the first story facade is all that remains of the huron street cottage built around 1887 (as discussed in a previous post below). TWO-STORY 1880'S HURON STREET BRICK CHICAGO WORKERS COTTAGE WITH JOLIET LIMESTONE WINDOW HOODS SET TO BE DEMOLISHED IN COMING DAYS from a previous...
Remembering the Garrick: An Evening with John Vinci Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Glessner House1800 S. Prairie AvenueChicagoUnited States(map) Google Calendar ICS The Garrick Theater (originally known as the Schiller Building) looms large in Chicago history – both as a masterpiece of Adler & Sullivan...
over the past decade, i've taken tens of thousands of images of milwaukee architecture, and it continues to grow each and every time i visit, espeically when newly discovered residential and commercial buildings are added to my "circuit." like the work i do in chicago, a book on milwaukee's architecture...
this largely intact 19th century brick cottage - located on bell street in bucktown - was issued a demolition permit earlier this week. while no machine was present, the green fence was already up and services cut. i imagine it will be in the landfill...
yet another 1880s two-story residential brick cottage located in chicago's west town neighborhood will be reduced to rubble by the end of the week. according to an 1887 city directory, arthur heun, a draughtman, resided there, located at what was then 334 huron steet. the 19th century...
one of two 19th century single-story brick workers cottages on race street (formerly known as emerson street) is set to be destroyed in the coming weeks. the boarded cottage with unornamented joliet limestone block headers, oculus window, and turned wood porch columns is located just...
prismatic glass appeared on the american market at the 1893 columbian exposition in chicago from gustave falconnier. falconnier was an architect and city council member in nyon, france. a graduate of the ecole des beaux-arts in paris, falconnier had many patents in the 1880s for...
hodgepodge of images including a figural sandstone keystone, sullivan-designed fret-sawn panel detail from holy trinity (1903), safe and threatened cottages, incised lemont window hoods, northwestern terra cotta ornament, anderson pressed brick neogrec blocks, painted pine wood bracketed cornice detail, and...
an original interior cast plaster cove molding fragment salvaged from adler and sullivan's albert sullivan house (1892) is one of the first historically important bldg. 51 museum acquisitions in 2019. the double-sided plaster ornament was located in the 2nd story bedroom where louis sullivan slept when...
with the surrounding neighborhoods virtually unrecognizable, post-fire chicago two-story cottages have been on chicago’s “threatened” historic buildings list for years now. the “for sale” sign on this particular cottage quickly came and went in recent months, the green fence erected quickly thereafter. thankfully, i repeatedly...
images of ongoing exterior restoration work on howells and hood's trubine tower (1925), giaver and dinkelberg's jewelers building (1927) and graham, anderson, probst & white's wrigley building (1924). chicago tribune tower: jewelers bulding: wrigley building: all images courtesy of...
richard nickel images of adler and sullivan rothschild building (1881). studying the images closely while digitizing/editing them provided further appreciation for the building and sullivan's early "edelmannesque" ornament. if you look closely, you will see images of the storefront level before and after it was covered...
an 1870's single-story brick workers cottage on mohawk was issued a demolition permit a few days ago. i would have documented it sooner, but was away in utah for several days. despite being painted, the cottage retains much of its character, including bracketed pine wood cornice...
awaiting death by demolition. newspaper clippings courtesy of paul woodfin. i've been tracking coverage of the impending demolition of the south side chicago washington park bank building, designed in 1925 by architect albert schwartz. after leaving an event on the south side of chicago yesterday afternoon,...
april 7th, 2019: a small selection of images from my photographic documentation of late 19th and early 20th century buildings (emphasis on architectural ornament as always) in and around salt lake city taken over the weekend. when time permits, will need to retrace my...
the pontiac building is the oldest skyscraper designed by holabird and roche still standing in chicago. completed in 1891, the 14-story building features some dazzling terra cotta, monogrammed hardware, and ornamental iron elevator cages (repurposed). northwestern executed the terra cotta and elevator ornament was done...
the last pocket of 19th century residential buildings spanning three decades (i.e., 1870s, 1880s, 1890s) on a downtown chicago city block are undergoing demolition, beginning with the heavily modified three-story 1870s italianate to the far left. the house in the middle features a painted brownstone (michigan...
photographic images from continued documentation of the james charnely house interior are presented here throughout the post and image gallery. i plan to repeatedly visit and document and and all architectural characteristics - both inside and out - to gain further insight into the materials...
the following images were taken during a brief visit to la crosse, wisconsin, a small historic city founded in 1848 on the mississippi river, where several surviving 19th century workers cottages, italianate commercial buildings, and chicago prairie school structures contribute to cityscape rich in heritage,...
demolition? seriously? a friend of mine shared a facebook post pertaining to the possible demise of this largely intact 19th century residence, outfitted with early red slip terra cotta ornament (note the lion head rondel on the pediment) likely executed by thr northwestern terra cotta,...