Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem); Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Caliph, 642-705
This thesis provides a hypothesis as to why the Dome of the Rock
was built. I examine various scholarly theories concerning the
construction of the first notable work of Islamic architecture, which was
built in Jerusalem during the last decade of...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Domes; Stars;
Dome of Grawemeyer Hall seen from the inside of the building, looking up.The star in the top of the dome as well as the decorations on the sides are visible. Grawemeyer Hall was originally built as the Administration Building, and was dedicated in...
Cities & towns; Government facilities; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
View from across the street, at an angle, of the U.S. Capitol Building and extension. Streetcars cross in front. Text on left: Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: Of Washington City. Descriptive information on back of card: The U.S. Capitol. The...
“The porch has sixteen Egyptian grey and red granite columns, each 40 Roman feet in height and weighing about 84 tons. […] The diameter and height of the rotunda are exactly the same, 43.2 metres [meters] (140 feet). […] The walls of the...
Large rock walls with a gap between. Title: Annetta's Dome at Mammoth Cave. Text on bottom: Views of Mammoth Cave and Vicinity. Text on top: 'These are pronounced the very best specimens of subterranean photography yet produced.' - Scientific...
Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, a Beaux-Arts style building with columns and dome, and a statue, lawn, and two driveways in front. The photograph has been retouched along the dome and sky. Caption on back of image: "All of Kentucky's...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Blindness; Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Four- and five-story building constructed of intersecting sections. On the roof, there is a large dome on the five story section and a small dome on the adjacent four story...
Government facilities; Buildings; Rotundas; Paintings; Allegorical paintings
Large circle, painted in the center, with decorative elements forming a large border. It is the interior domed ceiling of the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol. The fresco-style painting is called The Apotheosis of Washington. Descriptive information on...
Close-up view of pillars in the Mammoth Dome located in Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and located within Mammoth Cave National Park in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Planetaria; Domes; Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois. The planetarium is seen in isolation. It has a large dome and a sign over the entrance reads "The Adler Planetarium." Text printed on verso reads, "The $1,000,000 Adler Planetarium comprising an...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
Schools; Educational facilities; Automobiles; Domes; Transportation; Buildings; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, was housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Schools; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Domes; Fences; Buildings
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, is housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Schools; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Domes; Fences; Churches; Religious facilities; Steeples; Street railroad tracks; Buildings
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, is housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Clocks & watches; Automobiles; Carriages & coaches; Horses; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 601 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This Renaissance Revival style building is Louisville City Hall which was constructed in the early 1870s. The building includes a raised basement and three stories of white stone. A...
City & town life; Street railroads; People; City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Clocks & watches; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 400 block of W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of Jefferson Street captures trolley cars, businesses, the Court House and City Hall. In the foreground on the left are businesses including a stationery store, Laub Bros....
A sidewalk leads up to the front door of a three-story house. The entryway includes a small awning decorated with spindles. The front corners of the house have an unusual scooped-out design which frames a central window topped with a stained-glass...
High schools; Educational facilities; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Domes; Fences; Buildings
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Three black cars are parked in front of St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys. The building is made of stone and brick and includes a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a...
