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exterior and interior images of claude bragdon's distinctive ornament found throughout his chamber of commerce building (1916-17), located at st. paul street, rochester, ny. the building was not only one of bragdon's last major commissions in rochester, but also led to a falling out with one of his most important clients, george eastman (founder of the eastman kodak company), who...

exterior images of claude bragdon's two-story ymca maplewood branch building (1916), located at 25 driving park avenue, rochester, ny. the glazed polychromatic terra cotta (colors specified by bragdon), was executed by the atlantic terra cotta company, perth amboy, nj. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 

exterior photographic survey of harvey ellis's grace episcopal church (1885), located at 9 browns avenue, scottsville, ny. ellis's brother charles, and the boston-based firm of rotch and tilden were also in involved in the building's construction. i found it be a rather unusual, but charming little church with its fieldstone base and rounded apsidal and transept ends, topped of conical-shaped...

masterpiece. exterior images of henry h. richardson's allegheny county courthouse (1883-1888), located at 436 grant street, pittsburgh, pa. the four-story building, with five story tower, interior courtyard, and prison connected by the "bridge of sighs," was erected by the norcross brothers (richardson's contractor of choice) using massive rusticated solid pink milford granite blocks. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and...

a partially completed exterior photographic survey of claude bragdon's italian presbyterian church (1914), located at 774 west broad street, rochester, ny. the church was completed around the time bragdon's published his seminal book entitled "projective ornament."  the sgraffito pamel surrouning the main entrance was also executed by bragdon. courtesy of eric c. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights...

exterior images of frank lloyd wright's edward e. boynton house (1908), located at 16 east blvd., rochester, ny. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 

photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's william winslow's residence (1894), located at 515 auvergne pl, river forest, ills. i've included my original foldout page of wright's winlow house, from architectural review, bates & guild company, 1900. the winslow brothers were chicago’s leading architectural manufacturers, producing wrought and cast iron, and complex decorative metalwork for countless chicago landmarks, including the auditorium...

photographic survey of purcell and elmslie's first state bank of leroy (1914), located at 102 w. main street, leroy, mn. the building is devoid of the characteristic elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament, given the fact that one of the bank director's would veto any proposal for a design exceeding ten thousand dollars. still, the richly colored art glass lunette buried deep...

  exterior photographic survey of purcell and elmslie’s first national bank (1920), located at 322 west main street, adams, mn. first national was not only the last of three mower county (southern minnesota) bank buildings – the other two being the exchange bank (1910) in grand meadows, and the first state bank of leroy (1914), located just west of adams...

the exchange state bank (1910) was the first of three mower county (southern minnesota) bank buildings designed by the architectural firm of purcell, feick & elmslie (later purcell and elmslie). located on the corner of main street and grand avenue in the small town of grand meadow, minnesota, the two-story cubic building was built for a bank and vault on...

interior and exterior images of louis h. sullivan's national famer's bank (1908), located at 101 n. cedar avenue, owatonna, mn. the richly colored stencils, plaster, art glass, etc., were designed by l.h. sullivan, l. millet and g.g. elmslie. the oversized ornamental cast iron electroliers (four in total) were modeled by kristian schneider for the winslow brothers foundry. the murals were...

a detailed photographic survey of american terra cotta founder william d. gates's terra cotta house (jenney and mundie, 1893), located at 134 n. lincoln street, hinsdale, ills. conflicting accounts suggest the house was erected at the 1893 world's columbian exposition to showcase the company's terra cotta, then deconstructed at the fair's end, and transported to hinsdale where it was rebuilt...

recent images of abner pratt's italianate style honolulu house (1860), located at 107 n. kalamazoo avenue, marshall, michigan. not sure how the 1890s cast bronze "kelp" pattern doorbell (fabricated by yale & towne) landed there, but obviously not original. the entrance doorknob and backplate - made by russell & erwin - dates to the 1880s. images courtesy of eric j...

exterior images of edward c. van leyen’s beax-arts style three-story brick and bedford limestone third precinct station (1896), located at 2200 hunt street, detroit, mich. the carved limestone portico is quite unique, featuring the heads of policemen surrounded by leafage, badges or shields with cuffs and batons, and menacing lionheads. completed in may of 1897, the station served as the...

detroit's " cathedral of finance." interior and exterior images of wirt c. rowland’s 36-story mayan revival style guardian building (originally called the union trust building), located at 500 griswold street detroit, michigan. further reading from wikipedia: Architecture Tall Spire Shorter Spire The main frame of the skyscraper rises 36 stories, capped by two asymmetric spires, one extending for four additional stories...

a photographic survey of the harvey ellis-designed j.b. moss house (1889), central police station (1890), and german-american bank building (1889), conducted on a truncated visit to st. jospeh, mo., in the winter of 2023. i've included several images of eckel and mann's c.d. smith drug company (1886), given the impressive design and execution of the commerical building's richly colored red...

images of a little-known louis h. sullivan-designed cast bronze and granite base supporting the statue of john m. palmer, a civil war general, illinois governor and 1896 presidential candidate, executed by sculptor leonard crunelle in 1921. together with granite base, the outdoor sculpture (located on the grounds of the illinois state capitol building) was fabricated by the amerian-art bronze foundry...

photos from our visit to richard w. bock sculpture museum, located at 315 e. college avenue, greenville, ills. sharon grimes, who's the current director of the museum and expert on bock, provided us with a deeply informative tour of the exhibits, carefully arranged on two floors in the historic almira college house (1855). the bock collection was donated to greenville...

a critical mass of salvaged chicago architectural ornament is on permanent display at city museum, located at 750 north 16th street, st. louis, mo. the museum's latest acquisitions include a louis h. sullivan-designed white glazed gage building (1899) terra cotta cartouche and a buff-colored terra cotta second floor loggia assemblage salvaged from adler and sullivan's schiller or garrick building (1892...

exterior images of theodore link's gargantuan romanesque style union station headhouse (1894), located at 1820 market street, st. louis, mo. the station's distinctive interior and exterior design program was handled by edmund cameron, who worked for h.h. richardson, where he oversaw construction of richardson's glessner house (1887) and marshall field warehouse (1887-1930). he also greatly admired the work of harvey...