detail photographic survey of george grant elmslie's four story prairie style keystone commercial building (1922), located at 30 south stolp avenue, aurora, il. ...
exterior photographic survey of claude and starck's prairie style flagg-rochelle carnegie public library district building (1912), located at northeast corner of 7th street at 4th avenue, rochelle, il. ...
exterior photogrpahic images of frank lloyd wright's stephen a. foster residence (1900), located at 12147 south harvard, chicago, il. images were taken in the winter of 2023 and summer of 2025. the house was designed in 1900 by frank lloyd wright as a summer home...
amazingly intact 1902-03 george grant elmslie-designed fret-sawn mahogany wood screen panel located in schlesinger and mayer building (1899, louis h. sullivan, architect) third floor women's lounge and writing room. the richly ornamented woodwork was executed by the edmunds mfg. co., chicago, il. additional panels - on...
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...
john wellborn root-designed anderson pressed block salvaged from burnham and root's 1885 edwin e. ayer residence during demolition in 1966: museum-quality original 1899 western book methodist concern building terra cotta panel designed by kristian schneider and harry b. wheelock: exceptional...
signs of life. recent images of fire-damaged edward morris house or swift mansion (1892, willett and pashley, architects), located at 4500 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive....
detail photographic images of louis h. sullivan's holy trinity orthodox cathedral (1903) taken august 12, 2025. the last time i documented the exterior and it's ornament was nearly three years ago. ...
the urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum (housed and periodically on display in river north, west town, and fulton market) will continue calling 1820 west grand avenue home for the forseeable future. the number of acquisitions in 2024 has grown considerably in 2025 -...
a collection of richard nickel salvage and demolition images (many pulled from contact sheets) of adler and sullivan's 1894 chicago stock exchange building, located at 33 north lasalle street, chicago, il. the lasalle street terra cotta arch, three large sections of the cornice, and several columns...
"and now the cornerstone." rare original and intact staple-bound booklet made for the cornerstone laying ceremony for holabird and root's 44-story art deco style chicago board of trade building (1930) located at 141 west jackson boulevard, chicago, il. the booklet contains a page devoted...
exhaustive exterior photographic survey of purcell, feick, and elmslie's two-story first national bank (1911), located 8 west davenport street. rhinelander, wisc. the building is comprised of lake superior sandstone, wire-cut "tapestry" brick and elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament. original varnished oak woodwork from the arcade and art glass...
recent photographic survey of historically important architectural ornament salvaged from 19th and early 20th century city of chicago commerical buildings on display in the graham foundation's outdoor courtyard (formerly known as the albert f. madlener house (schmidt, garden, and martin, architects) located at 4 west...
up close and personal. a recent photographic survey of otto strack's german renaissance style pabst theater (1895), located at 144 east wells street, milwaukee, wisc. ...
exterior restoration well underway on the flemish renaissance revival-style frederick pabst mansion (george ferry, architect, 1892) located at 2000 west wisconsin avenue, milwaukee, wisc. both the original buff-colored slip glaze ornamental terra cotta (executed by the northwestern terra cotta company of chicago) and...
william j. newman's gothic style sandstone summer cottage (1855) was carefully and systematically deconstructed and transported to nearby wisconsin dells, where it was rebuilt at 413 south burritt avenue as a restaurant, bar, and speakeasy. thankfully, the salvaged chicago ornament deposited by newman's wrecking company...
detailed images of george grant elmslie-designed exterior carved bedford limestone ornament adorning the facade of peoples gas light and coke company commercial building (von holst and elmslie, 1926) located at 4839 w. irving park road. the interior remains largely intact, with elmslie-designed plaster ornament and cast...
detail images (work in progress) of carved birch wood column capitals mounted flush against the walls in adler and sullivan's 1890 auditorium building banquet hall (renamed rudolph ganz memorial hall in 1954). the carved wood capitals were fabricated by richard w. bates and company, chicago, il. ...
detail images of adler and sullivan's carrie eliza getty tomb (1890), located in graceland cemetery, chicago, il. the getty tomb's ornamental cast bronze gates and inner-door were executed by...
picking up the pieces. recent tornado-damaged/destroyed 19th and early 20th century buildings located in and around the central west end neighborhood of st. louis, mo. images courtesy of eric...