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Carson Mansion
Mansion House |
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reinforced concrete, wood Concrete foundation
Douglas Fir frame
Redwood exterior
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LOCATION |
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| Continent |
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North America |
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Humboldt |
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Eureka |
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143 M street (Waterfront Drive)
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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Main |
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ARCHITECTURE | Residential buildings
Detached, semi-detached houses and villas
Buildings for recreational activities
Clubs, association headquarters, venue for events
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ARCHITECTURE | Commercial buildings
Bars, cafeterias
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1884
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Realisation |
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1886 |
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| 1964 |
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| Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) |
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| Evelyn Shuster Worthen, A Castle in Fairyland. And Other Stories of the Carson Family and Their Mansions, Eureka Print Company, Eureka 1984 |
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| Laurence Beal, The Carson Mansion. America's Finest Victorian Home and the Man who Built it, Beal, 1977 |
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| National Trust for Historic Preservation, "Living Spaces", in America's Forgotten Architecture, Pantheon Books, 1976, pp. 72-73 |
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| Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 422 [VIII. Tradizione moderna e primo razionalismo negli Stati Uniti] |
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| Merrill Folsom, More Great American Mansions and Their Stories, Hastings House, 1967, pp. 165-168 |
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| "Carson, O.W., House, Eureka plans prepared", California Architect and Building News, june 1884, p. 114 |
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sq.m. 1,510 (sq.ft. 16,200)
tower sq.m. 31 (sq.ft. 103) |
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| Newsom and Newsom, Architects |
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| Eclectic parody of the victorian taste. |
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