documenting van allen is finally finished. photographic survey of louis h. sullivan's four-story van allen and company department store (1912-14) located at 226 4th ave south, clinton, ia. to achieve a rhythmic balance, sullivan designed false dividers on the main facade to make the width of the...
photographic images (taken last week) of ladehoff and sohn's schall-hutchinson brick and terra cotta candy or confectionary company, located at 501 north second street, clinton iowa. the sullivanesque style polychromed glazed terra cotta was likely fabricated by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, il. the 70...
exterior images of harry a. harbeck's sullivanesque style iowa savings bank (1914), located at 122 main avenue, clinton, ia. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved....
partially completed photographic study (east elevation only) of louis h. sullivan's peoples savings bank (1911) located at 101 3rd avenue, s.w., cedar rapids, ia. peoples savings was the second of sullivan's "jewel boxes" built in small towns across the midwest. the bank was the last commission...
very much a work in progress. images of louis sullivan's merchant's national bank (1914), located at 833 4th avenue, grinnell, ia. the winged lions are comprised of gold patinated cast bronze. the originals, comprised of terra cotta, were smashed by vandals. one lies in pieces in a...
exterior terra cotta photographic survey of holabird and roche's marquette building, located at 140 south dearborn street, chicago, il. the 17-story terra cotta-clad building was designed by holabird and roche in 1895, with an addition - also by holabird and roche - completed in 1905-06. the...
recent images of montgomery ward building tower (1929), located at 619 west chicago avenue, chicago, il. the 12-story reinforced concrete montgomery ward administration building tower with gilded copper statue known as “the spirit of progress,” was designed by engineer william h. mccaully (who also served as...
a rare and historically important skidmore, owings, and merrill-designed stainless steel chicago architectural landmarks building plaque fabricated for william le baron jenney's non-extant leiter building joined the bldg. 51 museum collection late last week. there are now over 20 landmark plaques from buildings across the...
henry fuermann photographic images (scanned from a collection of negatives of original prints) of frank lloyd wright's midway gardens (1914-1929), located at cottage grove at 60th street, chicago, il. the images were taken shortly after midway gardens was completed in 1914. several architectural elements (e.g., concrete...
photographic images of the post-fire edward k. rogers commercial block (436 north clark street), designed in 1872 by architect wm. w. boyington. it's only one of a few known extant chicago buildings that showcases widespread use of ornamental "gray body" terra cotta on its facade. the custom-designed...
destroyed by fire. before and after images of henry j. mcmullen's two-story chicago greystone (1900), located at 3442 west jackson blvd., chicago, il. the turn-of-the-century house with distinctive and heavily ornamented bedford limestone facade, was built in 1900 for chicago george e. nye, owner of nye steam...
recent photographic images of original bruce goff's sam and ruth van sickle ford house (1949), located at 404 s. edgelawn drive, aurora, il. of course sid came out and we had a rather lively discussion over price tower, other stuff, and the upcoming goff exhibition at...
original dedication booklet (fully scanned for your viewing pleasure) of giaver and dinkelberg's jewelers building (1927), located at 35 east wacker drive, chicago, il. the 40-story cream-colored terra cotta building (renamed the pure oil building in 1928) was erected by the starrett-dilks company of chicago. ...
not a pretty picture. recent images of frank lloyd wright's joseph jacob walser junior house (1903), located at 42 north central avenue, chicago, il. images...
another post-fire structure faces possible demolition. nearly a month ago, a group of 1870s post-fire italianate style "athens marble" or lemont limestone residential rowhouses (later converted into commercial use) located at 161 east erie street, have landed on the 2024 demolition delay list. ...
sullivanesque tire shop. 1422 south pulaski road, chicago, il. white glazed sulllivanesque style stock terra cotta executed by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, il. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2024. ...
latest deconstruction images of helmut jahn's thompson center (1985) taken over the last two weeks of august. ...
exterior photographic images of alfred s. alschuler's turner manufacturing company building (1918-1921) and r.c. fletcher's western felt works (1916) building. the red brick and bedford limestone industrial buildings are located at 4115 and 4147-51 west ogden avenue, chicago, il. r.c. fletcher's turner mfg. company industrial building: ...
an original marquette building (holabird and roche, 1895) ornamental cast iron interior staircase baluster with bower-barff finish amazingly intact and exterior reddish-brown terra cotta ornament (fabricated by the boston valley terra cotta company), join the ever-growing bldg. 51 museum collection. the custom (i.e., william roche-designed)...
exterior images of the post-fire high victorian style frederick wacker house (1873-74), located at 1838 north lincoln park west, chicago, il. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg....