H.H. Richardson and the American Romanesque

Henry Hobson Richardson (1834-1886) was one of America's great architects and the leading New World expositor of one of my favorite styles, neo-romanesque. So closely was he associated with the style that it is often called the Richardsonian Romanesque.

I'm focusing today on two buildings: Trinity Church in Boston and Austin Hall at Harvard. Trinity Church was built in 1872-1877.

Trinity details.

Austin Hall was built in 1882-1884. The overall form is pretty pedestrian. 

But the details are amazing.

Please, architects, bring this sort of thing back.