“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...
Hospitals; Lawns; Porches; Balconies; Health care facilities; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
Address: 2215 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The United States flag flies in front of the U.S. Marine Hospital. Sidewalks cross the lawn and a scattering of trees and bushes provide landscaping for the building. People stand on the porches...
A large, somewhat rundown, farmhouse with two fireplaces and two porches. A rail fence surrounds the house, which is three stories tall in the back. See ULPA 1982.01.642.p for another image of this house. Title supplied by cataloger.
"The design, inspired by the Erechtheion at Athens, includes a six-column Ionic façade and demonstrates the continuing impact of Greek art and architecture." (Caption, Pedley, p. 386)
