"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. ...
october, 2025 visit: recent images of richard nickel’s adler & sullivan building ornament collection on display at lovejoy library, southern illinois university edwardsville (siue). nickel sold his architectural artifact collection to the university in 1966 for 12,000 dollars - a decision he never made peace with despite...
david felling kodachrome salvage images of eames and young's 1898 lincoln trust (more commonly known as title guaranty) building taken during its demolition in 1983. ...
dave felling kodachrome slides of edward e. eichenbaum's 3400-seat granada theater (1926), located at 6427-41 north sheridan road, chicago, il. ...
revisting "wrightesque" 1928 debaliviere building over a year later. photographic images of isadore shank's three-story art deco mayan-revival debaliviere building (1928), located at 5642-58 delmar blvd., st. louis, mo. the neglected and seemingly abandoned building's exterior is comprised largely of richly glazed black and red terra cotta...
why paint brick - or even sandstone? the moisture that builds between the surfaces of the materials leads to the paint peeling or flaking away and in the case of sandstone, disentigration. it's both a disservice and disappointment. detail images of the three-story stephen ganert commercial...
early 20th century photographic image of holabird and roche's oliver typewriter building (1907), located at 159 north dearborn street, chicago, il. the image (scanned from original glass negative) was likely taken by or for the chicago architectural photographing company. ...
historic american building survey (habs) images of william alfred freret's richardsonian romanesque style brick and terra cotta la crosse, wisc. post office building (1889) prior to its senseless destruction, the extant building that replaced it in 1979, and red slip terra cotta ornament and exterior...
photographic survey of george maher's american victorian style john c. scales house (1894), located at 840 west hutchinson street, chicago, il. the exterior is punctuated with richly colored rusticated stonework, gothic style fret-sawn woodwork, red slip-glazed terra cotta and leaded glass windows. ...
detail images of wheelock and thomas's downtown chicago post-fire bryant building or delaware block (1873), located at 36 west randolph street, chicago, il. the building was extensively remodeled (both interior and exterior) in 1889 and renamed the chicago real estate board building. the building is comprised...