Pippi Longstocking House Photo

Photographer’s Note

This house was used in the 1988 children's movie The Adventures of Pippi Longstockings. This house is located in the "Old Town" area of Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Old Town was originally settled by Timucuan Indians, who probably chose it because of its high and dry location along the Amelia River and its fertile soil. Later, the Spanish recognized these attributes as well as its defensible position in the western Atlantic, and because it was close to the gold route from South America to Spain. Old Town was platted by the Spanish in 1811 – the last town platted to the ‘Laws of the Indies’ in the Western hemisphere. Four other US cities were platted to the Laws of the Indies; they are (in alphabetical order) Albuquerque NM, Laredo TX, Santa Fe NM, and Tucson AZ *. The original grid – encompassing some 26 blocks – remains to this day, although some has been lost to erosion by the river and other by the routing of the ‘14th Street extension’ through it. Included in the original plat was the Plaza de la Constitution (Plaza San Carlos) which occupies a full block of green space overlooking the Amelia River and is now administered by nearby Fort Clinch State Park; two blocks are included in the historic Bosque Bello Cemetery. Old Town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

claudeD, snunney, jlbrthnn, Jean-Luc, Cretense, feather, saxo042, gunbud, Budapestman, Tort, gildasjan, meltemi, PerR, Greg1949, lucasgalodoido, xuaxo, PixelTerror, emjleclercq has marked this note useful

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snunney (29681) 2007-10-25 4:47

Hello Asa,
A good capture of this imposing timber house surrounded by trees, which make a nice contrast with the white paintwork. Very good sharpness and colours. Just a pity for the overhead wires.

UnTrained (0) 2007-10-25 6:34

Hi Asa,
nice white house under that blue sky. Good POV to take it a bit diagonal and the wooden structure is excellent visible. I like the colours with that white within.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jlbrthnn (31807) 2007-10-25 6:40

Hello Asa,
I did not see film where this house is seen and now it is too late, I do not have any more the age:) It is a beautiful photography carried out very well. The note is it also, very interesting.
Have a good evening.
Cordially.
Joel

batalay (19188) 2007-10-25 16:16

Hello Asa,

Very good perspective on the house of "Pipi Longstocking." The pristine white of the house stands in dramatic contrast to the deep blue of the sky.

Warm regards from Virginia,

Bulent

jplebrun (14678) 2007-10-25 16:28

Hi Asa
belle composition de cette vieille maison blanche dans ce ciel bleu bien cadré entre les arbres, bien vu.
Salutations
Jean-Pierre

Jean-Luc (5488) 2007-10-26 2:27

Bonjour Asa,
Quelle splendide architecture dont les belles couleurs contrastent avec ce ciel d'un bleu profond!
Je ne connais pas le film "The Adventures of Pippi Longstockings" mais comme décor cinématographique c'est une réussite.
Amicalement
Jean-Luc

Cretense (49832) 2007-10-26 5:03

Hi Asa!

Excellent architecture photo with simple but great composition and nice diagonal perspective. The light managment is perfect and the colours brilliant. Congratulations!

Hercules

feather (46273) 2007-10-26 7:52

The house is beautiful. The light and colours are good. I like the way you framed the image with the palm on the right. Well done
Kath

saxo042 (12172) 2007-10-27 8:08

Hi Asa,
My mother read the first book about Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump) when I was about 4-5 years old and this is exactly how I imagined her house, Villa Villerkulla. This is a very fine photo and the composition is also great. Guess you can´t avoid wires...
Regards
Gunnar

lisadang (496) 2007-10-27 19:22

It's beautiful house in the OLD TOWN, great shot.

gunbud (25481) 2007-10-27 19:47

Hi Asa,
Excellent capture of this ornate old southern home with its beautiful gables reaching to the vivid blue sky that contrast wonderfully with the white wooden beauty. The plam tree and freshly painted picket fence are two additional elements to this fine photo.
Regards, Tom

