photographic survery of purcell and elmslie's dr. j.w.s. gallagher (1913) house, located at 451 west broadway street, winona, mn. the modest prairie style stucco house features cyprus wood fret-sawn panels and a pediment above the entrance. the art glass windows are accentuated with elmslie's distinctive "v"...
photographic survey of abraham m. radcliffe's william g. leduc house (1865), located at 1629 vermillion street, hastings, mn. the overall design and execution of the gothic style house and outbuildings was sourced from mid-19th century house pattern books, including designs found in andrew jackson downing’s 1853...
nothing to see here. current status of otto strack's 1893 terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion. the pabst brewing company hired milwaukee-based architect otto strack to design a heavily ornamented buff-colored terra cotta trade pavilion to house and display a thirteen-foot gold-washed model of the pabst...
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the majority of the photographic images were taken in the early months of 2024. the commerical and residential buildings are well-known landmarks and have been on my circuit for over 25 years. ...
the historically important 1893 world's fair or columbian exposition pabst beer pavilion (designed by architect otto strack, who also designed the extant pabst theater) has been shrouded in a steel web covered with mesh (for several weeks now) as deconstruction and/or removal of it's buff-colored...
photographic survey of the spanish baroque style glazed terra cotta pioneer arcade (jens j. jensen, 1925), located at 1535-1541 n. pulaski rd., chicago, il. terra cotta likely fabricated by midland or american terra cotta company, chicago, il. ...
2024 exterior detail of merchants national bank (1912) located in winona, mn. the early 20th century bank building was designed by purcell, feick, and elmslie. the polychromed ornament was modeled by kristian schneider for the american terra cotta company of chicago. ...
latest images (taken of exterior only in early april of 2024) of louis sullivan's famers' and merchants' bank building (1919) located in columbus, wisc. the farmers and merchants union bank was the last small bank building or "jewel box" designed by architect louis h. sullivan. the terra...
exterior photographic survey of the john richards octagon house (1854) and surrounding buildings. the three-story watertown, wisconsin residence was designed and built by its owner, john richards, a pioneer Watertown lawyer and mill owner. ...
lovejoy library in early spring of 2024. nothing has really changed much since the time richard nickel was alive and assiting them in the 1960s and 70s. perhaps of jack randall stuck around longer, more of nickel's collection would've seen the light of day. sadly,...
2024 photographic survey of adler & sullivan’s wainwright tomb, located in bellefontaine cemetery st. louis. the bedford limestone and bronze etom was originally constructed for charlotte dickson wainwright, the wife of ellis wainwright, who’s building was designed by the same firm a year before the...
2024 photographic survey of the romanesque style compton hill standpipe water tower designed by architect harvey ellis in 1898. the compton hill water tower is the earliest of three extant stand pipe-water towers located in st. louis. the 179-foot water tower was built to conceal a...
holabird and root's 7-story a.o. smith research and engineering building with distincitve zig-zag-shaped glass and aluminum curtain wall was completed in 1930. located at 3533 n. 27th street in...
images of john wellborn root-designed combination bower-barff and copper-plated cast iron staircase removed from the adams street entrance of burnham and root's rookery building (1888) in the 1990s (if i recall correctly). the staircase components were executed by the hecla iron works of new york (william...
the exterior buff-colored ornamental terra cotta 1893 world's fair pabst beer pavilion (designed by architect otto strack, who also designed the extant pabst theater) will be shrouded in a steel web in preparation for deconstruction. will it be rebuilt using a hybrid of original and...
iridescent green glaze. february, 2024. the following images were taken earlier this week of of louis h. sullivan's purdue national bank building (1914). the richly colored polychromed terra was modeled by kristian schneider and executed by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. with exception to the...
images taken during a 2-3 hour window while traveling through columbus, indiana, the "athens on the prairie," on valentine's day, 2024. the architecture is very much out of my wheelhouse, but wanted to challenge myself. ...
architectural images taken during a brief visit to racine, wisc. during the middle of winter, 2024. buildings documented - mostly in detail - include barry byrne's st. patrick's church and st. catherine's high school (the terra cotta ornament was likely sculpted by edgar j. miller),...
a partial selection of eric j. nordstrom photographic images of pond and pond's purdue memorial union (1924), located at 101 north grant street, west lafayette, ind. the irving k. pond ornament - both interior and exterior - is both unusual and distinctive, especially if one...