new york-based harper’s weekly covers opening of chicago stock exchange building designed by adler and sullivan in 1894.

chicago stock exchange building (1894) as it appeared in the 1920’s.

the trading room as it appeared shortly after it was converted into the foreman bank in 1908 by architectural firm frost and granger. unidentified photographer.

rare “sullivanesque” cast plaster capital fragment from the frost and granger trading room remodel in 1908. property of john vinci.

original louis h. sullivan-designed 1894 cast brass double-arm sconces removed from the trading room in 1908 during foreman bank remodel.

collage assembled by richard nickel.

plaster and truss stencil shot in color by john vinci. the ornament had not been altered (exception being changing of lightbulbs ending in the depression) since installation in 1894.

trading room ornament was carefully extracted during the final months of 1971. richard nickel is standing in the foreground – on the floor that would later collapse and kill him months later.

lightly restored cast plaster frieze panel with centrally located monogram.

original (1894-1897) carbon filament light bulb recovered from a socket located above the art glass. most of the light bulbs recovered are in working condition.

original strongly geometric leaded art glass panel from the trading room’s balcony level. courtesy of the bldg. 51 museum.

the art glass windows were fabricated by healy and millet.

original stencil fragment from the trading room. courtesy of the bldg. 51 museum.

matching set of yale & towne window sash handles designed by louis h. sullivan. original bower-barff finish largely intact.

two original chicago stock exchange trading room incandescent carbon filament light bulbs dating to 1894-1897.

original brown brothers prismatic skylight glass tile.

important chicago trading room window sash fragment with original ornamental cast iron pull.

unaltered stencil fragment recovered by john vinci during salvage efforts in 1971.

stock exchange lightbulb with building name etched on glass. the labeling of lightbulbs during this time was used to discourage theft.

original scagliola fragment used to recreate the finish for the columns in the rebuilt trading room.

the fragment – like many others – were meticulously labeled by project architect john vinci.

image of a vini-kenny blueprint showing ornament recreated for the rebuilt trading room. in 1977.

john vinci image of a worker sanding the wood floors in the rebuilt trading room.

the rebuild chicago trading room shortly after it completed in 1977.