HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORK OF ERIC J. NORDSTROM, URBAN REMAINS AND THE BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE IN 2023
This entry was posted on December 31 2023 by Eric
note: the following links represent some of highlights accomplished in 2023. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2023 to end.
BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE ACQUIRES SIZABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT RICHARD NICKEL PHOTOGRAPHS
ROOKERY BUILDING BLUEPRINTS, RARE BOOKS, ORNAMENTAL TERRA COTTA, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, AND PLYMOUTH BUILDING ARTIFACTS ADDED IN JANUARY 2023
LARGELY INTACT PAINTED PINE WOOD EXTERIOR ORNAMENT SALVAGED FROM ADLER AND SULLIVAN'S SELZ HOUSE (1883) JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSUEM
SEVERAL IMPORTANT RARE ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS, GUIDES AND CATALOGS ADDED TO BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE IN JANUARY 2023
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE-DESIGNED CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE TERRA COTTA FRAGMENT FOUND IN LAKE CALUMET JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
NOTABLE CHICAGOAN'S LIFE-LONG BOOK COLLECTION OF 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION FINDS NEW HOME WITH BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
THE PRICE IS WRIGHT: A A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S PRICE TOWER (1956)
BYRNE AND IANNELLI REUNITED IN KANSAS CITY: ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH (1949)
A SYMPHONY OF COLOR: INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF BRUCE GOFF'S BOSTON AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ERIC J. NORDSTROM AND URBAN REMAINS SALVAGES HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 1880S RESIDENCE BUILT FOR SANTE FE RAILWAY'S "SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTIVE POWER"
BURNHAM AND ROOT'S SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS BUILDING (1890): CLEVELAND'S FIRST "MODERN" SKYSCRAPER
ARCHITECT OF THE GREYHOUND: PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF WILLIAM STRUDWICK ARRASMITH'S SUPER-STREAMLINED CLEVELAND BUS TERMINAL
"SULLIVANESQUE" STYLE IN CLEVELAND: KNOX AND ELLIOT'S 17-STORY ROCKEFELLER BUILDING
LOUIS H. SULLIVAN-DESIGNED TERRA COTTA ORNAMENT FROM HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION BANK (1914) JOIN THE COLLETIONS OF ERIC J. NORDSTROM AND BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
RECONSTRUCTING THE GARRICK: ADLER & SULLIVAN’S LOST MASTERPIECE, WINS SAH'S 2023 ANTOINETTE FORRESTER DOWNING BOOK AWARD
MID-1870S POST-CHICAGO FIRE ITALINATE STYLE WOOD-FRAMED HOUSE ON BURLING BROUGHT DOWN AFTER FAILED ATTEMPTS TO SAVE IT
TWO NEWLY DISCOVERED LOUIS H. SULLIVAN POLYCHROMED LIGHTOGRAPHED TIN STOVEBOARDS JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
EXHAUSTIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN'S PURDUE STATE BANK (1914) IN THE SPRING OF 2023
DOCUMENTATION OF TIMOTHY J. SAMUELSON'S 2023 "WRIGHT BEFORE THE LLOYD" EXHIBIT IN RACINE, WISC.
WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN'S WILLIAM F. TEMPEL "SOLID ROCK" HOUSE FROM BEGINNING TO END - AND WHAT REPLACED IT A YEAR LATER
A RARE VISIT TO THE AMERICAN TERRA COTTA COMPANY'S MUSEUM, LOCATED IN CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLS.
DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF HARVEY ELLIS'S RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE SANDSTONE PILLSBURY HALL (1887)
LARGELY FORGOTTEN 1884 AMERICAN HOUSE HOTEL IN MINEAPOLIS'S WAREHOUSE DISTRICT BEING CONVERTED INTO A BOUTIQUE HOTEL
JOSEPH LYMAN SILSBEE'S UNITY CHAPEL AND SURROUNDING GRAVEYARD
A YEAR LATER: DAWN MANOR HAS MOVED ON, BUT W.J. NEWMAN'S SALVAGED CHICAGO ORNAMENT IS GOING NOWHERE
THE HOUSE OF WILLIAM D. GATES, FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN TERRA COTTA AND CERAMIC COMPANY
COBB'S RICHLY ORNAMENTED RED SLIP TERRA COTTA-CLAD 17-STORY CHEMICAL BUILDING: A DECEDANT OF HOLABIRD AND ROCHE'S TACOMA BUILDING
DETAILED LOOK AT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DANA-THOMAS HOUSE (1902) IN SUMMER OF 2023
CRITICAL MASS OF SALVAGED CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL ARTIFACTS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT ST. LOUIS'S CITY MUSEUM
GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY'S RICHARD BOCK SCULPTURE MUSEUM FILLED WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ORNAMENT AND EPHEMERA
LITTLE KNOWN LOUIS H. SULLIVAN-DESIGNED BRONZE AND GRANITE BASE SUPPORTS THE STATUE OF JOHN M. PLAMER LOCATED ON THE LAWN OF ILLINOIS'S STATE CAPITAL
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ACQUIRES HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FRAGMENTS FROM ADLER AND SULLIVAN'S TROESCHER AND CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDINGS
MEN AT WORK: RESTORATION OF VICTOR LAWSON YMCA MEMORIAL BUILDING (1931) BEDFORD LIMESTONE FACADE WELL UNDERWAY
DETROIT'S CATHEDRAL OF FINANCE: AN INTENSIVE PHOTOGRPAHIC SURVEY OF THE WIRT C. ROWLAND'S ART DECO GUARDIAN BUILDING
OLDEST FULLY FUNCTIONAL ELEVATORS SERVICING SOLON S. BEMAN'S FINE ARTS BUILDING (1898) WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY REMOVED IN COMING YEARS
ABNER PRATT'S 1860 "HONOLULU" HOUSE, LOCATED IN MARSHALL, MICH.
REVISITING THE JAMES CHARNLEY HOUSE IN 2023
A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF AMERICAN TERRA COTTA FOUNDER WILLIAM D. GATES'S "TERRA COTTA HOUSE" LOCATED IN HINSDALE, ILLS.
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ACQUIRES HISTORIALLY IMPORTANT MECCA FLATS INTERIOR CAST IRON STAIRCASE BALUSTRADE AND NEWEL POST FINIAL ENDCAP
OWATONNA IN OCTOBER 2023: CONTINUED PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN'S NATIONAL FARMER'S BANK
A CLOSER LOOK AT PURCELL AND ELMSLIE'S FIRST NATIONAL BANK (1920) IN ADAMS, MINNESOTA
THE LAST OF THE THREE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BANKS: PURCELL AND ELMSLIE'S FIRST STATE BANK OF LEROY (1914)
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT CARVED SANDSTONE BLOCK FROM POND AND POND'S HOME FOR SELF-SUPPORTING WOMEN JOINS BLDG. 51 MUSEUM
BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ACQUIRES RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA GARRICK THEATER "STAR AND POD" SHADOW BOX
GROUP OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-DESIGNED WAINWRIGHT BUILDING (1891) PAINTED CAST IRON GROUND FLOOR MULLION FRAGMENTS JOIN BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE
WRIGHT IN ROCHESTER: EXTERIOR PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF THE EDWARD BOYNTON HOUSE (1908)
TRACES OF PROJECTIVE ORNAMENT REMAIN CLAUDE BRAGDON'S ITALIAN PRESBYTERIANCHURCH (1914)
MASTERPIECE: HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON'S ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1888)
FIRST TIME VISIT TO A QUIET ARCHITECTURAL GEM IN SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK: HARVEY ELLIS'S GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH (1885)
PROJECTIVE ORNAMENT INSIDE AND OUT: DOCUMENTING CLAUDE BRAGDON'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING DESIGN PROGRAM
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT GOTHIC STYLE EXTERIOR HENRY ROHKAM RESIDENCE TERRA COTTA FENCE SEGMENTS JOIN BLDG. 51 MUSEUM ARCHIVE
HISTORICALLY IMPOTANT SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE SWIFT MANSION BADLY DAMAGED IN FIRE
PORTALS TO THE PAST: REDISCOVERING CHARLES B. ATWOOD-DESIGNED GOTHIC STYLE ORNAMENT IN D.H. BURNHAM & COMPANY'S 1896 FISHER BUILDING
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