photographic survey of edward townsend mix and burnham and root's three-story victorian style brick, terra cottta, and sandstone milwaukee club building (1883), located at 706 north jefferson street, milwaukee, wisconsin. the building's exterior is faced with red brick, lake superior sandstone, and terra cotta ornament. ...
partial photographic survey of holabird and root's art deco style rand tower. the 26-story art deco style rand tower (1929) was designed by chicago-based holabird & root for rufus rand, a world war i aviator who was part of the family that owned the minneapolis gas company (minnegasco), now...
a church constructed with "local boulders" detailed photographic survey of solon spencer beman's first methodist church of batavia, located at 8 north batavia avenue, batavia, il. the richardsonian romanesque style church's exterior is comprised of multi-coloed rough-faced stones or boulders, harvested from local building contractor i.s....
2025 photographic study of mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890) designed by architect harvey ellis. the richardsonian style building, which houses a theater and library, was built for lumber magnate andrew tainter and his wife bertha as a memorial to their daughter mabel tainter, who died of...
two largely intact ornamental black painted cast iron building atrium grilles and custom-designed yale and towne company interior commerical office door ornamental cast iron hinges and doorknobs retaining original bower-barff "rust-proof" finish from edward townsend mix's northwestern guaranty loan company building (1890) were added to...
2025 interior and exterior images of louis sullivan's famers' and merchants' bank building (1919) located at 159 west james street, columbus, wi. the farmers and merchants union bank was the last small bank building or "jewel box" designed by architect louis h. sullivan. sullivan was hired...
the mottled reddish-orange slip glaze terra cotta was modeled by architectural sculptor fritz albert, who was assigned the job after head modeler kristian schneider died in 1935. the terra cotta ornament was fabricated by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, ills. emil zettler modeled the school’s exterior...
the michigan hotel comprised of hematite chips. exterior photographic survery of the four-story, steel-framed mary's city of david hotel (1922-23; alterations, 1931), located at 163 colfax avenue, benton harbor, mich. the 100-room hotel building was built by house of david commune leader benjamin purnell (1861-1927) and operated...
images of armco-ferro house, florida tropical house, house of tomorrow and wieboldt-rostone house are included from the 2025 photographic shoot. the century of progress architectural district is a historic district in beverly shores, indiana. the district is on lake shore drive within the indiana dunes national park. the district comprises five buildings,...
note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2024 to end of year. pabst mansion pavilion - a rare surviving relic of the 1893 columbian exposition on its way to be dismantled again 1902 henry l. newhouse-designed...
the majority of the images offer a detailed glimpse at the winslow house's rear elevation, landscape, and stable. ...
hoping for a favorable outcome in 2025. fire-damaged edward morris house or swift mansion (1892, willett and pashley, architects), located at 4500 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. badly neglected comed substation (1924, herman v. von holst), located...
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...
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. ...
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...
merchants national bank in fall of 2024. george grant elmslie's richly colored exterior glazed terra cotta adorning the facade of merchants national bank (1912) located at 102 east third street, winona, mn. the early 20th century bank building was designed by the architectural firm of purcell, feick,...
owatonna in october of 2024. interior and exterior images of louis h. sullivan's national famer's bank (1908), located at 101 n. cedar avenue, owatonna, mn. the richly colored stencils, plaster, art glass, etc., were designed by l.h. sullivan, l. millet and g.g. elmslie. the oversized ornamental cast...
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...
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...
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. ...