30 Dec highlights from the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains and the bldg. 51 archive in 2022
note: the following links represent only a fraction of work accomplished in 2022.
HENRY J. SCHLACKS ABADONED ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CHURCH (1895) IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
HIGHLIGHTS AND RECENT AQUSISTIONS FROM BLDG. 51 COLLECTION
1880S FIVE-STORY COMMERICAL BUILDING WITH COMBINATION LEMONT AND BEDFORD LIMESTONE FACADE FACES WRECKING BALL
CAREFULLY CURATED COLLECTION OF EARLY CHICAGO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSEUM.
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN’S HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION BANK (1914) LOCATED IN NEWARK, NJ.
DETAILED VISUAL SURVEY OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN’S PEOPLE’S SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION BANK BUILDING (1917) EXTERIOR ORNAMENT
TREAT AND FOLTZ-DESIGNED ORNAMENTAL CAST IRON COLUMN FRAGMENT FROM E.G. RAYMOND STORE AND FLAT BUILDING (1884) ADDED TO BLDG. 51 COLLECTION
WITH THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT, THE TYLER AND HIPPACH MIRROR COMPANY FACTORY INCHES CLOSER TO OBLIVION
VISUALLY DISTINCTIVE 19TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON CLYBOURN QUICKLY DISAPPEARING
LOUIS SULLIVAN’S FAMERS’ AND MERCHANTS’ BANK BUILDING (1919) REVISITED IN 2022
VISUAL SURVEY OF FREDERICK PABST MANSION’S BUFF-COLORED EXTERIOR TERRA COTTA DESIGNED BY GEORGE FERRY
FORMER F. HYMAN & COMPANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING (1884) WITH NOTEWORTHY FAÇADE REDUCED TO RUBBLE
ADDITIONAL ORNAMENTAL TERRA COTTA SALVAGED FROM OTTO STRACK-DESIGNED PABST PAVILLION (1893) JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION
ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT DEPOSITED DURING DEPRESSION AROUND LONGTIME CHICAGO WRECKER’S LAKE DELTON SUMMER HOME REDISCOVERED
A CLOSER LOOK AT ALFONSO IANNELLI’S DISTINCTIVE ORNAMENT ADORNING PARK RIDGE’S 1928 PICKWICK THEATER
EXTERIOR VIEWS OF BARRY BYRNE AND ALFONSO IANNELLI’S ST. PATRICK’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RACINE, WISC.
ORIGINAL AND RECREATED EXTERIOR ORNAMENT FROM GEORGE H. JOHNSON’S IRON BLOCK BUILDING JOINS BLDG. 51 BUILDING FRAGMENT COLLECTION
PICTORIAL SURVEY OF SCHOENHOFEN BREWING COMPANY POWERHOUSE’S STRONGLY GEOMETRIC BRICK AND LIMESTONE EXTERIOR
SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (1890) SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE
LOUIS H. SULLIVAN-DESIGNED ELI B. FELSENTHAL STORE AND FLATS TERRA COTTA CORNICE BLOCKS ADDED TO BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION
VISUAL RECORD OF HARVEY ELLIS-DESIGNED MABEL TAINTER MEMORIAL BUILDING’S EXTERIOR CARVED SANDSTONE ORNAMENT
1880S BRICK AND LIMESTONE WORKER’S COTTAGE LOCATED IN WEST TOWN REDUCED TO RUBBLE LAST WEEK
URBAN REMAINS AND BLDG. 51 MUSEUM JOIN FORCES TO OPEN WEST TOWN SHOWROOM IN SPRING OF 2022
ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (1890) REDUCED TO RUBBLE AFTER DEVASTATING FIRE
URBAN REMAINS SALVAGES WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN’S “SOLID ROCK HOUSE” SHORTLY BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL ARTIFACTS SALVAGED FROM WILLIAM F. TEMPEL HOUSE (1911-1919) JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSUEM COLLECTION
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF BARRY BYRNE AND ALFONSO IANNELLI’S ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL (1916-1923)
WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN’S “SOLID ROCK HOUSE” REDUCED TO SOLID RUBBLE IN A MATTER OF DAYS.
