exterior photographs (taken the other day) of fire-damaged edward morris house or swift mansion (1892, willett and pashley, architects), located at 4500 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. the disastrous fire happened in december of 2023 if i recall correctly. very little has happened since with the...
a church constructed with "local boulders" detailed photographic survey of solon spencer beman's first methodist church of batavia, located at 8 north batavia avenue, batavia, il. the richardsonian romanesque style church's exterior is comprised of multi-coloed rough-faced stones or boulders, harvested from local building contractor i.s....
early 20th century 2000 amp direct current thomson watthour recording meter salvaged in the 1960s from open-ended basement switchboard in the pope building (h.g. hodgkins, 1903), located at 121-127 south plymouth court, chicago, il. one of the electricians involved in dismantling the board claims pope was...
2025 photographic study of mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890) designed by architect harvey ellis. the richardsonian style building, which houses a theater and library, was built for lumber magnate andrew tainter and his wife bertha as a memorial to their daughter mabel tainter, who died of...
photographic documentation of william boyington's osborne and adams post-fire loft building (1872), located at 209 west lake steet, chicago, il. note: the images were taken in 2016, shortly before, during, and after the building's demolition. the facade was comprised of "artificial stone" (also identified as "cast"...
the following images - taken several years ago - were recently rediscovered (unedited) in the bldg. 51 photographic image database on 19th ands early 20th century chicago brick and wood-framed workers cottages. the post-fire structure - likely built within 1-2 years after the great chicago...
two largely intact ornamental black painted cast iron building atrium grilles and custom-designed yale and towne company interior commerical office door ornamental cast iron hinges and doorknobs retaining original bower-barff "rust-proof" finish from edward townsend mix's northwestern guaranty loan company building (1890) were added to...
2025 interior and exterior images of louis sullivan's famers' and merchants' bank building (1919) located at 159 west james street, columbus, wi. the farmers and merchants union bank was the last small bank building or "jewel box" designed by architect louis h. sullivan. sullivan was hired...
the bldg. 51 archive and museum collection recently acquired one of the largest known private collections of 19th and early 20th century paint samples applied to single and/or fold-out cards distributed by a multitude of commerical and residential paint and stain manufacturers across the united...
the mottled reddish-orange slip glaze terra cotta was modeled by architectural sculptor fritz albert, who was assigned the job after head modeler kristian schneider died in 1935. the terra cotta ornament was fabricated by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, ills. emil zettler modeled the school’s exterior...
a large collection of 8 x 10 silver gelatin print photographic images, notes, articles, booklets, etc. chronicling the painstaking effort to systematically document the 1929 deconstruction or demolition of william le baron jenney's home insurance building (1884) by w.j. newman wrecking company, joined the bldg....
the following set of photographic images, taken by the chicago architectural photographing company, offers a seldom seen and deeply informative visual record of the demolition (including detailed images of deconstruction and wrecking methodologies), excavation, and construction of chicago's downtown city hall by chicago-based w.j. newman. the...
recently scanned collection of exterior and interior photographic images (mostly sequential) of frank lloyd wright's roloson houses (1894) taken from between the 1930s-2020s by a multitude of photographers. ...
the michigan hotel comprised of hematite chips. exterior photographic survery of the four-story, steel-framed mary's city of david hotel (1922-23; alterations, 1931), located at 163 colfax avenue, benton harbor, mich. the 100-room hotel building was built by house of david commune leader benjamin purnell (1861-1927) and operated...
the following snapshots were taken by little known photographer joseph barron, who traveled with architectural historian hugh morrison around the country documenting any and all adler and sullivan buildings (identifed through morrison's research) during the 1930s for his 1935 book, "Louis Sullivan: Prophet of Modern...
images of armco-ferro house, florida tropical house, house of tomorrow and wieboldt-rostone house are included from the 2025 photographic shoot. the century of progress architectural district is a historic district in beverly shores, indiana. the district is on lake shore drive within the indiana dunes national park. the district comprises five buildings,...
the following american architectural ephermera joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg. 51 museum in the january of 2025. captions will be provided when time permits. ...
exterior photographic survey of michaelsen and rognstad's "jazz age" art deco east 7th street hotel. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg....
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...
posted july 11, 2014: before i begin what will likely be a series of posts revolving around the salvage of this pre-fire residence, i wanted to present a few images taken while i was exploring the attic space that was constructed during the early 1860's, when...