Father Pitt in Sharon

Tag: Romanesque Architecture

  • Stevenson Mansion

    Stevenson Mansion

    This is one of the most extravagant mobile homes in history. John Stevenson was an executive in the New Castle Nail and Wire Company, which obviously brought him a lot of money. He hired New Castle’s own Sydney Foulk to design this extravagant Romanesque house, which cost $100,000 to build in 1894.

    Not long after, he came back from a trip to Europe to find that the company had been absorbed by United States Steel, and there was no place for him in the new organization. He was so angry he stomped out of New Castle—and took his house with him, in kit form, every stone labeled for reassembly, on 55 railcars. It cost another $100,000 to move the house, but he showed them.

    Porch
    Porte cochere
    Stevenson mansion
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  • Rear of the Buhl Mansion

    Rear of the Buhl Mansion

    Some views of the rear of the house taken from the grounds on a snowy day.

    Mansion and garage
    Rear of the Buhl mansion
    Turret
    Rear of the Buhl mansion
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  • Buhl Mansion

    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.

    Buhl Manion
    Lamppost and porch
    Porch
    Porte Cochere

    A generously sized porte cochere always makes a good impression on visitors.

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  • Grand Staircase of the Buhl Mansion

    Grand Staircase

    The grand staircase is always the central feature of a millionaire’s mansion, and the one in the Buhl mansion is not a disappointment.

    Grand staircase
    Stained-glass window on the landing

    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.

    Stained-glass window
    Second-floor balcony
    Second floor
    Third-floor stairs

    A somewhat less grand staircase continues up to the third floor.

    Third-floor stairway
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  • The Buhl Mansion on a Snowy Evening

    Buhl mansion

    The grandest house in Sharon, the Buhl mansion was built for Frank H. Buhl, owner of the Sharon Iron Works and de facto lord of Sharon. Buhl had his favorite architect, Charles H. Owsley, design the house. We’ll see much more of it, but here are a few moody pictures at twilight on a snowy evening.

    Buhl mansion in the snow
    Buhl mansion in the snow
    Buhl mansion in the snow
    Porch of the Buhl mansion
    Porch
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