detroit's " cathedral of finance." interior and exterior images of wirt c. rowland’s 36-story mayan revival style guardian building (originally called the union trust building), located at 500 griswold street detroit, michigan. ...
a photographic survey of the harvey ellis-designed j.b. moss house (1889), central police station (1890), and german-american bank building (1889), conducted on a truncated visit to st. jospeh, mo., in the winter of 2023. i've included several images of eckel and mann's c.d. smith drug...
images of a little-known louis h. sullivan-designed cast bronze and granite base supporting the statue of john m. palmer, a civil war general, illinois governor and 1896 presidential candidate, executed by sculptor leonard crunelle in 1921. together with granite...
photos from our visit to richard w. bock sculpture museum, located at 315 e. college avenue, greenville, ills. sharon grimes, who's the current director of the museum and expert on bock, provided us with a deeply informative tour of the exhibits, carefully arranged on two floors...
a critical mass of salvaged chicago architectural ornament is on permanent display at city museum, located at 750 north 16th street, st. louis, mo. ...
exterior images of theodore link's gargantuan romanesque style union station headhouse (1894), located at 1820 market street, st. louis, mo. the station's distinctive interior and exterior design program was handled by edmund cameron, who worked for h.h. richardson, where he oversaw construction of richardson's glessner house...
detailed images of adler and sullivan's 10-story wainwright building (1891), located at 709 chestnut street, st. louis, mo. the first two floors are faced with reddish-brown sandstone quarried from michigan. the red slip terra cotta was executed by the winkle terra cotta company, st. louis, mo. ...
exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's susan lawrence dana house (1902), located at 301 e. lawrence avenue, springfield, ills. ...
images of henry ives cobb’s 17-story chemical building (1896), located on the ne corner of 8th and olive streets, st. louis. mo. the building’s annex was designed by st. louis-based firm of mauran, russell, and garden in 1903. ...
exterior and interior images of the william d. gates retirement home (1927), located in crystal lake, ills. gates was the founder and president of the american terra cotta and ceramics company, establishjed in 1887. early 20th century terra cotta and tile fabricated by gates's company located nearby,...
solon s. spencer's richardsonian romanesque style 4-story bedford limestone bank building (1888) was built for gysbert van steenwyk, a dutch native who settled in la crosse after immigrating to milwaukee. a major remodeling in 1927 moved the entry from the center of the building to the...
joseph lyman Silsbee was commissioned by frank lloyd wright’s uncle, jenkin lloyd jones, to design unity chapel in spring green, wisconsin. wright assisted with the design of the small shingle chapel, completed in 1886. images of the wood-framed shingle style chapel, incised stone gate posts and...
photographic survey of the 1884 american house hotel (converted to commutator foundry in 1910), located at 125 1st street north, minneapolis, mn. i've been documenting this building since 1999, when it was mostly abandoned, neglected, and falling to pieces (the worst of it was in...
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. ...
interior and exterior images of george maher’s egyptian revival winona savings bank building (1916), located at 204 main street, winona, mn. the granite bank building was built between 1914-16 by the haglin-stahr company, located in minneapolis, mn. tiffany executed the maher-designed art glass windows and ornamental...
2023 photographic survey of kees and colburn’s sullivanesque style 10-story grain exchange building, located at 400 s. 4th St, minneapolis, mn. the minneapolis grain exchange building was constructed between 1900 and 1902 by minneapolis architectural firm of kees and colburn. the buff-colored terra cotta ornament was...
photographic survey of harvey ellis's richardsonian romanesque style pillsbury hall (leroy buffington, 1887) located on the university of minnesota's historic campus district. the building’s exterior is comprised of buff-colored sandstone quarried from pine, mn., and a red sandstone found in northwestern minnesota. ...
a little less than a week ago i had the opportunity to visit the american terra cotta company museum - located in crystal lake, ills. i was rather impressed with the exhibits, including the carefully curated selection of terra cotta ornament that the factory produced...
the exterior buff-colored ornamental terra cotta ornament on the flemish renaissance revival-styled frederick mansion (george ferry, architect, 1892) is in need of serious repair (see images below). restoration of the adjoining 1893 world's fair pabst beer pavilion (designed by architect otto strack, who also designed...
