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992-24. Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895, Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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992-24. Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895, Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895, Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center. Calvert, Texas, May 28, 2007  Gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center of Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, January 28, 2007  Gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center of Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, January 19, 2008  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center of Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center of Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2008  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center of Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, January 27, 2013  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in Virginia Field Park at early morning. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2010  Historic octagonal pavilion (1895) located in Virginia Field Park. It features a distinctive two-tiered roof and elaborate Victorian gingerbread trim ("carpenter Gothic" details). It was designed for concerts, community gatherings, and dancing. It has also been dedicated as the Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion in more recent years. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Gazebo-style octogonal pavilion in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal pavillion. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  A smaller accompanying gazebo (1895) near the octagonal pavilion in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Historic octagonal pavilion (1895) located in Virginia Field Park. The pavilion is festively lit with strands of Christmas lights and "icicle" lights, which is a local tradition during the holiday season. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Christmas decorations of the octagonal pavilion in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Oaks and a historic octagonal pavilion in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Live oak and a historic octagonal pavilion with Christmas lights in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Christmas decorations in Virginia Field Park in fog. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Christmas lights in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Christmas decorations in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Christmas lights on oaks in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Sneed Memorial Methodist Church (1923) at 308 East Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Chinese Gazebo (often called the Creaking Pagoda or Skripuchaya Besedka) which is one of the most eccentric and picturesque structures in Catherine Park. Built between 1778 and 1786, this pavilion was designed by Yury Felten (Georg Friedrich Veldten) at the height of the 18th-century craze for Chinoiserie (Chinese-style art). The pavilion gets its popular nickname from the metal weather vane on its roof. Shaped like a Chinese banner, it was intentionally designed to creak loudly in the wind. Originally, such pavilions served as tea houses or resting spots for the Empress and her court during their walks. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025  Katalnaya Gorka Pavilion (Sliding Hill Pavilion), a masterpiece of 18th-century architecture located in the Upper Park of Oranienbaum. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi, this 33-meter-high pavilion is a striking blend of Baroque and early Classicism. Its festive, light-blue and white facade, tiered "wedding-cake" shape, and crowning bell-shaped dome make it resemble a lighthouse rising above the park s trees. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025  Tomb of Mary Drennan in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tombstones of Calvert Cemetery at rain. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tombs of Calvert Cemetery ( section behind the school) at sunrise. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Angel on a tomb of Louis Browning in Calvert cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tombs of Calvert Cemetery ( section behind the school) at morning. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Pillar on a tomb of C. G. Saurenman (1865 - 1896) in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Calvert Hotel (Dirr Cottage, 1872) at 408 Railroad Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Sneed Memorial Methodist Church (1923) at 308 East Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, November 25, 2011  Pavilion of jewelry show in Exhibition Center. Doha, Qatar, February 17, 2011  Shopping in a pavilion of jewelry show in Exhibition Center. Doha, Qatar, February 17, 2011  Sneed Memorial Methodist Church (1923) at 308 East Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2010  Mandel W. Marx (1880-1947) monument in Calvert Jewish Cemetery at FM 1644. The Marx family were key figures in the local Jewish community, which was once the largest between Houston and Dallas. Mandel was the son of Nathan Marx (1842-1905), one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Calvert who arrived in the 1870s and helped establish the town as a cotton center. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Jones House (Queen Anne style, 1897, now Parish House Bed and Breakfast) at 609 East Gregg Street, a corner of Pin Oak Street at early morning. Calvert, Texas, November 25, 2011  Oil Field Electronics store north from Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2008  Joseph A. Foster House at 307 East Texas Street, a corner of Beech Street. It was built as a Gothic Revival structure in 1878, reflecting the Victorian tastes of the era. The facade is symmetrical with a central entrance, characteristic of the Neoclassical style. The house was severely damaged by a tornado spawned by the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. Following this disaster, it was extensively remodeled into the Neoclassical (Greek Revival) style. It has been the subject of historic preservation efforts, with significant renovation projects reported around 2018. