21
Mar
17
Mar
Urban Remains Showroom and Bldg. 51 Museum: Continually Rearranging With Weekly Arrivals in Winter of 2023
with a surprisingly large number of frequent acquisitions populating both...
15
Mar
a symphony of color: interior photographic survey of bruce goff’s boston avenue united methodist church
a symphony of color. interior images of boston avenue united methodist...
07
Mar
a photographic survey of bruce goff’s art deco style boston avenue united methodist church (1929)
exterior images of boston avenue united methodist church (bruce goff...
05
Mar
the house on “thrill hill:” bruce goff-designed john frank house, found of frankoma pottery
the house on "thrill hill." bruce goff's john frank house, located...
04
Mar
byrne and iannelli reunited in kansas city: st. francis xavier catholic church (1949)
byrne and iannelli reunited once again. ...
03
Mar
glass cullet galore: bruce goff’s redeemer lutheran church educational building (1961)
bruce goff's redeemer lutheran church educational building (1961), located at...
02
Mar
the price is wright: a a photographic survey of frank lloyd wright’s price tower (1956)
exterior photographic survery of frank lloyd wright's price tower (1956),...
23
Feb
notable chicagoan’s life-long book collection of 1893 columbian exposition finds new home with bldg. 51 archive
well over a hundred original books, brochures, booklets, pamphlets, lithographic...
19
Feb
documenting frank lloyd wright’s foster house, a woman immortalized in stone, and headless eagles in roseland
howard van doren shaw's headless bedford limestone eagles and the...
14
Feb
additional john edelmann-designed hand carved mahogany wood plinth block from strauss house joins bldg. 51 museum collection
the bldg. 51 chicago building artifact museum acquired yet another...
09
Feb
post-fire chicago residence with intact bracketed wood cornice and lightly incised keystones on wolfram street set for demolition
a well-maintained 19th century (post-fire) two-story masonry or brick residence...
08
Feb
george grant elmslie-designed chicago stock exchange terra cotta fragment found in lake calumet joins bldg. 51 museum
a historically important, well-preserved buff colored terra cotta fragment from...
07
Feb
photographic images from chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) fall of 2023
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...
03
Feb
photographic study of george w. maher’s patrick j. king house (1901) exterior bedford limestone ornament
george maher’s patrick j. king house (1901), located at 3234...
31
Jan
a photographic survey of burnham and root’s william hale house (1885-1886)
burnham and root's william e. hale house (1885-86), located at...
27
Jan
several important rare architectural books, guides and catalogs added to bldg. 51 archive in january 2023
a sizeable collection of exceptionally rare 19th and early 20th...
27
Jan
largely intact painted pine wood exterior ornament salvaged from adler and sullivan’s selz house (1883) joins bldg. 51 musuem
an original louis h. sullivan-designed exterior residential carved wood fragment...
25
Jan
exterior photographic survey of h.h. richardson’s austin hall (1881) revisited
after nearly five years, i finally found the time to...
20
Jan
barry byrne’s st. patrick’s church, an unusual 19th century fire station, cottages, and other distinctive buildings documented during recent racine visit
the following images were taken during a recent trip to...