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...

27 Jan

Posted at 18:14h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

a sizeable collection of exceptionally rare 19th and early 20th century architectural books, catalogs, monographs and guidebooks was purchased for the bldg. 51 archive in late january, 2023. a few acquisition highlights that have been digitized at the time of this post are listed below. original...

27 Jan

Posted at 17:13h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

an original louis h. sullivan-designed exterior residential carved wood fragment salvaged from adler and sullivan's morris selz house (1883) during its demolition in 1967 was recently acquired by the bldg. 51 museum collection. a total of four hand-carved painted pine wood framed floral panels...

20 Jan

Posted at 01:39h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

the following images were taken during a recent trip to racine, wisc., where timothy j. samuelson and i had an afternoon to explore the city's unique architecture, from bryne and iannelli's  st. patrick's church to cecil corwin's mitchell house. to my suprise, 19th century vernacular...

19 Jan

Posted at 16:33h in Events & Announcements, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest american architectural artifacts added to the ever-expanding urban remains virtual catalog (over 75,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 16 years). the newly acquired items for the month of JANUARY, 2023, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need...

18 Jan

Posted at 14:46h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's george blossom residence (1892), located at 4858 south kenwood ave, chicago, ills.  To supplement his salary, Wright began taking on independent commissions in violation of his five-year contract with Louis Sullivan. Known as the “bootleg houses,” these early designs typically...

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