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Jones House (Queen Anne style, 1897, now Parish House Bed and Breakfast) at 609 East Gregg Street, a corner of Pin Oak Street. Calvert, Texas, December 8, 2007  Jones House (Queen Anne style, 1897, now Parish House Bed and Breakfast) at 609 East Gregg Street, a corner of Pin Oak Street. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Jones House (Queen Anne style, 1897, now Parish House Bed and Breakfast) at 609 East Gregg Street, a corner of Pin Oak Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2008  Burned CCC Pavilion on Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011  Vintage-style mural advertising "Buckholts Hall" and "Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys" by Sean Starr of Starr Studios (2022) at 512 S. Main Street. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Former dry goods store at 610 Main Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Hermitage Pavilion in Catherine Park, designed by the Italian court architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in Elizabethan Baroque style. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025  Gazebo remaining from the Bird s Nest house (Samuels family - Cyndi Bird and Don Howell - W. P. Townsend) at 301 East Logan, a corner of South Pine streets. Calvert, Texas, July 29, 2018  Monroe Miller House (1930) at 707 E. Barton Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Clara Barton House (c. 1909) at 404 Maple Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Jacques Adoue Building (1884) at 506 Main Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Bolshoy Lamskoy Bridge (Great Lamsky Bridge). It was built in 1820-1822 by the Scottish architect Adam Menelaws, who was instrumental in shaping the park s romantic "English" landscape style. The bridge spans the Lamsky Ponds near the Llama Pavilion, originally serving the utilitarian purpose of connecting the Lamsky stables (which housed exotic llamas from Peru) to the rest of the park. Originally a cast-iron structure, it has been carefully restored to preserve its intricate metal latticework railings, which feature a distinct geometric pattern characteristic of the Russian Empire style. Aleksandrovsky (Alexander) Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025  Memorial of Chief Satanta in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Gazebo in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2011  CocoaModa chocolate store (formerly First National Bank and a dentist s office) at 518 South Main Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tomb of Mary Drennan in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Detail of a marble tombstone in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Clarke-Jockusch House (1895) at 1728 Sealy Street in East End Historic District. Galveston, Texas, January 1, 2011  Calvert Hotel (Dirr Cottage, 1872) at 408 Railroad Street. Calvert, Texas, December 25, 2009  Calvert Hotel (Dirr Cottage, 1872) at 408 Railroad Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2008  Calvert Hotel (Dirr Cottage, 1872) at 408 Railroad Street. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Military tomb of David Hill in Calvert Beauty Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 8, 2007  Marble angel on a tomb of Holly Robert in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Primitive tomb of Nora Pride in Calvert Beauty Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 8, 2007  Calvert Hotel (Dirr Cottage, 1872) at 408 Railroad Street at early morning. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2010  J. H. Littlefield - Noles - Gregorys House (1870s) at 207 East Texas Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Sneed Memorial Methodist Church (1923) at 308 East Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, January 7, 2012  Cuzzeri Building (ca. 1880) at 619 Main Street, a corner of Hanna Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Maud J. H. Moller house (c. 1895) at 1827 Ball Street with curved staircase and rotunda in East End Historic District. Galveston, Texas, January 1, 2011  Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Mandel Marx-Ester House (c. 1900) at 403 Beech Street, a corner of Barton Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  A field of black eye susan flowers near Road 162. Calvert, Texas, May 28, 2007  Area near gazebo in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 18, 2011  Abrams-Allday House (1887) at 209 East Burnett Street, a corner of Pine Street at morning. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Family plot of the Volle family in Calvert City Cemetery. This plot is the resting place for other members of the Volle family, including John G. Volle (1843-1908), a prominent merchant or resident of early Calvert. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025  Fancher-Meredith-Mercer-Drennan-Cobb House (1885) at 301 Gregg Street, a corner of Pine Street. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Kyle Field stadium on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 5, 2011  Calvert Inn (P. C. Gibson House, c. 1903) at 406 East Texas Street. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2009  Hermitage Pavilion in Ekaterininsky Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011  Kyle Field stadium on campus of Texas A and M University at rain. College Station, Texas, December 5, 2011  The Bird s Nest house (Samuels family - Cyndi Bird and Don Howell - W. P. Townsend) at 301 East Logan, a corner of South Pine streets. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Kitchen Ruin Pavilion in Ekaterininsky Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011  Marble tombstone of Mary A. Calvert (10/22/1835-7/24/1881) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, November 3, 2024  View of Lenenergo Agency from Marsovo Field (a revolutionary memorial). Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.  Jones House (Queen Anne style, 1897, now Parish House Bed and Breakfast) at 609 East Gregg Street, a corner of Pin Oak Street. Calvert, Texas, May 28, 2007  Ruins (1800-1803) near Elizavetin Pavilion one mile from Tiarlevo in Pavlovsk Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2011  Christmas decorations of the Bird s Nest house (Samuels family - Cyndi Bird and Don Howell - W. P. Townsend) at 301 East Logan, a corner of South Pine streets. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011 |