DEMOLITION OF WILLIAM J. CASSIDY TIRE BUILDING (1902) NEARLY COMPLETE
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF HARVEY ELLIS-DESIGNED RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE WASHINGTON TERRACE TOWER AND GATEHOUSE (1894)
A CLOSER LOOK AT ST LOUIS’S COMPTON HILL STANDPIPE WATER TOWER (1898) DESIGNED BY HARVEY ELLIS
DIGITATION OF BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE’S ODIN J. OYEN COLLECTION TO BE COMPLETED BY END OF 2022
BLDG. 51 BUILDING ARTIFACT MUSEUM ACQUIRES MASSIVE CHARLES COOLIDGE-DESIGNED FISK GENERATING STATION (1903) WALL SCONCE
REVISITING ADLER AND SULLIVAN’S 1891 WAINWRIGHT BUILDING DURING 2022 ST. LOUIS FIELD TRIP
IMPORTANT JOHN EDELMANN-DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL CARVED WOOD BUILDING ORNAMENT JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSUEM ARCHIVE
DIGITIZATION OF WEARY AND ALFORD-DESIGNED NOEL STATE BANK BUILDING BLUEPRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND CONTRACTS UNDERWAY
DRIEHAUS MUSEUM’S “CAPTURING LOUIS SULLIVAN: WHAT RICHARD NICKEL SAW” EXHIBIT NOW OPEN
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL BUILDING TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT HOUSED IN THE BLDG. 51 MUSEUM COLLECTION
HY BIERMANN STORE AND FLATS BUILDING’S EXTERIOR TERRA COTTA AND STONE ORNAMENT SENSELESSLY PAINTED
EDWARD UIHLEIN’S SCHILTZ-TIED QUEEN ANNE STYLE COMMERICAL BUILDING AND FLATS THREATENED (AGAIN) FROM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND ABANDONMENT
RECONSTRUCTING THE GARRICK: ADLER & SULLIVAN’S LOST MASTERPIECE WINS PRESTIGIOUS 2022 ALICE AWARD
OVER 15 YEARS OF URBAN REMAINS, ERIC J. NORDSTROM AND BLDG. 51 MUSUEM IN PHOTOS
CHICAGO SKYLINE IN TERRA COTTA: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE UNUSUAL FACADE OF THE KIRCHBAUM BUILDING (1922)
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHICAGO COMMERICAL BUILDING HARDWARE HOUSED IN THE BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF FABER AND PAGEL’S THALIA HALL (1892) BEDFORD LIMESTONE EXTERIOR
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN’S BRICK AND STONE CORNELL STORE AND FLATS (1908)
URBAN REMAINS AND BLDG. 51 MUSEUM GRAND OPENING SET FOR EARLY NOVEMBER 2022
THREE WELL-MAINTAINED 19TH CENTURY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IN LINCOLN PARK TO BE DEMOLISHED
2022 PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEW YORK CITY COMMERCIAL BUILDING FACADES
ANOTHER POST-FIRE DOWNTOWN CHICAGO BUILDING WITH ARCHTOP WINDOWS AND LEMONT KEYSTONES UNDERGOING DEMOLITION
NEW YORK ART DECO: GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING, CHANIN, CHRYSLER, AND GRAYBAR BUILDINGS
REVISITING LOUIS H. SULLIVAN’S BAYARD-CONDICT BUILDING (1899) IN 2022
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN’S HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (1903)
NEW URBAN REMAINS CHICAGO NEWSLETTER LAUNCHED THIS WEEK
CLAUDE AND STARCK’S ISLAND WOOLEN COMPANY OFFICE BUILDING (1917)
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DOORKNOB AND WINDOW SASH PULL FROM THE OFFICE OF ADLER AND SULLIVAN JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE
DETAILED SURVEY OF THE SULLIVANESQUE STYLE TOMAH PUBLIC LIBRARY DESIGNED IN 1915 BY ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF CLAUDE AND STARCK
