recording milwaukee's 19th 20th century architecture over the past several years

the following links provide access to hundreds of images taken of 19th and early 20th century architectural ornament adorning extant residential and commercial structures in and around downtown milwaukee, taken over the past several years.

images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bld. 51 archive. 

WEEKEND TRIP TO MILWAUKEE: WORKER COTTAGES, SOLOMON BEMAN, TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT AND INCISED BUILDING NAME PLAQUES

CONTINUED PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT ON MILWAUKEE'S 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY BUILDINGS

PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF MILWAUKEE ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT OVER WEEKEND

MILWAUKEE OVER THE WEEKEND: 19TH CENTURY BUILDING ORNAMENT, COTTAGES, SULLIVANESQUE TERRA COTTA, AND A GRAVEYARD

POST-FIRE PHOTOGRPAHIC SURVEY OF MILWAUKEE'S HISTORIC 1878 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

PHOTODOCUMENTING ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING ORNAMENT IN WISCONSIN REVISITED

METICULOUSLY RESTORED FACADES, A WELL-MAINTAINED MOVIE PALACE, AND POLYCHROME TERRA COTTA

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF MILWAUKEE'S CITY HALL, PABST MANSION, AND THE "CASTLE ON KILBOURN"

19TH CENTURY FERDINAND KIECKHEFER MANSION WROUGHT IRON RAILING - EXECUTED BY CYRIL COLNIK - JOINS BLDG. 51 COLLECTION

PHOTODOCUMENTING AGING ARCHITECTURE IN MILWAUKEE

AN AFTERNOON PHOTOGRAPHING "PORTALS TO THE PAST" IN MILWAUKEE, WISC.

FRAGMENTS SALVAGED FROM THE EXTANT MABBETT & BREED'S BLOCK (1858) LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE, WI.

VISITING MILWAUKEE'S PABST MANSION AND ITS 1893 WORLD'S FAIR PAVILION OVER THE WEEKEND

MILWAUKEE OVER THE WEEKEND: FACADES, SIGNAGE AND A UNIQUE LOOK AT SILL PLATE JOINERY EXPOSED

EXTERIOR TERRA COTTA RESTORATION OF MILWAUKEE'S CITY HALL BUILDING ONGOING

STONES AND SIGNS AT THE VALENTIN BLATZ BREWING COMPANY OFFICE BUILDING

PHOTOGRAPHING THE JOSEPH B. KALVELAGE HOUSE, A.K.A "THE CASTLE ON KILBOURN" WITH EMPHASIS ON ITS TERRA COTTA FIGURES

RICHLY COLORED ORNAMENTAL TERRA COTTA RESCUED FROM PEACOCK AND FRANK'S ATMOSPHERIC VENETIAN THEATER DURING ITS DEMOLITION

LOOKING BACK AT METROPOLITAN HALL (PABST TAVERN) THROUGH THREE PANES OF COLORED CATHEDRAL GLASS