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Panther_99FS
November 22nd, 2009, 14:35
These are in the 'King Williams District' of San Antonio....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4122713931_49b1185d0c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4122745253_86fb950516_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/4123628746_397b3dd473_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/4123660042_87fd2b45b8_b.jpg

Chacha
November 22nd, 2009, 14:46
wow...

Nice shots... on the great historic homes.... :applause:
I like that Victorian (is that Gothic ?) style house..

Dain Arns
November 22nd, 2009, 14:58
Great pics, Panther. Love that first house.

Snuffy
November 22nd, 2009, 15:43
Nice P! Thats when a house was really a house .... and not these things they build today out of inferior quality sticks and duct tape.

Panther_99FS
November 22nd, 2009, 19:49
Thats when a house was really a house .... and not these things they build today out of inferior quality sticks and duct tape.

You got that right!

lifejogger
November 22nd, 2009, 20:20
Great pictures Panther, I have been there and have seen all of those house and you have done a fantastic job. Feels like I am right there looking at them.

Mobayrasta
November 22nd, 2009, 21:24
From a Canon shooter..........Man those are some great shots!

Cloud9Gal
November 23rd, 2009, 15:18
P. you keep getting better and better with that Nikon camera of yours! Glad I followed your lead and bought myself one as well!

Now, if I could choose one of those three houses to be mine, I would pick #2! I just love the architecture, the style and design of it.

Thanks for sharing! Keep on clickin' :)

GT182
November 23rd, 2009, 16:31
Gorgeous homes P, but the first house kind of reminds me of Boldt Castle up on the St. Lawrence River... on a much smaller scale tho.

cheezyflier
November 23rd, 2009, 17:24
very cool pics. i hope there comes to be more posted here:applause:

Prowler1111
November 23rd, 2009, 18:47
Showing off your cool cameras again, uh Panther?...
Prowler

Bjoern
November 24th, 2009, 06:42
wow...

Nice shots... on the great historic homes.... :applause:
I like that Victorian (is that Gothic ?) style house..

Looks victorian, gothic looks way more menacing and incorporates a lot more sharp edges.
See Notre Dame for example.

I would be surprised to see a true, old gothic building in the USA. After all, it was more of a very old european thing.

TARPSBird
November 24th, 2009, 10:24
Panther, when you were at Offutt you should have checked out the Fort Crook Historic District on base. The senior officers' homes all date back to the 1890's when the base was the Fort Crook army post. Can't find any pics on the web but I used to walk past them every day on my way to intel school.

djscoo
November 24th, 2009, 10:50
Looks victorian, gothic looks way more menacing and incorporates a lot more sharp edges.
See Notre Dame for example.

I would be surprised to see a true, old gothic building in the USA. After all, it was more of a very old european thing.
There is a neo-gothic church downtown where I live that certainly falls into the "menacing" category. It was built in the 70's if I remember correctly.:mixedsmi:
The end of the Gothic Architecture fad sort of coincided with the colonization of North America.

Odie
November 24th, 2009, 10:52
Nice P! Thats when a house was really a house .... and not these things they build today out of inferior quality sticks and duct tape.

Hey, my contractor assured me that he used only the finest quality duct tape on my house ! :icon_lol:

Nice pics, P. Gotta agree, those were houses for generations of families.

Especially like the first one. Looks like it has a nice wrap-around porch area for leisurely afternoons and evenings. Put a hand-cranked ice-cream mixer and a couple of youngsters to turn it on the front steps.....that's the way to spend a warm summer evening !

Our current house lacks any kind of usable front porch so we raise the garage door and sit there in the evenings.

Henry
November 24th, 2009, 11:10
i live in a historic house
in historic Highland circa 1900
and i lived in a historic house in England circa 1600
the British one was better built
but no central air:kilroy:
i love old houses
nooks and crannies
an all
Mr "p" you are getting good with that camera:guinness:
H

Snuffy
November 24th, 2009, 11:57
Henry!

What was that you said about Crooked Grannies? Oh wait ... you said nooks and cranies ...

:bump:

Kiwikat
November 24th, 2009, 12:00
Bricks... a lens' worst enemy. :173go1::mixedsmi:

They are still really cool photos though! :medals:

Eoraptor1
November 24th, 2009, 14:48
Those are really beautiful shots, Panther. Please keep posting them.

JAMES

Bjoern
November 24th, 2009, 15:20
There is a neo-gothic church downtown where I live that certainly falls into the "menacing" category. It was built in the 70's if I remember correctly.:mixedsmi:

Neogothic...not really appealing to the eye. :/


I think I'm a bit spoilt by lots of brick-gothic buildings in my city.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/9c/Nikolaikirchewiki.JPG

djscoo
November 24th, 2009, 15:59
Neogothic...not really appealing to the eye. :/

Agreed...

Panther_99FS
November 24th, 2009, 17:03
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4132617532_3f0d591535.jpg

EasyEd
November 24th, 2009, 17:06
Hey All,

I always liked the Carson Mansion in Eureka CA - now a club so it has an awning.

-Ed-

Kofschip
November 24th, 2009, 17:57
Panther, I hope that you got some pictures of the five Missions there too. Mine were taken with a point and shoot. I need some high res pictures of them for painting.....:jump::jump:

Panther_99FS
November 24th, 2009, 18:12
Panther, I hope that you got some pictures of the five Missions there too. Mine were taken with a point and shoot. I need some high res pictures of them for painting.....:jump::jump:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4116901426_f1303bbf34_b.jpg

Kofschip
November 25th, 2009, 11:29
:jump::jump::jump: Panther that is great, the corner of Mission San Jose. Did you get the Rose Window too?:ernae: