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...
more to follow in coming days. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom collection and bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2025....
2024-2025 photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) are provided below. the ever-expanding photo-documentation project (over 500,000 images) focuses on systematically recording any and all architectural ornament located on historically important 19th and early 20th century extant buildings located in downtown...
the bldg. 51 archive and museum recently acquired the only known frank lloyd wright-designed fragments salvaged from adler and sullivan's victoria hotel (1892) during its demolition in 1961. the following images were taken by richard nickel in early 1961 of adler & sullivan's victoria hotel...
note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2024 to end of year. pabst mansion pavilion - a rare surviving relic of the 1893 columbian exposition on its way to be dismantled again 1902 henry l. newhouse-designed...
the majority of the images offer a detailed glimpse at the winslow house's rear elevation, landscape, and stable. ...
hoping for a favorable outcome in 2025. fire-damaged edward morris house or swift mansion (1892, willett and pashley, architects), located at 4500 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. badly neglected comed substation (1924, herman v. von holst), located...
the following photographic images offer a closer look at architectural elements and ornament found throughout the interior of frank lloyd wright's william winslow house (1894). focal points include, but not limited to, the leaded glass windows, copper-plated cast iron wall sconces, and hand-carved quarter-sawn oak...
recent images of henry c. koch's flemish renaissance revival style milwaukee city hall building (1895), located at 200 east wells street, milwaukee, wi. the buff colored terra cotta ornament was executed by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills. ...
latest acquisition. rare 1909 chicago athletic association building "cherry circle" 19th anniversary gilt edge hardbound special issue (given to officers and club members only) with silver gelatin photographic image of club member charles ffrench (president, director, and manager of the iron and steel publishing company)...
rebuilt chicago in 1873: illustrated. scanned pages (including cover and advertisements) from a recently found and exceptionally rare oversized hardbound book entitled "the merchants and manufacturers of chicago : being a complete history of our mercantile and manufacturing interests, and their progress since the fire :...
out with hoyt, in with london guaranty. original photographic images of the post-fire william hoyt building (1872), located at southwest corner of north michigan and east wacker drive. note the massive 15 x 6 marble fort dearborn memorial plaque or tablet built into the wall of the...
eric j. nordstrom, through his bldg. 51 archive and museum, has been consumed with a project attempting to bridge various local archives in a unified manner, that for the time-being, is translated in the following images accompanied with brief descriptions or narratives identifying the historical...
urban remains and the bldg. 51 musuem are pleased to offer full-scale frank lloyd wright and alfonso iannelli-designed "sprite" or "spindle" heads that were cast from a mold made from a documented original fragmented full-figured sprite undergoing restoration. the limited edition "spindle" head sculptures were...
recent photographic images of frank lloyd wright's a.d. german warehouse (1914), located at 300 south church street, richland center, wi. it was the only building wright ever designed in the town he was born. the warehouse was built between 1917-1920 for local businessman albert dell german of...
early photographic print (note hand-applied retouching) made from william shaw's original glass negative of w.d. kerfoot realty company building (october 1871-june 1872), located at 89 west washington street, chicago, il. the 12 by 16 foot "shanty of boards" was said to be the first "building" erected...