masonry pins and patchwork on frederick pabst mansion’s exterior facade completed, more work to be done in 2026
detail photographic images taken after scaffolding was removed (a few...
20
Jan
15
Jan
bld. 51 museum acquires sizeable collection of louis h. sullivan-designed chicago stock exchange building door hardware and related ephemera salvaged by three oaks wrecking company
several boxes of original louis h. sullivan-designed chicago stock exchange...
14
Jan
detailed photographic survey of barry byrne’s john f. kenna apartments (1916)
the kenna apartments, officially named the john f. kenna apartments,...
12
Jan
barry bryne-designed jackson storage and van company building will by demolished to make way for condos.
threatened with demolition. exterior photographic survey of george kinglsey's four-story polychromed...
10
Jan
bldg. 51 museum secures collection of historically important terra cotta ornament from burnam and root’s downtown chicago rookery building (1887)
the bld. 51 museum and archive recently obtained original, historically...
09
Jan
exterior photographic survery of george kingsley’s jackson storage and van company warehouse located at 5951 west madison street, chicago, il.
exterior photographic survery (ornament detail) of george kingsley's jackson storage...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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....
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...