Iranistan was a Moorish Revival mansion in Bridgeport, Connecticut commissioned by P. T. Barnum in 1848. It was designed by Bohemian-American architect Leopold Eidlitz. At this "beautiful country seat
Iranistan, Residence of P.T. Barnum, 1848
Leopold Eidlitz was an American architect of Czech-Jewish origin. He was based in the New York state. He is best known for his work on the New York State Capitol, as well as for major 19th-century com
Iranistan
…Iranistan was a Moorish Revival mansion in Bridgeport, Connecticut commissioned by P. T. Barnum in 1848. It was designed by Bohemian-American architect Leopold Eidlitz. At this "beautiful country seat" Barnum played host to such famous contemporaries as the Hutchinson Family Singers, Matthew Arnold, George Armstrong…
Portrait in Architectural Record (1908)
"Iranistan", home of P. T. Barnum, built in 1848 near Bridgeport, Connecticut
St. George's Episcopal Church on Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, New York City. Eidlitz designed the interior, and supervised its reconstruction in 1865 after a fire.