photographic study of the home building association bank building's south facade. the "old home" was designed by louis sullivan in 1914. the ornamental terra cotta was modeled by kristian schneider and executed by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. the richly colored tiled mosaic panel (one...
the church and parish house were designed by henry hobson richardson and construction took place from 1872 to 1877, when the complex was consecrated. situated on copley square in back bay, trinity church is the building that established richardson's reputation. it is the birthplace and archetype of the richardsonian romanesque style, characterized...
the laverty-martindale house (1859) house was built for thomas laverty, an english sailor who came to wisconsin in the late 1850s. laverty fought in the civil war, and returned disabled from his service and was unable to complete construction of the house. in 1868, stephen martindale...
virtual repository of images representing my ongoing project photodocumenting architectural ornament designed by louis h. sullivan on and and all extant building built by the architectural firm of adler and sullivan and/or louis h. sullivan on his own. the majority of the images revolve around...
revisiting george grant elmslie’s old second national bank: a photographic survey of its exterior architectural ornament. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2021. ...
the second empire style mitchell building (1876) is a five-story commercial building designed by architect e. townsend mix for alexander mitchell, a milwaukee-based businessman who was president of the wisconsin marine and fire insurance company bank, the chicago, milwaukee & st. paul railroad, and the northwestern national insurance company....
images documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and ornament during second trip (november, 2021) to milwaukee in over a year. i spent the majority of my time revisiting familiar haunts along my "circuit" that arose from several previous trips aimlessly exploring the city's...
one of several posts documenting 19th and early 20th century architecture located in kalamazoo, mich. additional images and supplemental information will be provided when time permits. ...
all images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2021. ruination (e.g., 1850s "pioneer-era" houses and late 19th century brick worker cottages): restoration (discovery and repair of luxfer prism glass transom...
photographic study of adler and sullivan’s dessenberg & company building (1885) located in kalamazoo, mich. the three-story commercial brick building with basement, was erected for grocer bernhard dessenberg by bush and patterson (76 north burdick street), a local construction firm. the exterior features unglazed reddish-orange terra...
exterior sullivanesque style terra cotta detail adorning lincoln school (1915) located at 728 e. gorham st. in madison, wisc. the prairie style yellow brick building bedecked with ornamental white glazed terra cotta was designed by claude and starck – a madison-based firm that designed several building...
intensive photographic survey of sullivanesque ornament on claude and starck's baraboo high school (later converted to a civic center in 1979) completed in 1928. the unusually colored mottled glaze or “pulsichrome” terra cotta draws heavily from design elements used on louis sullivan’s peoples savings and loan...
images from an exhaustive photographic study (conducted in may of 2021) of merchants national bank building (1912) located in winona, mn. the early 20th century structure is widely considered the largest and most impressive bank buildings designed by purcell, feick, and elmslie. the exterior...
the exchange state bank (1910) was the first of three mower county (southern minnesota) bank buildings designed by the architectural firm of purcell, feick & elmslie (later purcell and elmslie). located on the corner of main street and grand avenue in the small town of...
the following images were carefully selected from the voluminous archive of prominent chicago photographer and teacher, harold allen (1922-1999) housed at the ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago. his photographs of adler and sullivan buildings taken in the 1940's are especially important, perhaps highlighted by his...
images documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and ornament during first trip (april, 2021) to milwaukee in over a year. i spent the majority of my time revisiting familiar haunts along my "circuit" that arose from several previous trips aimlessly exploring the city's...
the following images were taken during a brief visit to la crosse, wisconsin (march, 2021), a small historic city founded in 1848 on the mississippi river, where several surviving 19th century workers cottages, italianate commercial buildings, and chicago prairie school structures contribute to cityscape rich...
the following blog post links arranged in chronological order below offer highlights of the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains, and the bldg. 51 museum archive in 2019. over the past few years my work towards creating and/or collaborating with people and organizations deeply...
sullivanesque in clinton, iowa. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. further reading: VAN ALLEN BUILDING: A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF LOUIS SULLIVAN'S POLYCHROMED TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT...
last weekend i spent the afternoon with tim samuelson, which included a visit to his frank lloyd wright exhibit located at the elmhurst museum of art to drop off garrick theater terra cotta ornament for one of the architectural artifact installations. i took advantage of...