historically important solid bronze victorian-era floor grille or grate salvaged from henry ives cobb's chicago historical society building
Bld. 51 Museum Collection
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seldom seen interior view of henry ives cobb's richardsonian romanesque chicago historical society building, completed in 1892.
the historical society occupied the building until 1931, when it relocated to lincoln park. from 1946-1956 the building was used by the institute of design. the louis sullivan exhibit was held there in 1954 (second image).
the building's interior ornament was stripped away over the years by subsequent tenants.
the cast bronze floor grille (last image) was salvaged from the first floor near the entrance during one of many renovations. you can see the floor grate in situ in the bottom right corner of second image (i.e., entrance to sullivan exhibit)
it's pretty worn from foot traffic, so i can't help but think how many times moholy-nagy, callahan, siskind, nickel, etc., walked across it every day.
the building's ornamental louvered floor and wall registers were fabricated by the tuttle and bailey company, chicago, ills.
images courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago and bldg. 51 archive.
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