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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Vanna Venturi House, The Cassey House, The Woodlands, Esherick House, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Bellevue Mansion, Bartram's Garden, Germantown White House, Wyck House, The Cliffs, Cliveden, Sedgeley, Historic Strawberry Mansion, Mount Pleasant, Stenton, Betsy Ross House, Lemon Hill, Grumblethorpe, Inglewood Cottage, RittenhouseTown Historic District, Woodford, Belmont Mansion, Powel House, John Johnson House, Greenbelt Knoll, Upsala, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, The Monastery, Edwin Forrest House, Hill-Keith-Physick House, John Ruan House, Edward Drinker Cope House, Slate Roof House, Reynolds-Morris House, John Coltrane House, Anglecot, Thomas Eakins House, Knowlton Mansion, John Stewart Houses, Thomas Sully Residence, John C. Bell House, Henry O. Tanner House, Comly Rich House, Paul Robeson House, Solomon House, Ryerss Mansion, Charles Willson Peale House, J. Peter Lesley House, Ebenezer Maxwell House, Loudoun Mansion, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House, Dr. Joseph Leidy House, Conyngham-Hacker House, Hanson Haines House, Glen Foerd at Torresdale, Michael Billmeyer House, Howell House, Vernon-Wister House, Daniel Billmeyer House, Drinker's Court, Hatfield House, Randolph House, Sweetbriar, Dolley Todd House. Excerpt: The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the suburban neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Robert Venturi for his mother Vanna Venturi, and constructed between 1962 -1964. The five room house stands only about 30 feet tall at the top of the chimney, but has a monumental front facade, an effect achieved by intentionally manipulating the architectural elements that indicate a building's scale. A non-structural applique arch and "hole in the wall" windows, am...
