restlessness. chicago buildings are tinkered and toyed with on any given day. and some are just wiped away altogether. tracking and photographically capturing the madness of it all is unbelievably exhausting on both mind and body. very few want to proactively be a witness to...
exterior photographic images - taken in october of 2024 - of walter burley griffin's joshua g. melson house (1912-1914), located at 56 river heights drive, mason city, iowa. the two-story house (also known as "the castle") is comprised mainly of rough-faced limestone, quarried from the site...
merchants national bank in fall of 2024. george grant elmslie's richly colored exterior glazed terra cotta adorning the facade of merchants national bank (1912) located at 102 east third street, winona, mn. the early 20th century bank building was designed by the architectural firm of purcell, feick,...
owatonna in october of 2024. interior and exterior images of louis h. sullivan's national famer's bank (1908), located at 101 n. cedar avenue, owatonna, mn. the richly colored stencils, plaster, art glass, etc., were designed by l.h. sullivan, l. millet and g.g. elmslie. the oversized ornamental cast...
exterior photographic survey of walter burley griffin's reinforced concrete and rusticated limestone james blythe house (1913-14), located at 431 first street se., rock crest-rock glen, mason city, ia. the blythe house is the third house in rock glen and second of three houses commissioned by...
images of frank lloyd wright's taliesin (1911-1959) located at 5607 county road c, spring green, wisc. i included additional images of midway barn (1952), romeo and juliet windmill (1897), surrounding landscape, and joseph lyman silsbee's shingle style unity chapel (1886) and graveyard, located at 6596...
completed photographic study of louis h. sullivan's peoples savings bank (1911) located at 101 3rd avenue, s.w., cedar rapids, ia. i hope to hop on a plane next month to spend a few days photographing william l. steele and purcell and elmslie's 1918 woodbury county courthouse. ...
recent images - taken while visiting grinnell - of the walter burley and marion mahoney griffin prairie style benjamin t. ricker house (1911-12), located at 1510 broad street, grinnell, ia. [caption id="attachment_90336" align="alignleft" width="1365"] GCAC THU_JUN 2002.34[/caption] Benjamin J. Ricker Residence, Grinnell, Iowa 1911 (house designed by...
images of louis sullivan's merchant's national bank (1914), located at 833 4th avenue, grinnell, ia. the winged lions are comprised of gold patinated cast bronze. the originals, comprised of terra cotta, were smashed by vandals. one lies in pieces in a display case within the bank....
documenting van allen is finally finished. photographic survey of louis h. sullivan's four-story van allen and company department store (1912-14) located at 226 4th ave south, clinton, ia. to achieve a rhythmic balance, sullivan designed false dividers on the main facade to make the width of the...
photographic images (taken last week) of ladehoff and sohn's schall-hutchinson brick and terra cotta candy or confectionary company, located at 501 north second street, clinton iowa. the sullivanesque style polychromed glazed terra cotta was likely fabricated by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, il. the 70...
exterior images of harry a. harbeck's sullivanesque style iowa savings bank (1914), located at 122 main avenue, clinton, ia. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved....
partially completed photographic study (east elevation only) of louis h. sullivan's peoples savings bank (1911) located at 101 3rd avenue, s.w., cedar rapids, ia. peoples savings was the second of sullivan's "jewel boxes" built in small towns across the midwest. the bank was the last commission...
very much a work in progress. images of louis sullivan's merchant's national bank (1914), located at 833 4th avenue, grinnell, ia. the winged lions are comprised of gold patinated cast bronze. the originals, comprised of terra cotta, were smashed by vandals. one lies in pieces in a...
exterior terra cotta photographic survey of holabird and roche's marquette building, located at 140 south dearborn street, chicago, il. the 17-story terra cotta-clad building was designed by holabird and roche in 1895, with an addition - also by holabird and roche - completed in 1905-06. the...
recent images of montgomery ward building tower (1929), located at 619 west chicago avenue, chicago, il. the 12-story reinforced concrete montgomery ward administration building tower with gilded copper statue known as “the spirit of progress,” was designed by engineer william h. mccaully (who also served as...
a rare and historically important skidmore, owings, and merrill-designed stainless steel chicago architectural landmarks building plaque fabricated for william le baron jenney's non-extant leiter building joined the bldg. 51 museum collection late last week. there are now over 20 landmark plaques from buildings across the...
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...
photographic images of the post-fire edward k. rogers commercial block (436 north clark street), designed in 1872 by architect wm. w. boyington. it's only one of a few known extant chicago buildings that showcases widespread use of ornamental "gray body" terra cotta on its facade. the custom-designed...
destroyed by fire. before and after images of henry j. mcmullen's two-story chicago greystone (1900), located at 3442 west jackson blvd., chicago, il. the turn-of-the-century house with distinctive and heavily ornamented bedford limestone facade, was built in 1900 for chicago george e. nye, owner of nye steam...