Façade Alsacienne, Corps de Garde à Colmar
1874
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1874
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a half-timbered guardhouse in Colmar, France, its dark beams crisscrossing white walls under a steep roof. This building started as a town hall in 1575 but became a guardhouse instead. Braun lived nearby and photographed hundreds of Alsace landmarks, turning them into prints sold across Europe and North America. If you like old European buildings, look up *France* next—it’s full of them.
