Much of New Orleans culture derives from outside influences imported by newcomers, whose traditions and tastes gradually syncretized locally into something distinct. The city has returned the favor, ...

Built 1897 50 South Congress Street This Victorian Romanesque structure was built of locally quarried stone by Judge Edward Pax-son in honor of his parents, Thomas and Ann Johnson Paxson. It was ...

Less than a mile from the flash of Staples Center and L.A. Live, an aging, Romanesque structure on Figueroa Street stands frozen in time. Inside its vaulted lobby, stacks of cardboard boxes gather ...

On the occasion of Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz’s 50th Priesthood Jubilee last summer, he received an unusual but welcome gift: a stone from Lincoln Cathedral in England. The stone, which was retrieved ...

Located on 100 acres northwest of Rochester, Assisi Heights was dedicated on Oct. 4, 1955 — the feast day of St. Francis — as the motherhouse for the Sisters of St. Francis. The Italian Romanesque ...

Since the late 19th century, a clock tower in a gray stone Richardson Romanesque structure at the corner of West Main and Church streets in Richmond has displayed and sounded the time. The clock has ...

For more than 120 years, the name Mabel Tainter has called to mind the stately Richardsonian Romanesque structure which stands on Menomonie’s historic Main Street. It is an architectural masterpiece ...

The emotional discussion over the fate of a former St. Paul church building is sharply dividing the Como Park neighborhood and school communities. At issue: Should the former St. Andrew's Catholic ...

New York is one of America’s most historically significant cities. This fact was further proven as the beautiful St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, located on Park Avenue and 50th Street, was ...