07 Jan

rare oversized historically important j.w. taylor albumen prints of william le baron jenney’s leiter ii building under construction join bldg. 51 museum archive

a set of newly discovered oversized mounted james w. taylor...

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06 Jan

holding pattern: frank lloyd wright’s joseph jacob walser junior house (1903)

recent images (1-5-2025) of frank lloyd wright's joseph jacob walser...

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05 Jan

anna jirak krause’s historically important 1933 “century of progress” scrapbook joins bldg. 51 museum chiago world’s fair collection

chicagoan anna jirak krause compiled a detailed and vivid account...

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04 Jan

restoration of george fred keck’s “america’s first glass house” taking shape in 2026

2026 photographic survey of george fred keck's 1933-34 century of...

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02 Jan

the restoration of joseph lyman silsbee’s garfield park bandstand is gradually progressing and is expected to return to its original splendor by end of 2026.

recent restoration images - taken in mid-december of 2025 -...

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02 Jan

digitization of the largest privately-owned and comprehensive chicago architectural photographic collections well underway by bldg. 51 archive

the bldg. 51 archive (led by its owner, eric j....

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01 Jan

year in review: highlights from the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains and the bldg. 51 archive in 2025

note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024....

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01 Jan

bld. 51 archive’s photographic collection on constucting 19th and late 20th century chicago commerical structures

the following images represent only a fraction of the bldg....

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30 Dec

richard haas artwork for theodore link’s st. louis union station joins bld. 51 museum collection

original signed richard haas painting (1985) of theodore link's gargantuan...

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30 Dec

rare graven and mayger theater dedication booklet latest additon to bld. 51 archive and museum

original linen-backed period photographic images of graven and mayger’s mayan...

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25 Dec

second time capsule extracted from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1890-96) shortly before being reduced to rubble

a second time capsule buried within the lightly incised lemont...

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22 Dec

“relic house” artifacts and ephemera join bld. 51 museum’s largest privately-owned colletion revolving around the great chicago fire of 1871

relic house, a historic chicago saloon and restaurant, was built...

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22 Dec

three matching frank lloyd wright-designed roloson house (1894) buff-colored terra cotta balusters join bld. 51 museum collection

three largely intact and original early frank lloyd wright-designed buff-colored...

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21 Dec

frank lloyd wright-designed exterior william winslow house painted cast staff leafage fragment added to bld. 51 musuem and archive

an original and largley intact painted cast staff or fibrous...

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17 Dec

dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman’s italianate style elgin state hospital & the northern illinois hospital and asylum for the insane (1874) taken during demolition in 1993

dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman's italianate style...

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16 Dec

flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896) in the throes of death

latest demolition images of flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran...

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12 Dec

bdg. 51 museum secures historically important oversized lincoln memorial building (1909) hand-applied polychromatic glazed terra cotta panel sculpted by kristian schneider

gargantuan salesman sample. bdg. 51 museum secures historically important oversized lincoln...

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11 Dec

additional images documenting bronze church bell extraction from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il.

additional images taken during removal of historically important church bell...

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08 Dec

historic church bell successfully extracted from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896)

sequential photo-documentation of lightly embossed bronze church bell extraction from...

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07 Dec

interior and exterior images of bruce goff’s sam and ruth van sickle ford house (1949)

mostly iphone interior and exterior images of bruce goff's sam...

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