This Week’s Historic House Puzzle! ~ Frederick E. Church’s Olana.
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Olana is a Hudson River Valley Orientalist Victorian masterpiece. Designed by Calvert Vaux and its owner, landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church, it was built in 1870-72. The studio wing was added by Church in 1888-1891.
The stone, brick, and polychrome-stenciled villa at Olana is a mixture of Victorian elements and Middle-Eastern decorative motifs. Moorish elements mix with Italianate themes with extensive stenciled decoration on the exterior and interior. The house is filled with treasures collected by the Churches all over the world and many works of art. It is well worth a visit!
Olana is included as an example of Exotic and Eclectic houses in Chapter 2 of “Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners,” one of 25 styles and types illustrated in the chapter.
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© Scott T. Hanson 2023
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