a well-maintained 19th century (post-fire) two-story masonry or brick residence located at 851 w wolfram street in the lakeview neighborhood of chicago, will be reduced to rubble by the end of the week. the green fence was being erected at the time i arrived to...
a historically important, well-preserved buff colored terra cotta fragment from adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894) was added to the bldg. 51 museum collection this past week. the fragment represents george grant elmslie's (sullivan's chief draftsman) attempt at detailing ornament on his own...
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...
george maher’s patrick j. king house (1901), located at 3234 w. washington blvd., chicago, ills. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom...
burnham and root's william e. hale house (1885-86), located at 4545 s. drexel blvd., chicago, ills. hale was best known as an innovator in elevator technology. louis sullivan stated that hale, who developed hydraulic and electric elevators, was one of two men "responsible for the modern...
a sizeable collection of exceptionally rare 19th and early 20th century architectural books, catalogs, monographs and guidebooks was purchased for the bldg. 51 archive in late january, 2023. a few acquisition highlights that have been digitized at the time of this post are listed below. original...
an original louis h. sullivan-designed exterior residential carved wood fragment salvaged from adler and sullivan's morris selz house (1883) during its demolition in 1967 was recently acquired by the bldg. 51 museum collection. a total of four hand-carved painted pine wood framed floral panels...
after nearly five years, i finally found the time to carefully select and edit several images taken of h.h. richardson's austin hall (1881) during an exhaustive photographic survery of the building's elaborate polychromatic stonework. ...
the following images were taken during a recent trip to racine, wisc., where timothy j. samuelson and i had an afternoon to explore the city's unique architecture, from bryne and iannelli's st. patrick's church to cecil corwin's mitchell house. to my suprise, 19th century vernacular...
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 16 years). the newly acquired items for the month of JANUARY, 2023, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need...
photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's george blossom residence (1892), located at 4858 south kenwood ave, chicago, ills. To supplement his salary, Wright began taking on independent commissions in violation of his five-year contract with Louis Sullivan. Known as the “bootleg houses,” these early designs typically...
a photographic survey of treat and foltz's martin a. ryerson richardsonian romanesque residence (1887), located at 4851 s. drexel blvd., chicago, ills. images...
Date: 1894 Address: 3213 - 3219 Calumet Ave., Chicago, Illinois City: Chicago, IL Accessibility: private Category: Residential Restoration Status: interior gutted by fire in 1981 Robert Roloson commissioned Wright to remodel a group of four preexisting row houses in 1894. Concerned with ventilation, Wright devised a...
the bldg. 51 museum and archive amassed several historically important architectural fragments and objects, in addition to the evolving archive, consisting of period photographs, books, documents, drawings, blueprints, models, and other related materials that will prove invaluable to bolster the narratives of the museum's architectural...
William W. Winslow House: Date: 1893 Address: 515 Auvergne Place. River Forest, IL 60305 City: River Forest, IL Accessibility: Private Category: Residential ...
the bldg. 51 museum and archive recently purchased a critical mass of early richard nickel prints, with the majority dating to the 1950s, when nickel was a student at the institute of design (ID). the body of work includes, but not limited to, adler and...
demolition permit issued for bell avenue chicago 19th century brick workers cottage with completely intact bracketed pine wood cornice, lemont limestone keystones, and double arch attic window accentuated with fret-sawn spandrel. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 archive, and chicago...
note: the following links represent only a fraction of work accomplished in 2022. HENRY J. SCHLACKS ABADONED ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CHURCH (1895) IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR HIGHLIGHTS AND RECENT AQUSISTIONS FROM BLDG. 51 COLLECTION 1880S FIVE-STORY COMMERICAL BUILDING WITH COMBINATION LEMONT AND BEDFORD LIMESTONE FACADE...
claude and starck structures in baraboo, frank lloyd wright's a.d. german warehouse, and 19th century commerical buildings in la crosse, wisc. among the highlights of december 2022 road trip. ...
a demolition permit has been issued for the senseless eradication of an amazingly intact mid-1870's wood-framed chicago italianate style house located at 2240 n. burling. the two-story house retains the original dentiled wood cornice accentuated with oversized fret-sawn cornice brackets, window hoods with lightly incised...