18 Nov

Posted at 04:34h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

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...

15 Nov

Posted at 16:11h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

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...

13 Nov

Posted at 16:46h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

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...

13 Nov

Posted at 15:30h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

fall 2024 exterior images of kees and colburn's 9-story deere and webber company warehouse (1910), located at 800 n. washington avenue, minneapolis, mn. the cream-colored speckled finish sullivanesque terra cotta was fabricated by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. ...

08 Nov

Posted at 16:02h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

exterior photographic images - taken in october of 2024 - of walter burley griffin's joshua g. melson house (1912-1914), located at 56 river heights drive, mason city, iowa. the two-story house (also known as "the castle") is comprised mainly of rough-faced limestone, quarried from the site...

31 Oct

Posted at 16:20h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

exterior photographic survey of walter burley griffin's reinforced concrete and rusticated limestone james blythe house (1913-14), located at 431 first street se., rock crest-rock glen, mason city, ia. the blythe house is the third house in rock glen and second of three houses commissioned by...

29 Oct

Posted at 19:45h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

images of frank lloyd wright's taliesin (1911-1959) located at 5607 county road c, spring green, wisc. i included additional images of midway barn (1952), romeo and juliet windmill (1897), surrounding landscape, and joseph lyman silsbee's shingle style unity chapel (1886) and graveyard, located at 6596...

18 Oct

Posted at 16:52h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

completed photographic study of louis h. sullivan's peoples savings bank (1911) located at 101 3rd avenue, s.w., cedar rapids, ia. i hope to hop on a plane next month to spend a few days photographing william l. steele and purcell and elmslie's 1918 woodbury county courthouse. ...

14 Oct

Posted at 16:44h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

recent images - taken while visiting grinnell - of the walter burley and marion mahoney griffin prairie style benjamin t. ricker house (1911-12), located at 1510 broad street, grinnell, ia. [caption id="attachment_90336" align="alignleft" width="1365"] GCAC THU_JUN 2002.34[/caption] Benjamin J. Ricker Residence, Grinnell, Iowa 1911 (house designed by...

13 Oct

Posted at 14:51h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

images of louis sullivan's merchant's national bank (1914), located at 833 4th avenue, grinnell, ia. the winged lions are comprised of gold patinated cast bronze. the originals, comprised of terra cotta, were smashed by vandals. one lies in pieces in a display case within the bank....

08 Oct

Posted at 17:15h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

documenting van allen is finally finished. photographic survey of louis h. sullivan's four-story van allen and company department store (1912-14) located at 226 4th ave south, clinton, ia. to achieve a rhythmic balance, sullivan designed false dividers on the main facade to make the width of the...

07 Oct

Posted at 17:38h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

photographic images (taken last week) of ladehoff and sohn's schall-hutchinson brick and terra cotta candy or confectionary company, located at 501 north second street, clinton iowa. the sullivanesque style polychromed glazed terra cotta was likely fabricated by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, il. the 70...

05 Oct

Posted at 16:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

partially completed photographic study (east elevation only) of louis h. sullivan's peoples savings bank (1911) located at 101 3rd avenue, s.w., cedar rapids, ia. peoples savings was the second of sullivan's "jewel boxes" built in small towns across the midwest. the bank was the last commission...

05 Oct

Posted at 15:33h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

very much a work in progress. images of louis sullivan's merchant's national bank (1914), located at 833 4th avenue, grinnell, ia. the winged lions are comprised of gold patinated cast bronze. the originals, comprised of terra cotta, were smashed by vandals. one lies in pieces in a...

01 Oct

Posted at 16:23h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

exterior terra cotta photographic survey of holabird and roche's marquette building, located at 140 south dearborn street, chicago, il. the 17-story terra cotta-clad building was designed by holabird and roche in 1895, with an addition - also by holabird and roche - completed in 1905-06. the...

24 Sep

Posted at 16:50h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

recent images of montgomery ward building tower (1929), located at 619 west chicago avenue, chicago, il. the 12-story reinforced concrete montgomery ward administration building tower with gilded copper statue known as “the spirit of progress,” was designed by engineer william h. mccaully (who also served as...

24 Sep

Posted at 16:41h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

a rare and historically important skidmore, owings, and merrill-designed stainless steel chicago architectural landmarks building plaque fabricated for william le baron jenney's non-extant leiter building joined the bldg. 51 museum collection late last week. there are now over 20 landmark plaques from buildings across the...

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