It’s the last day of our latest Name This Place!
Yesterday, we had the iconic Illinois Monument in the Vicksburg Military Park (1906, William Le Baron Jenney as the architect – although I think if anyone had ventured to the MDAH Database for the structure, there were several other artisans that I probably would have awarded points for if you had mentioned them.
Several terms guessed at yesterday – not all of AWoW terms. One that was there, but not mentioned by anyone was kneeler. See them along the pediment?
Since no one got that, the Co-Hosts get that point (and a little bit of pride at fooling you savvy readers on something this week).
Here’s the latest standings:
- Thomas – 16
- ThomFred – 3
- Blake Wintory – 2
- CRPIII – 2
- JRGordon / Thomas Rosell – 1
TODAY’S HAS SEVERAL TERMS – AND YOU MUST DESCRIBE WHERE THERE ARE TO SNAG THE POINTS! So no throwing terms out in a “shouting them out” manner today.
Categories: Contest, Cool Old Places, Historic Preservation
Preservation in Mississippi 
Abacus at the top of the porch columns
Pilaster on the window(door?) casing on the second floor
Dentil on the fascia of both floors
Returns on the awning(if that’s the right word) over the door and window
There appears to be a bracket under the porch (to the right of the picture)
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Abacus, Pilaster, Dentil & Return are all correct.
Oh, and the return is on the cornice
Not a bracket under the porch however.
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Looks like a lot of places for water to leak in to me!
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White Arches in Columbus, MS — Built 1857, I think.
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Nailed it!
Do you see any additional Words of the Week that Thomas hasn’t snagged yet for some more points?
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How bout an architrave and a couple of quatrafoils…
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oops — didn’t say where they were… architrave above the pilasters on the upper floor level and quatrafoils between the top of the porch columns.
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architrave isn’t one of our Words of the Week (but I’m hoping Thomas Rosell is getting some ideas for when we get through the alphabet and he starts adding to the list).
BUT – you got the quatrafoils
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Is there a name for the second floor pilasters with the prominent center recess? I’ve never seen a detail like this. Each one almost reads as a pair of pilasters, at least up to the capitals. Echos the paired porch columns below… nice.
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Good thought. Ive seen pilasters in this grouping referred to as paired pilasters. I guess one could call them ganged pilasters is there was more than two?
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Non-masonry trimmings! LOL
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How’s that for some architectural terminology?
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Is octagonal sided columns with some kind of turban looking capital architectural terms?
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