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12-412: The Duquesne Club was founded in 1873. Its first president was John H. Ricketson. The club's present home, a Romanesque structure designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow on Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, was opened in 1890; an addition designed by Janssen & Cocken that included a garden patio, barbershop, and new kitchens was constructed in 1931. The building achieved landmark status from

24-549: Is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque characteristics. Richardson first used elements of the style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in Buffalo, New York , designed in 1870, and Trinity Church in Boston

36-650: Is his most well-known example of this medieval revival style. Multiple architects followed in this style in the late 19th century; Richardsonian Romanesque later influenced modern styles of architecture as well. This very free revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish and Italian Romanesque characteristics. It emphasizes clear, strong picturesque massing, round-headed "Romanesque" arches, often springing from clusters of short squat columns, recessed entrances, richly varied rustication , blank stretches of walling contrasting with bands of windows, and cylindrical towers with conical caps embedded in

48-611: The Chicago school of architecture and architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright . Overseas, Folke Zettervall was influenced by the Richardson style when he designed several railway stations in Sweden during this period. In Finland, Eliel Saarinen was influenced by Richardson. Research is underway to try to document the westward movement of the artisans and craftsmen, many of whom were immigrant Italians and Irish , who built in

60-553: The Osage Bank of Fairfax , Bank of Hominy , Bank of Burbank , and Bank of Bigheart . Notes Bibliography [REDACTED] Media related to Richardsonian Romanesque ( category ) at Wikimedia Commons Folke Zettervall Folke Zettervall (21 October 1862 – 12 March 1955) was a Swedish architect and head architect with the Swedish State Railways ( Statens Järnvägar ) between 1895 and 1930. Zettervall

72-879: The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1976, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The Club voted to admit women for the first time in its history in 1980. A health-and-fitness center was added in 1994, and the club was ranked as #1 City Club in America in 1997, an honor that would be repeated in 2001, 2003, and 2006. Among notable guests to the club are U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant , Herbert Hoover , Gerald Ford , Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell , Polish leader Edward Gierek , Jungle James, Tars Cornish, Gene Simmons , King Charles III (while he

84-474: The National Railroad's chief architect until 1931. During his career, Hann Zettervall draw about 260 station houses which were built throughout Sweden. In addition, he had a number of other commissions including drawing the plans for Suntak Church ( Suntaks kyrka ) at Tidaholm , the former courthouse at Krylbo ( Krylbo tingshus ) and the county hall at Sollefteå ( Sollefteå tingshus ). Zettervall

96-766: The Richardsonian Romanesque tradition. The style began in the East, in and around Boston, where Richardson built the influential Trinity Church on Copley Square . As the style was losing favor in the East, it was gaining popularity further west. Stone carvers and masons trained in the Richardsonian manner appear to have taken the style west, until it died out in the early decades of the 20th century. As an example, four small bank buildings were built in Richardsonian Romanesque style in Osage County, Oklahoma , during 1904–1911:

108-458: The walling. The style includes work by the generation of architects practicing in the 1880s before the influence of the Beaux-Arts styles . Some of the practitioners who most faithfully followed Richardson's proportion, massing and detailing had worked in his office. These include: Other architects who employed Richardson Romanesque elements in their designs include: The style also influenced

120-677: Was Prince of Wales ) and former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . Oil businessman and millionaire Philip M. Shannon owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915. As of 2007, membership at the Duquesne Club consisted of about 2,700 men and women. Though the Club does not discriminate in its selection of members, membership is by invitation from an existing member only. 40°26′31″N 79°59′55″W  /  40.441933°N 79.998592°W  / 40.441933; -79.998592 Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque

132-607: Was born at Lund , Sweden. He was the son of architect Helgo Zettervall (1831–1907). He started his studies at Katedralskolan ( Högre Allmänna Läroverket ) in Uppsala and continued in Copenhagen at Copenhagen Technical College ( Københavns Tekniske Skole ). He continued his education in architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( Kunst-Akademiets Arkitekturskole ) from 1885 to 1888. After graduation, Zettervall

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144-469: Was licensed as an architect and first worked for his father who was chief of Board superintendent for the administration of state buildings ( Överintendentsämbetet ). In 1890 he was recruited by Adolf W. Edelsvärd (1824–1919) to work on the architectural office of the Swedish national railway system, Statens Järnvägar. When Edelsvärd retired in 1895, Zettervall first became acting architect and in 1898 he became

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