the exchange state bank (1910) was the first of three mower county (southern minnesota) bank buildings designed by the architectural firm of purcell, feick & elmslie (later purcell and elmslie). located on the corner of main street and grand avenue in the small town of...
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 iron electroliers (four in...
an original custom-designed, black enameled ornamental cast iron interior staircase baluster and newel post bottom endcap salvaged from edbrooke and burnham's mecca hotel or flats (1892) during its untimely demolition in 1952, joined the bldg. 51 museum and eric j. nordstrom collection this past week. ...
a detailed photographic survey of american terra cotta founder william d. gates's terra cotta house (jenney and mundie, 1893), located at 134 n. lincoln street, hinsdale, ills. conflicting accounts suggest the house was erected at the 1893 world's columbian exposition to showcase the company's terra...
it's been a little over three years since i last had a chance to carefully document in the interior of adler and sullivan's james charnley house (1891). when the staff at the society architectural historians (the society operates from the house), welcomed me back last...
recent images of abner pratt's italianate style honolulu house (1860), located at 107 n. kalamazoo avenue, marshall, michigan. not sure how the 1890s cast bronze "kelp" pattern doorbell (fabricated by yale & towne) landed there, but obviously not original. the entrance doorknob and backplate - made...
exterior images of the former chicago historical society building (1892) designed by chicago architect h.i. cobb. the historical society moved to the georgian-style facility (designed by graham, anderson, probst & white) in 1932. ...
exterior images of edward c. van leyen’s beax-arts style three-story brick and bedford limestone third precinct station (1896), located at 2200 hunt street, detroit, mich. ...
please don’t rip me out. recent photographic survey of the original, custom-designed copper-plated ornamental cast iron interior elevator doors, surrounds, cabs, up/down illuminated lanterns, and oversized push-button call boxes installed during the transformation of solon s. beman’s studebaker carriage depository building (1885) into the fine arts...
detroit's " cathedral of finance." interior and exterior images of wirt c. rowland’s 36-story mayan revival style guardian building (originally called the union trust building), located at 500 griswold street detroit, michigan. ...
the following american architectural ornament joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg. 51 museum in summer of 2023. captions will be provided when time permits. ...
stanford white in light and shadow. exterior photographs of sanford white's joseph medill residence (1891-93), located at 20 east burton place, chicago, ills. medill, who was a former mayor of chicago and founder of the chicago tribune, gifted the palatial house to his daughter elinor and her...
photographic survey of burnham and root's sidney kent house (1882-83), located at 2944 s. michigan avenue, chicago, ills. the john wellborn root-designed terra cotta was executed by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills. burnham and root designed and built the stately michighan avenue mansion (one of...
latest images of 24-story victor lawson memorial building (perkins, chatten & hammond, 1931) bedford limestone facade restoration. the victor f. lawson house is a historic former ymca building located at 30 w. chicago avenue, chicago, illinois. the building was built in 1931 for the ymca of metropolitan chicago, which was established in...
carved braggville pink granite, braggville, mass., executed by evans and tomb. john j. glessner house (1887), henry hobson richardson, architect. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom...
a photographic survey of the harvey ellis-designed j.b. moss house (1889), central police station (1890), and german-american bank building (1889), conducted on a truncated visit to st. jospeh, mo., in the winter of 2023. i've included several images of eckel and mann's c.d. smith drug...
historically important terra cotta fragments salvaged from adler and sullivan's troescher building (1884-1979) and chicago stock exchange (1894-1972) were added to the bldg. 51 museum collection over the weekend. troescher building (1884): adler and sullivan's 1884-85 troescher building was commissioned by anton f. troescher, a new york-based...
exceedingly rare original and intact fisher building (burnham and atwood, 1896) dedication booklet joins bldg. 51 museum and archive. the highly informative and profusely illustrated booklet is a must for historic building material wonks. plus, it provides an exceptional overview of a typical 19th century american...
a demolition permit for the fred w. morgan residence (1895?) will likely send the turreted three-story brick house - punctuated with bedford arches and columns and ornamented zinc dormers - into a landfill by end of summer. ...
images of a little-known louis h. sullivan-designed cast bronze and granite base supporting the statue of john m. palmer, a civil war general, illinois governor and 1896 presidential candidate, executed by sculptor leonard crunelle in 1921. together with granite...