The April, 1915 issue of The School-Arts Magazine (“For Those Interested in Drawing & Handicraft”) ran a flowery piece, “Something Beautiful”, extolling the “rhythmic and refined” qualities of the Ridge Street School and Newark Normal School. Preceding the glowing praise are quotes from Ralph Adams Cram, “architect of some of the finest Gothic churches [...]
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Something Beautiful
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Architecture, Articles
Tags:magazine·New Jersey·Newark·school
Montrose School Gets Patched
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Architecture, Articles
Marcia Worth of Patch, a local community portal, has written a nice piece on Montrose School in South Orange, New Jersey.
“The Montrose school yard boasts what I consider to be the most beautiful birch tree in town. It’s also a fine tree for climbing, according to my neighbor, who indicated a branch far from the ground. [...]
Tags:New Jersey·school
The Star-Ledger Q&A Interview
January 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Miscellaneous
This web site was featured in the New Jersey Star-Ledger on Friday, January 4th. The column, Jersey Blogs, was a Q&A with staff writer Kelly Heyboer conducted in early December.
Any exposure for this arcane subject is welcome, and the article certainly gained a nice bit of readership. If you’ve discovered this site from reading [...]
Tags:newspaper
The Home of Mr. Ernest F. Guilbert
November 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Architecture, Articles, Biographical
In my entry regarding the Franklin Murphy house, I ruminated that it was the only known residential structure designed by Guilbert & Betelle. As it turns out, I was wrong.
I’ve recently had the privilege of corresponding with members of the Guilbert family, who have shown a keen interest in my research. Given the circumstances of [...]
Tags:Guilbert·magazine·Newark·residential
Betelle Matters
September 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Articles
It was inevitable I would begin writing externally about this web site’s titular subject. To that end, I’ve had a small article published in Matters, a community magazine based in Maplewood, New Jersey. Titled New Jersey Gothic: James Betelle and the Schools of South Orange and Maplewood, it appears, appropriately enough, in the August “Back [...]