16 Jan

Posted at 16:05h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) are provided below. the ever-expanding photo-documentation project focuses on systematically recording any and all architectural ornament located on historically important 19th and early 20th century extant buildings located in downtown chicago and surrounding...

15 Jan

Posted at 14:56h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, Salvages by

posted july 11, 2014: before i begin what will likely be a series of posts revolving around the salvage of this pre-fire residence, i wanted to present a few images taken while i was exploring the attic space that was constructed during the early 1860's, when...

04 Jan

Posted at 16:08h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

2024-2025 photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) are provided below. the ever-expanding photo-documentation project (over 500,000 images) focuses on systematically recording any and all architectural ornament located on historically important 19th and early 20th century extant buildings located in downtown...

03 Jan

Posted at 17:05h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the bldg. 51 archive and museum recently acquired the only known frank lloyd wright-designed fragments salvaged from adler and sullivan's victoria hotel (1892) during its demolition in 1961. the following images were taken by richard nickel in early 1961 of adler & sullivan's victoria hotel...

02 Jan

Posted at 17:27h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Press, Sales and Promotions, Salvages, Travel by

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...

16 Dec

Posted at 17:18h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

the following photographic images offer a closer look at architectural elements and ornament found throughout the interior of frank lloyd wright's william winslow house (1894). focal points include, but not limited to, the leaded glass windows, copper-plated cast iron wall sconces, and hand-carved quarter-sawn oak...

05 Dec

Posted at 18:24h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

latest acquisition. rare 1909 chicago athletic association building "cherry circle" 19th anniversary gilt edge hardbound special issue (given to officers and club members only) with silver gelatin photographic image of club member charles ffrench (president, director, and manager of the iron and steel publishing company)...

29 Nov

Posted at 16:36h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

rebuilt chicago in 1873: illustrated. scanned pages (including cover and advertisements) from a recently found and exceptionally rare oversized hardbound book entitled "the merchants and manufacturers of chicago : being a complete history of our mercantile and manufacturing interests, and their progress since the fire :...

26 Nov

Posted at 15:55h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

out with hoyt, in with london guaranty. original photographic images of the post-fire william hoyt building (1872), located at southwest corner of north michigan and east wacker drive. note the massive 15 x 6 marble fort dearborn memorial plaque or tablet built into the wall of the...

18 Nov

Posted at 04:34h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

eric j. nordstrom, through his bldg. 51 archive and museum, has been consumed with a project attempting to bridge various local archives in a unified manner, that for the time-being, is translated in the following images accompanied with brief descriptions or narratives identifying the historical...

15 Nov

Posted at 18:06h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, New Acquisitions, New Products by

urban remains and the bldg. 51 musuem are pleased to offer full-scale frank lloyd wright and alfonso iannelli-designed "sprite" or "spindle" heads that were cast from a mold made from a documented original fragmented full-figured sprite undergoing restoration. the limited edition "spindle" head sculptures were...

15 Nov

Posted at 16:11h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

recent photographic images of frank lloyd wright's a.d. german warehouse (1914), located at 300 south church street, richland center, wi. it was the only building wright ever designed in the town he was born. the warehouse was built between 1917-1920 for local businessman albert dell german of...

13 Nov

Posted at 16:46h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

early photographic print (note hand-applied retouching) made from william shaw's original glass negative of w.d. kerfoot realty company building (october 1871-june 1872), located at 89 west washington street, chicago, il. the 12 by 16 foot "shanty of boards" was said to be the first "building" erected...

13 Nov

Posted at 15:30h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

fall 2024 exterior images of kees and colburn's 9-story deere and webber company warehouse (1910), located at 800 n. washington avenue, minneapolis, mn. the cream-colored speckled finish sullivanesque terra cotta was fabricated by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. ...

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