A few of the rooms on the ground floor of the Buhl mansion.
Tag: Buhl Mansion
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Conservatory at the Buhl Mansion
This greenhouse replaced an earlier, much more Victorian conservatory at a different spot on the grounds. The conservatory is available for events, but it is also used to keep the tropical plants that decorate the grounds in the summer.
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Buhl Mansion
Charles H. Owsley designed the Buhl mansion, and he festooned it with every doodad in the Richardsonian Romanesque vocabulary. His festooning was done with taste, however, and the dormers, turrets, arches, and other outcroppings all make a harmonious composition.
A generously sized porte cochere always makes a good impression on visitors.
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Grand Staircase of the Buhl Mansion
The grand staircase is always the central feature of a millionaire’s mansion, and the one in the Buhl mansion is not a disappointment.
The huge stained-glass window on the landing is not the original; it is a replacement added when the house was rescued and renovated in 1996.
A somewhat less grand staircase continues up to the third floor.
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