02 Jan 2024 highlights from the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains and the bldg. 51 archive
January 2, 2025
in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Press, Sales and Promotions, Salvages, Travel
note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2024 to end of year.
pabst mansion pavilion – a rare surviving relic of the 1893 columbian exposition on its way to be dismantled again
1902 henry l. newhouse-designed southside chicago greystone’s future uncertain after devastating fire
eric j. nordstrom’s memoir entitled afterlife: stories of salvaging ornament from historically important demolished 19th and early 20th century chicago-based buildings coming in 2025
bldg. 51 and urban remains secure large selection of emblematic and monogrammed hardware from historically important american buildings
several original important museum-quality stanley tigerman cased architectural presentation models join bldg. 51 collection
digitization of newly acquired massive kodachrome collection – spanning decades – devoted to chicago architecture in progress
exterior and interior photographic survey of pond and pond’s purdue memorial union (1924)
the athens on the prairie: photographing columbus, indiana
deconstruction of otto strack’s 1893 buff-colored terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion underway
central’s restoration work on adler and sullivan’s pilgrim baptist church (formerly kehilath anshe ma’ariv synagogue) well underway
previously unknown historically important chicago-based beardslee lighting company collection joins the bldg. 51 archive
a forgotten trailbazer built during the depression: a closer look at holabird and root’s streamlined style art deco 1931 a. o. smith research tower
demolition on the horizon: conrad siepp’s post-fire chicago italiante commerical building handed death sentence
threatened: jens j. jensen’s 1925 spanish baroque style pioneer arcade building terra cotta facade on pulaski
theodore karl’s 1872 conrad seipp post-fire chicago three-story commercial building (1872) undergoing demolition
urban remains and the bldg. 51 museum featured in the detroit news
exterior photographic survery of george w. maher’s adolf schmidt residence (1917-18) in edgewater
latest photographic images of 1893 world’s fair terra cotta pabst pavilion “deconstruction”
five months after the fire: revisiting willett and pashley’s 1892 edward morris house or swift mansion
herman von holst’s south side chicago comed station (1924) is now for sale despite repeated demolition attempts
beginning of the end: conrad seipp’s post chicago fire commerical building (1871-1872) undergoing demolition
current status of otto strack’s 1893 terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion
urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum extend its lease, eyes other locations in new york and abroad
otto strack-designed 1893 chicago columbian exposition pabst pavilionis going, going…
concern grows over fate of george c. nimmons’s 1905 prairie style sears adminstration building
purcell and elmslie’s dr. j.w.s. gallagher house (1913): a modest and overlooked prairie style house in winona
clean slate: deconstruction of otto strack’s 1893 terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion is complete
demolition of theodore karl’s 1872 conrad seipp post-fire chicago three-story commercial building (1872) is nearly complete
bldg. 51 museum gifted sizeable quantity of early 20th century multi-colored tantalum filament light bulbs salvaged from schiltz palm garden
photographic survey of purcell and feick’s prairie style stewart memorial presbyterian church (1910)
final chapter: theodore karl’s 1872 conrad seipp post-fire chicago three-story commercial building lives on in images and fragments
discovery of overlooked “wrightesque” 1928 debaliviere building in st. louis was highlight of recent trip
cobb’s chemical trust building condemned by city of st. louis
exterior terra cotta block and interior cast iron staircase baluster from holabird and roche’s 1895 marquette building join bldg. 51 museum collection
alfred s. alschuler’s western felt works and r.c. fletcher’s turner mfg. company faced with demolition
another post-fire building in downtown chicago faces demolition
distressing images of frank lloyd wright’s joseph jacob walser junior house (1903) creates cause for concern over its future
henry j. mcmullen’s chicago greystone built in 1900 for george nye, destroyed by fire
montgomery ward building tower (1929) and its crowning copper statue “the spirit of progress” being retored
exhaustive exterior photographic survey of louis sullivan’s van allen and company department store (1914)
photographing walter burley griffin joshua a. melson house or “the castle” in mason city, iowa
urban remains, bldg. 51 museum, and orlandi statuary join forces to fabricate a limited edition of midway gardens sprite heads
exceedingly rare 1873 merchants and manufacturers of chicago joins bldg. 51 archive and museum collection
interior detail photographic survey of frank lloyd wright’s 1893-94 william winslow house in river forest
