20 Aug

bldg. 51 museum collection acquires exceptionally rare, museum quality 1902-03 george grant elmslie-designed five-ply fret-sawn mahogany wood panel from 1899 schlesinger and mayer building

amazingly intact 1902-03 george grant elmslie-designed fret-sawn mahogany wood screen...

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19 Aug

photographic survey of theodore link’s richardsonian romanesque style st. louis union station in summer, 2025

exterior images of theodore link's gargantuan romanesque style union station...

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18 Aug

salvaged ornament from wheelock’s western book methodist, burnham and root’s ayer house, and a kristian schneider model join bld. 51 museum collection

john wellborn root-designed anderson pressed block salvaged from burnham and...

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17 Aug

signs of life: rebuilding willett and pashley’s 1892 gilded age swift mansion after disastrous fire

signs of life. recent images of fire-damaged edward morris house or...

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13 Aug

detailed photographic survey of louis h. sullivan’s holy trinity orthodox cathedral (1903)

detail photographic images of louis h. sullivan's holy trinity orthodox...

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13 Aug

urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum: the last repository of historically important architectural artifacts left standing in chicago

the urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum (housed and...

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11 Aug

collection of rediscovered richard nickel contact sheet images of chicago stock exchange (1894) demolition in 1972

a collection of richard nickel salvage and demolition images (many...

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08 Aug

“and now the cornerstone.” bld. 51 archive obtains rare and intact booklet for holabird and root’s chicago board of trade building 1929 cornerstone ceremony

"and now the cornerstone." rare original and intact staple-bound booklet made...

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07 Aug

detailed photographic documentation of purcell, feick, and elmslie’s two-story first national bank (1911)

exhaustive exterior photographic survey of purcell, feick, and elmslie's two-story...

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05 Aug

graham foundation’s collection outdoor architectural fragments from historically important chicago buildings

recent photographic survey of historically important architectural ornament salvaged from...

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05 Aug

up close and personal: a detailed photographic study of otto strack’s 1895 pabst theater

up close and personal. a recent photographic survey of otto strack's...

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04 Aug

masonry and terra cotta restoration of george ferry’s frederick pabst mansion (1892) well underway

exterior restoration well underway on the flemish renaissance revival-style frederick...

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29 Jul

william j. newman’s “dawn manor” reconstructed and reunited with it’s salvaged chicago board of trade exterior ornament

william j. newman's gothic style sandstone summer cottage (1855) was...

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22 Jul

photographic survey of von holst and elmslie’s sullivanesque style carved bedford limestone ornament on facade of peoples gas light and coke company commercial building (1926)

detailed images of george grant elmslie-designed exterior carved bedford limestone...

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22 Jul

detailed photographic survey of louis h. sullivan’s auditorium building banquet hall flaming birch wood carved column capitals

detail images (work in progress) of carved birch wood column...

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21 Jul

2025 detail images of louis h. sullivan’s carrie eliza getty tomb (1890)

detail images of adler and sullivan's carrie eliza getty tomb...

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21 Jul

picking up the pieces: recent survey of tornado damage to 19th and 20th century buildings in central west end neighborhood in st. louis

picking up the pieces. ...

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17 Jul

detailed survery of carved brownstone and winkle company red slip terra cotta on adler and sullivan’s 1891 wainwright building

showcasing sullivan-designed upper story terra cotta spandrels and cornice fabricated...

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16 Jul

exterior detail images of ann halstad house, adler and sullivan’s oldest surviving residence

exterior detail images of adler and sullivan's ann halsted house...

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15 Jul

henry j. schlack’s endangered gothic style 1895 st. martin of tours german church glass windows need further protection

detailed photographic documentation of leaded glass windows within henry j....

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