Budapestman (36662) 2007-10-28 3:18

Hi Asa,
I like this white house and the environment is picturesque. Colours and lights are amazing, clarity is superb. POV is very attractive, Well done! Have a nice sunday
George

wkraj (1266) 2007-10-28 4:30

At me today also a house. Nice composition against a background of blue and green. He appeals to me.
I am greeting

Tort (2266) 2007-10-28 5:57

Hi Asa,
A good capture of this interesting architecture with pleasing light and excellent colors. Very good sharpness.
Best regards
Juan Tort

gildasjan (20953) 2007-10-29 1:48

Bonjour Asa
Une bien belle demeure sous ce ciel bleu profond.L'atmosphère est claire et la photo ressort bien nette.
Du beau travail.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

clnaef (6289) 2007-10-31 0:30

Bonjour,
Une belle maison dans laquelle il doit bon vivre.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

meltemi (9646) 2007-11-07 0:17

Hello Asa,
the charm and the harmony of an old character masonry. Framing is very well carried out to show this house under a beautiful sky and a very pleasant light. I like this kind of photograph. Superlative note.
Have an excellent day.
Stella

PerR (1469) 2007-11-07 13:04

Hello Asa
I didn't know there was a movie about Pippi made in the US! This is a great looking house and could have been Pippi's if... it was yellow instead of white and if... it hadn't been in such perfect condition and if... there had been a 'soda tree' instead of that palm tree.
Anyway a very nice, sharp photo with great light and colours.
Maybe the electric wires could have been cloned out.

Regards
Per

jurek1951 (22153) 2007-11-09 9:10

Hi Asa,
Excellent colours of the house against lovely blue sky.
The shot composition looks very good.
Georg

Greg1949 (7685) 2007-11-09 18:31

Nice shot Asa, great note too. The detail in the house and the white not being too hot are excellent, well seen and captured.

Greg

lucasgalodoido (14231) 2007-11-10 1:43

Hi Asa!
Very interesnting house of wood, in my regions don´t have... The colors are great and good sharpen too!
Congratulations and Hug!

xuaxo (4759) 2007-11-12 13:01

Hi Asa,
very beautiful view of that historic place.
Regards,
F

PixelTerror (81500) 2007-11-16 1:17

Hi Asa,
Nice old house with style, the exposure is top notch here to deliver brilliant highlights and good contrasts, it would not be a big task to get rid of the wires.
Have a nice day JY

MarianneS (13052) 2007-11-18 14:21

Hello Asa. Wonderful picture with very vivid colours.I like the contrast between this deeply blue sky and the white house. The sharpness is so good that we can enjoy a lot of details. TFS

mrcrow (3985) 2007-11-19 0:49

a classic shot of a classic timber design house..
clean lines and a brilliant sky
good composition with the palm and posts balancing the shot.
note is very interesting and tells me there is more to the settlement of the americas than one really understands
cheers
geof

isade1975 (3315) 2007-11-19 11:26

Hello Asa,
Very lovely house, nice contrast with the blue sky, a very nice shot ! I also like the touch of exotism brought by the palm tree.
TFS,
Isabelle

claudeD (9800) 2007-11-30 12:01

Hello Asa,

thank you for your usefull and detailed note.I like this picture very much.Only critic, the wires...but you can not make them disappear!

With regards rom Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

emjleclercq (13469) 2008-01-05 23:39

Interesting old fashioned house, but I should tell you to I was more allured by the title, and had to thinks sometimes before identifying the character, who I believe is this extra strong litle gilr with red hairs. Her French name is "Fifi Brindacier"...

All the best,

Emmanuel

BWJ (1697) 2008-06-04 6:54

Hi Asa,
Excellent picture! Colors, sharpness, composition - all eye catching. I love the story of Pipe Longstocking and have read it many times to young children in my classes. What an interesting note too.
Betty