images of henry ives cobb’s 17-story chemical building (1896), located on the ne corner of 8th and olive streets, st. louis. mo. the building’s annex was designed by st. louis-based firm of mauran, russell, and garden in 1903. the ornamental cast iron was executed by christopher...
unique cast bronze and oak wood paperweight fabricated to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of ernest flagg’s singer tower (1897-1908), located at 149 broadway street, new york city, ny. the paperweight is a replica of the building’s bronze window cleaner...
this month marks the 15th year anniversary of the bld. 51 museum and archive and 10th year anniversay of the publication of the museum's historically important building fragment collection (note: tens of thousands of artifacts have been added to the ever-expanding museum collection since publication...
it's been nearly six years since john vinci, timothy j. samuelson, and i visited richard nickel's collection of architectural ornament housed in the university's "shed." not much has changed since that time other than having...
a photographic survey of george d. mason and zachariah rice's richardsonian romanesque style first presbyterian church (1889), located at 2930 woodward avenue, detroit, mich. mason and rice modeled the rusticated cut redstone church after h. h. richardson's trinity church (1872-77) located in boston. when woodward avenue...
cool copshop revisited in october, 2025. exterior images of edward c. van leyen’s beax-arts style three-story brick and bedford limestone third precinct station (1896), located at 2200 hunt street, detroit, mich. the carved limestone portico is quite unique, featuring the...
photographic survey of h.h. richardson's bagley memorial fountain (1885), located at cadillac square, detroit, mich. the pink bragville granite fountain was modeled after a ciborium located in st. mark's basilica in venice. the centrally located carved lionheads distribute the water (the original was stolen between the...
the bldg. 51 museum and archive secured an original healy and millet-designed oversized leaded stained glass skylight window salvaged from adler and sullivan's 1889-90 auditorium theater. the hinged window has been releaded within a newly-built solid oak wood frame. the original centrally located ruby red...
a recent exterior and interior photographic survey of the abandoned but largely intact stanley hong’s mannia cafe, located at 265 east baltimore street, detroit, mich. the stanley hong’s mannia café building in detroit, built in 1969, was designed by african american architect nathan johnson. ...
"castle on kilbourn" revisited. recent detail photographic survey of the german baroque style joseph b. kalvelage mansion (otto strack, 1896), located at 2432 west kilbourn avenue, milwaukee, wisc. the ornamental hand wrought iron was...
from movie palace to parking lot. interior images of the grand lobby and auditorium of rapp and rapp's michigan building and theater (1926), located at 220 bagley avenue, detroit, mich. additional images of interior and exrterior will be posted shortly. a large portion of rapp and rapp's...
exterior photographic survey of louis h. sullivan-designed terra cotta ornament (executed by winkle of st. louis) on adler and sullivan's 1893 union trust building, located at 705 olive street, st. louis, mo. the 14-story union trust building (705 olive street, st. louis) was designed...
recent images of adler and sullivan's 10-story wainwright building (1891), located at 709 chestnut street, st. louis, mo. the first two floors are faced with reddish-brown sandstone quarried from michigan. the red slip terra cotta was executed by the winkle terra cotta company, st. louis, mo. ...
over the past week the bld. 51 museum and archive successfully negotiated a deal to secure a sizable quantity of original and intact historically important great chicago fire of 1871 stereoscopic wet plate glass negatives. after being carefully cleaned, scanning or digitizing of the...
original 8 x 10 black and white interior and exterior photographic images of edward e. eichenbaum's 3400-seat granada theater (1926), located at 6427-41 north sheridan road, chicago, il. the cream-colored terra cotta facade was salvaged by dave felling of felling contracting, st. louis, mo. during its...
newly discovered photographic interior images (taken at time of demolition by dave felling) of jenney and mundie's gothic style 11-story isabella building (1894-2004), located at 44-48 van buren street (between state and washington) in chicago, il. the isabella was one of three chicago buildings that...
photographic survey of historically important american building ornament on display in the two-story father donald f. rowe, s.j., gallery of architectural art, at st. ignatius college prep school, chicago, il. the critical mass of chicago-centric building ornament is very impressive, but arrangement disjointed. if anything,...
october, 2025 images of alfred caldwell's 1938 lily pool (including images of its prarie style pavilion and council ring) located at 125 west fullerton parkway, chicago, 60614. the multi-million dollar renovation project led to restoration of caldwell's prairie style copper, wood, and stone pavilions, limestone pathways,...
kodachrome images of charles k. ramsey's caesar's cafe (1896), located at 210 north 6th street, st. louis, mo. [caption id="attachment_96270" align="alignleft" width="767"] Rivoli Theater, Sixth Street south of Olive Street. Night view. photograph by Persons, W.C., 1925. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Theaters. n20490.[/caption] from...
exterior detail images of rapp and rapp's uptown theater located 4816 n. broadway, chicago, il. the cream-colored glazed terra cotta was executed by the short-lived advance terra cotta company, chicago, il. total cost for theater building terra cotta was 79,626.00. ...