22 Jul richard bocks’s boulders and storks at frank lloyd wright’s oak park home and studio (1889)
bock's boulders and storks on frank lloyd wright home and studio (1889). images courtesy of eric j....
21 Jul greenville university’s richard bock sculpture museum filled with frank lloyd wright ornament and ephemera
photos from our visit to richard w. bock sculpture museum, located at 315 e. college avenue, greenville, ills. sharon grimes, who's the current director of the museum and expert on bock, provided us with a deeply informative tour of the exhibits, carefully arranged on two floors...
19 Jul museum-quality susan lawrence dana house (1902-1904) exterior “sumac” cast plaster frieze panel joins eric j. nordstrom collection/bldg. 51 museum
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original museum quality 1902 ornamented painted cast plaster "sumac pattern" exterior frieze fragment removed from frank lloyd wright's susan lawrence dana house in 1979 shortly before restoration commenced. the replacement panels consist of a vinyl-coated plywood. the restoration involved the recasting of the original frieze...
19 Jul critical mass of salvaged chicago architectural artifacts on permanent display at st. louis’s city museum
a critical mass of salvaged chicago architectural ornament is on permanent display at city museum, located at 750 north 16th street, st. louis, mo. ...
18 Jul theodore link’s richardsonian romanesque style bedford limestone st. louis union station revisited in 2023
exterior images of theodore link's gargantuan romanesque style union station headhouse (1894), located at 1820 market street, st. louis, mo. the station's distinctive interior and exterior design program was handled by edmund cameron, who worked for h.h. richardson, where he oversaw construction of richardson's glessner house...
17 Jul photographic study of adler and sullivan’s 10-story wainwright building (1891) exterior terra cotta and sandstone ornament
detailed images of adler and sullivan's 10-story wainwright building (1891), located at 709 chestnut street, st. louis, mo. the first two floors are faced with reddish-brown sandstone quarried from michigan. the red slip terra cotta was executed by the winkle terra cotta company, st. louis, mo. ...
16 Jul detailed look at frank lloyd wright’s dana-thomas house (1902) in summer of 2023
exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's susan lawrence dana house (1902), located at 301 e. lawrence avenue, springfield, ills. ...
14 Jul cobb’s richly ornamented red slip terra cotta-clad 17-story chemical building: a decedant of holabird and roche’s tacoma building
images of henry ives cobb’s 17-story chemical building (1896), located on the ne corner of 8th and olive streets, st. louis. mo. the building’s annex was designed by st. louis-based firm of mauran, russell, and garden in 1903. ...
09 Jul the house of william d. gates, founder of the american terra cotta and ceramic company
exterior and interior images of the william d. gates retirement home (1927), located in crystal lake, ills. gates was the founder and president of the american terra cotta and ceramics company, establishjed in 1887. early 20th century terra cotta and tile fabricated by gates's company located nearby,...
07 Jul detailed exterior survey of william le baron jenney’s 1886 church of the redeemer
exterior images of william le baron jenney’s romanesque style church of the redeemer (1886). the ornamental unglazed terra cotta was fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta works, chicago, ills. the richly colored stained glass windows were made by chicago-based mccully and miles. ...
06 Jul a look back at driehaus museum’s “capture louis sullivan: what richard nickel saw” exhibit
the following images were taken shortly before the richard nickel exhibit closed in the spring of 2023. ...
05 Jul latest urban remains acquisitions for july of 2023
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the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest american architectural artifacts added to the ever-expanding urban remains virtual catalog (over 75,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 17 years). the newly acquired items for the month of JULY, 2023, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if...
26 Jun photographic study of solon spencer beman’s batavian bank building (1888) exterior bedford limestone facade and ornament
solon s. spencer's richardsonian romanesque style 4-story bedford limestone bank building (1888) was built for gysbert van steenwyk, a dutch native who settled in la crosse after immigrating to milwaukee. a major remodeling in 1927 moved the entry from the center of the building to the...
24 Jun joseph lyman silsbee’s unity chapel and surrounding graveyard
joseph lyman Silsbee was commissioned by frank lloyd wright’s uncle, jenkin lloyd jones, to design unity chapel in spring green, wisconsin. wright assisted with the design of the small shingle chapel, completed in 1886. images of the wood-framed shingle style chapel, incised stone gate posts and...
24 Jun largely forgotten 1884 american house hotel in mineapolis’s warehouse district being converted into a boutique hotel
photographic survey of the 1884 american house hotel (converted to commutator foundry in 1910), located at 125 1st street north, minneapolis, mn. i've been documenting this building since 1999, when it was mostly abandoned, neglected, and falling to pieces (the worst of it was in...
22 Jun latest important american architectural artifacts and ornament added to bldg. 51 museum in june of 2023
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the following american architectural ornament joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg. 51 museum in the month of june 2023. captions will be provided when time permits. ...
21 Jun revisiting kees and colburn’s sullivanesque style deere and webber company warehouse in 2023
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. ...
20 Jun a closer look at george maher’s egyptian revival winona savings bank building (1916)
interior and exterior images of george maher’s egyptian revival winona savings bank building (1916), located at 204 main street, winona, mn. the granite bank building was built between 1914-16 by the haglin-stahr company, located in minneapolis, mn. tiffany executed the maher-designed art glass windows and ornamental...
17 Jun 2023 terra cotta facade restoration in progress on kees and colburn’s sullivanesque style grain exchange building
2023 photographic survey of kees and colburn’s sullivanesque style 10-story grain exchange building, located at 400 s. 4th St, minneapolis, mn. the minneapolis grain exchange building was constructed between 1900 and 1902 by minneapolis architectural firm of kees and colburn. the buff-colored terra cotta ornament was...