06 Apr

Posted at 14:41h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

multiple glazed terra cotta fragments (including a largely intact border module) salvaged from the exterior of louis h. sullivan's home building association bank (1914) located in newark, oh., have joined the collections of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 museum. the ornament was designed...

31 Mar

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photographic survey of knox and elliot's 17-story rockefeller building (1905), located at 614 west superior avenue, cleveland, oh. the interior and exterior ornament was executed by the winslow brothers, chicago, ills. the custom-designed ornamental bronze and brass hardware was fabricated by the p.f. corbin company, new...

28 Mar

Posted at 17:26h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

latest images, taken in march of 2023, of louis h. sullivan's home building association bank building (1914), located at 1 north 3rd street, newark, ohio.   the ornamental terra cotta was modeled by kristian schneider and executed by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. the richly colored...

17 Mar

Posted at 16:25h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

with a surprisingly large number of frequent acquisitions populating both museum and gallery these last three months, i have been deeply entrenched in documenting and displaying ephemera and artifacts in a satisfactory manner before another acquisition – big or small – arrives and leaves everything...

03 Mar

Posted at 15:18h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

bruce goff's redeemer lutheran church educational building (1961), located at 3700 se. woodland rd., bartlesville, ok. entry from the “visit bartlesville” website: “creative architecture” best describes the redeemer lutheran church education building designed by well-known architect bruce goff. goff designed the building to be bright, functional and...

23 Feb

Posted at 18:29h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

well over a hundred original books, brochures, booklets, pamphlets, lithographic plates, and guides pertaining to any and all facets of the chicago world's fair of 1893 or "columbian exposition," have recently landed in the bldg. 51 archive. more information on this recent and sizable acquisition...

14 Feb

Posted at 14:43h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the bldg. 51 chicago building artifact museum acquired yet another (and more complete)  john edelmann-designed hand carved walnut wood interior residential door surround block and plinth salvaged in 1959-60 from the levi strauss house (1860s, 1880 remodel). the house's interior ornament - all designed by...

09 Feb

Posted at 15:58h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

a well-maintained 19th century (post-fire) two-story masonry or brick residence located at 851 w wolfram street in the lakeview neighborhood of chicago, will be reduced to rubble by the end of the week. the green fence was being erected at the time i arrived to...

08 Feb

Posted at 15:14h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

a historically important, well-preserved buff colored terra cotta fragment from adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894) was added to the bldg. 51 museum collection this past week. the fragment represents george grant elmslie's (sullivan's chief draftsman) attempt at detailing ornament on his own...

07 Feb

Posted at 16:42h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

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...

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