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 racine, wisc., where timothy j. samuelson and i had an afternoon to explore the city's unique architecture, from bryne and iannelli's  st. patrick's church to cecil corwin's mitchell house. to my suprise, 19th century vernacular architecture, including, but not limited to, cream city brick residential workers cottages, commerical buildings and an unusal firehouse, was by far the most interesting to photographically document on this trip. 

images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023.