Grand architectural marvels (The Dakota, The Apthorp and The Belford) and hotels aside, porte-cochères virtually vanished with the horse and carriage in New York City. French for covered entrance or driveway, these under-appreciated, sentry-staffed shelters (which cars nearly drove to residential extinction) are accelerating back into Manhattan high life—ironically inspired [...]
Grand architectural marvels (The Dakota, The Apthorp and The Belford) and hotels aside, porte-cochères virtually vanished with the horse and carriage in New York City. French for covered entrance or driveway, these under-appreciated, sentry-staffed shelters (which cars nearly drove to residential extinction) are accelerating back into Manhattan high life—ironically inspired [...]
Grand architectural marvels (The Dakota, The Apthorp and The Belford) and hotels aside, porte-cochères virtually vanished with the horse and carriage in New York City. French for covered entrance or driveway, these under-appreciated, sentry-staffed shelters (which cars nearly drove to residential extinction) are accelerating back into Manhattan high life—ironically inspired [...]
The Samuel Morse House via flickr Ever since we bought our little bungalow with the detached garage, I’ve been enamored of the porte-cochere. Now, we don’t have one, but we should. It’s just one more project on a very long list of jobs I’ve yet to inflict upon my poor husband. more gorgeousness from flickr A porte-cochere, literally "coach door", sometimes called a carriage porch, is the architectural term for a porch or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass. Said vehicles may park momentarily under the cover, allowing the occupants to alight protected from the weather. image via flickr The porte-cochere was a feature of many late 18th and 19th-century mansions and public buildings. Well-known examples are at Buckingham Palace in London and the White House in Washington D.C. . Porte-cochères should not be confused with carports in which vehicles are parked; at a porte-cochère the vehicle merely passes through, stopping only for a passenger to disembark. carport from the web {I don't judge} As I’ve mentioned, we have a detached garage, which was the feature that hooked my husband when we purchased the house. However, this means that the garage is really not conveniently located for unloading the weekly Costco haul. And truthfully, the reality is that the collections have taken over the garage and there’s no way I’m getting a car in there anyways. So the logical solution would be a port-cochere over the driveway connecting to the front porch and entry door. Something akin to this: image via flickr Or these: Love the little lantern here. image via flickr flickr Sans minivan for me, please.... {again, I don't judge} Here's and excerpt from a book of house plans for the "Shadow Lawn". The Swiss Chalet style bungalow featuring a porte-cochere became a popular subtype during the late 'teens and into the 1920s. flickr This gorgeous image of the porte-cochere at the Butterworth Center comes via one of my very favorite blogs via Cote de Texas Do you think there are big Costco hauls passing through this porte-cochere for all the game day parties happening here? flickr This must be the aforementioned secondary entrance. flickr Designer Stephen Block designed this porte-cochere for the Greystone Designer Showhouse. The floors are a checkered marble, with a polished concrete table anchoring the space between two palms in 1950's slag pots. Definitely no Yugo's rolling on that drive! image via Veranda March 2009 This beautiful Beaux-Arts porte-cochere is at the Ruthmere Mansion in New York. flickr This medieval style New York mansion belonged to socialite Helen Miller Gould, wife of robber barron Jay Gould and features an impressive Tudor style porte-cochere. Very well suited to impress 19th century society matrons. flickr This fabulous Eastlake Victorian is the Wilderstein mansion in Rutherford New York. The porte-cochere blends seamlessly with the architecture. flickr Another Victorian, this one clad in tastefully painted shingle siding. flickr And, if you happen to be in the market for a lantern for your porte-cochere, here's a lovely Belle Epoque style beauty, circa 1920. Available here . So, for those of us, for whom the word garage means storage, the port-cochere may be the answer to graciously traversing the route between car and front door. Regards, S.
Porte-Cochère. The literal French translation equates to carriage (cochère) door (porte). Originally, porte-cochères provided a covered entrance for
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Grand architectural marvels (The Dakota, The Apthorp and The Belford) and hotels aside, porte-cochères virtually vanished with the horse and carriage in New York City. French for covered entrance or driveway, these under-appreciated, sentry-staffed shelters (which cars nearly drove to residential extinction) are accelerating back into Manhattan high life—ironically inspired [...]
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