05 Mar

bldg. 51 museum acquires turn of the century open-ended electric switchboard components from one of last chicago buildings to convert from dc to ac power

early 20th century 2000 amp direct current thomson watthour recording...

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05 Mar

2025 photographic survey of harvey ellis’s mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890 in menomonie, wisc.

2025 photographic study of mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890) designed...

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26 Feb

2016 demolition of william boyington’s 1872 post-fire osborne and adams building revisited in 2025

photographic documentation of william boyington's osborne and adams post-fire loft...

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25 Feb

slow and painful death of a post-fire chicago workers cottage revisited 8 years later

the following images - taken several years ago - were...

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24 Feb

historically important edward townsend mix-designed architectural ornament from “the met” building joins bldg. 51 museum collection

two largely intact ornamental black painted cast iron building atrium...

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19 Feb

ongoing interior and exterior photographic documentation of louis h. sullivan’s last “jewel box” bank in columbus, wisc

2025 interior and exterior images of louis sullivan's famers' and...

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12 Feb

largest known private 19th and early 20th century color sample collection joins bldg. 51 museum archive

the bldg. 51 archive and museum collection recently acquired one...

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11 Feb

revisiting george grant elmslie’s 1935 thornton township high school in 2025

the mottled reddish-orange slip glaze terra cotta was modeled by...

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06 Feb

rare and historically important collection of photographic images and ephemera used to determine “first skyscraper” joins bld. 51 museum collection

a large collection of 8 x 10 silver gelatin print...

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03 Feb

seldom seen photographic record w.j. newman’s demolition, excavation, and construction of chicago city hall joins bldg. 51 archive.

the following set of photographic images, taken by the chicago...

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31 Jan

a collection of photogrpahic images of frank lloyd wright’s roloson houses (1894) taken over several decades

recently scanned collection of exterior and interior photographic images (mostly...

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29 Jan

a closer look at the cobbled together city of david hotel and its unusual cast concrete facade comprised of hematite chips

the michigan hotel comprised of hematite chips. exterior photographic survery of...

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28 Jan

the work of joseph barron: photo-documenting sullivan’s buildings during the american depression

the following snapshots were taken by little known photographer joseph...

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22 Jan

revisting the residential relics of 1933-34 “century of progress” relocated to beverly shores in 2025

images of armco-ferro house, florida tropical house, house of tomorrow...

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16 Jan

latest historically important building artifacts, images, and ephemera added to bldg. 51 museum collection in winter 2025

the following american architectural ephermera joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg....

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16 Jan

exterior photographic survey of michaelsen and rognstad’s “jazz age” art deco east 7th street hotel

exterior photographic survey of michaelsen and rognstad's "jazz age" art...

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16 Jan

photographic images from chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) winter of 2025

latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...

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15 Jan

revisiting images taken of the 1855 john kent russell house attic “discovery” over a decade later

posted july 11, 2014: before i begin what will likely be...

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10 Jan

will adler and sullivan’s chicago stock exchange building’s rebuilt trading room be landmarked or deconstructed?

more to follow in coming days.  images...

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04 Jan

2024-2025 photographic images from chicago architectural ornament survey (caos)

2024-2025 photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...

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