29 Dec bldg. 51 museum gifted historically-important terra cotta figural loggia corner panel from clinton j. warren’s lexington hotel
original lexington hotel (clinton j. warren, 1892) red glazed figural terra cotta loggia corner panel fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills.
the identity of the face is not known.
if you look closely, you can see the corner panel in john vinci’s kodachrome slides of lexington hotel loggia taken shortly before its demolition in 1996 by national wrecking.
the neoclassical style hotel lexington building was designed by chicago architect clinton j. warren in 1891-92. in a four-year span (from 1889 to 1893), warren designed the congress hotel, the leander mccormick apartments, the metropole hotel, the plaza hotel, and the lexington. with the exception of the congress hotel, the other buildings have been demolished.
courtesy of john vinci and bldg. 51 archive.
