet with 2 and a half stories and a full cellar. That a lot of space for you ! The ceilings of the Mansion differ in height. The average height on the first floor is 10’9” & the third floor is

The architecture “norm” for aristocratic homes was in the Shinden-zurkuri style, “which was clearly based on the principle that the individual parts of the building should be merged as much as possible into the garden” (Yoshida, p.12). The main building, named the Shinden, represented the area reserved for the master himself, and always opened up to the south side of the garden. There were corridors, or tai-no-ya, connecting the Shinden to the rest of the buildings in the complex. There corridors created an enclosure which is where a lake would be placed and where the stroll garden was erected.

The Place where, I chose to do my FSA Report is called an Oasis Palace, the place is located in Newark, California. Oasis Place is a family oriented place, where friends and families bring their children to this great indoor facility to play indoor games. This Business is run by an family as well. The Place offers great indoor activities for both adults and children 's. The Palace is separated into three categories, Food, Indoor games, and Party Palace. Overall, this place great for the families that have kids, because it provides lots of amenities for the kids. Oasis Palace is an Indian food restaurant. They offer various different types of food that comes from the region of South, North indian. Most of the customer they come to the restaurant are mostly from South and North india. The Restaurant offers great food for the customers, most of the customer that comes to eat at the restaurant are vegetarian. Hiring a chef, who has good knowledge in making vegetarian food is a must. Oasis Palace is divided into two parts first is the Party palace, and a restaurant, also the this facility also offers a Fitness center. It is a great system for all the customers, they would not have to go anywhere to go to gym, since it next to the restaurant. Overall, Oasis Palace is an great place for a family, however it can improved so much to gain more customer. For this report, i will be analyzing improvements in customer service, online/ phone orders, management, Food quality,

“The Haunted Palace” is one of Edgar Allen Poe’s mysterious and phantasmagoric poems. Written in the same year as “The Devil in the Belfry,” and included in his short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Haunted Palace” is another tale of innocence and happiness now corroded with sorrow and madness. It is fairly easy to say that “The Haunted Palace” is a metaphor for Poe’s own ghostly troubled mind, more than it is about a decaying palace. For in 1839, it was found in a book that the main character in “The Fall of the House of Usher” comes across. In the context of its appearance in “Usher,” it is startlingly clear that this is no fable of earthly decay, but one of mental and spiritual ruin.