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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 32244, member: 44"]I haven't had any more luck on IDing the building. The round portico on the building looks like a possible add-on or at least the top bacony on that portico. The arrangement of the Ionico columns look weird to me. The portico has the colunms in 3s: small column, large column, small column. I don't believe I've ever seen double, triple, set of columns in that arrangement. There are the shorter Ionic columns along the lower balcony/porch then bang, you get to the rounded portico. The portico has those huge tall Ionic columns stretching to the upper balcony with the shorter columns still there. It seems if that upper balcony on the rounded portico was there originally the small columns would not be on the rounded portico.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really see very little similar to the south portico of the Whithouse other then Ionic columns. The Whitehouse doesn't have the extended porches/balconies, the small round windows around the top level, or the same railings. The Whitehouse's south portico didn't have the upper balcony until 1950. Truman had it added. The Whitehouse's portico is much more decorative. It has a gallery with railing around the roof, dentil work under the cornice, peak and arch pediments over the windows on the lower balconey. The great majority of rounded portico on stately buildings have Ionic or Doric columns here in the states.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 32244, member: 44"]I haven't had any more luck on IDing the building. The round portico on the building looks like a possible add-on or at least the top bacony on that portico. The arrangement of the Ionico columns look weird to me. The portico has the colunms in 3s: small column, large column, small column. I don't believe I've ever seen double, triple, set of columns in that arrangement. There are the shorter Ionic columns along the lower balcony/porch then bang, you get to the rounded portico. The portico has those huge tall Ionic columns stretching to the upper balcony with the shorter columns still there. It seems if that upper balcony on the rounded portico was there originally the small columns would not be on the rounded portico. I really see very little similar to the south portico of the Whithouse other then Ionic columns. The Whitehouse doesn't have the extended porches/balconies, the small round windows around the top level, or the same railings. The Whitehouse's south portico didn't have the upper balcony until 1950. Truman had it added. The Whitehouse's portico is much more decorative. It has a gallery with railing around the roof, dentil work under the cornice, peak and arch pediments over the windows on the lower balconey. The great majority of rounded portico on stately buildings have Ionic or Doric columns here in the states. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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