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  1. Tom Maher - Kirkwood

    01/30/2013, 03:48 pm

    I could only imagine the pressure a house like that – or similar – must put on the soil! The footings must be immense!

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  2. Tom Maher - Kirkwood

    01/30/2013, 03:50 pm

    I forgot – GREAT photos!
    When I was a student there in ’60 +/-, the color of the stone was nearly black from the years and many of the stonework details were virtually invisible.

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  3. Jan

    01/30/2013, 05:52 pm

    Absolutely stunning details! This craftmanship is truly a lost art and you have some very nice photos here that allow the viewer to study these details up close. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. samizdat

    02/04/2013, 09:08 am

    Many human hands were put to good, productive use on this building. As it pre-dates the mass-production of pneumatic powered hand tools by at least a decade, and electrical hand tools by at least two, most of, if not all, of the stone details on this house were hand-chiseled. It’s rather amazing that since they gained possession of it, SLU leadership had tried to raze it several times, and if not for largely the work of a single individual, this beautiful structure would not exist.

    SLU…same ol’, same ol’…

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    • Chris Naffziger

      02/04/2013, 11:07 am

      I agree, the craftsmanship is stunning, as well as the imagination and creativity.

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