23 Sep a collection of henry fuermann photographic images of frank lloyd wright’s midway gardens (1914-1929)

henry fuermann photographic images (scanned from a collection of negatives of original prints) of frank lloyd wright’s midway gardens (1914-1929), located at cottage grove at 60th street, chicago, il.

the images were taken shortly after midway gardens was completed in 1914.

several architectural elements (e.g., concrete sprites, geometric panels, urns, art glass, etc.) were salvaged during demolition by william j. newman and company in 1929.

newman himself took several sculptures and concrete panels to his his summer retreat at dawn manor in wisconsin dells.

olgivanna wright purchased full-figured sprites from madame helen raab (she purchased dawn manor from newman) and brought them to taliesin west, where they reside today.

images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bld. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2024.