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detailed images of adler and sullivan's 10-story wainwright building (1891), located at 709 chestnut street, st. louis, mo. the first two floors are faced with reddish-brown sandstone quarried from michigan. the red slip terra cotta was executed by the winkle terra cotta company, st. louis, mo. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved...

exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's susan lawrence dana house (1902), located at 301 e. lawrence avenue, springfield, ills. Dana-Thomas House SHARE  Facebook TwitterEmail In 1903 heiress and social activist Susan Lawrence Dana commissioned Wright to remodel her family’s 1868 Italianate mansion to better suit her social ambition and extravagant entertaining needs. BUILT 1902-1904 CLIENT Susan Lawrence Dana ADDRESS 301 E...

images of henry ives cobb’s 17-story chemical building (1896), located on the ne corner of 8th and olive streets, st. louis. mo. the building’s annex was designed by st. louis-based firm of mauran, russell, and garden in 1903. the ornamental cast iron was executed by christopher and simpson iron works and the terra cotta (iron oxide was added to the...

exterior and interior images of the william d. gates retirement home (1927), located in crystal lake, ills. gates was the founder and president of the american terra cotta and ceramics company, establishjed in 1887. early 20th century terra cotta and tile fabricated by gates's company located nearby, is scattered all around the estate. i immediately identified a few polychromatic fragments...

a year later... granite and concrete: parts and pieces of chicago's demolished buildings landed at lake delton during depression. images of salvaged ornament from boyington's board of trade building (1885-1929) and wright's midway gardens (1914-1929) located at an old chicago wrecker's summer cottage (dawn manor) in the dells. during the late 19th and early 20th century, william j. newman's excavation...

solon s. spencer's richardsonian romanesque style 4-story bedford limestone bank building (1888) was built for  gysbert van steenwyk, a dutch native who settled in la crosse after immigrating to milwaukee. a major remodeling in 1927 moved the entry from the center of the building to the east side and the first floor was further altered by the replacement of the...

joseph lyman Silsbee was commissioned by frank lloyd wright’s uncle, jenkin lloyd jones, to design unity chapel in spring green, wisconsin. wright assisted with the design of the small shingle chapel, completed in 1886.   images of the wood-framed shingle style chapel, incised stone gate posts and surrounding graveyard are posted below.    images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and...

photographic survey of the 1884 american house hotel (converted to commutator foundry in 1910), located at 125 1st street north, minneapolis, mn. i've been documenting this building since 1999, when it was mostly abandoned, neglected, and falling to pieces (the worst of it was in the rear shed). the nicely worn and weathered facade, with it's ghostly foundry signs and...

exterior images of kees and colburn's 9-story deere and webber company warehouse (1910), located at 800 n. washington avenue, minneapolis, mn. the cream-colored speckled finish sullivanesque terra cotta was fabricated by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023.

interior and exterior images of george maher’s egyptian revival winona savings bank building (1916), located at 204 main street, winona, mn. the granite bank building was built between 1914-16 by the haglin-stahr company, located in minneapolis, mn. tiffany executed the maher-designed art glass windows and ornamental bronze work. exterior: interior: courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive...

2023 photographic survey of kees and colburn’s sullivanesque style 10-story grain exchange building, located at 400 s. 4th St, minneapolis, mn. the minneapolis grain exchange building was constructed between 1900 and 1902 by minneapolis architectural firm of kees and colburn. the buff-colored terra cotta ornament was heavily influenced by louis sullivan’s commercial buildings of the late 19th and early 20th...

photographic survey of harvey ellis's richardsonian romanesque style pillsbury hall (leroy buffington, 1887) located on the university of minnesota's historic campus district. the building’s exterior is comprised of buff-colored sandstone quarried from pine, mn., and a red sandstone found in northwestern minnesota. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 

a little less than a week ago i had the opportunity to visit the american terra cotta company museum - located in crystal lake, ills. i was rather impressed with the exhibits, including the carefully curated selection of terra cotta ornament that the factory produced beginning in 1881.  for more information please visit: https://cl-hs.org/local-history/businesses/american-terra-cotta/ images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom...

the exterior buff-colored ornamental terra cotta ornament on the flemish renaissance revival-styled frederick mansion (george ferry, architect, 1892) is in need of serious repair (see images below). restoration of the adjoining 1893 world's fair pabst beer pavilion (designed by architect otto strack, who also designed the extant pabst theater), is underway, with the boston terra cotta company replicating and replacing...

New exhibit highlights Wright and mentor From the Things to do in and around Racine County series   RACINE — “Wright Before the ‘Lloyd,’” a new exhibit at the Racine Heritage Museum, 701 Main St., is now open. It highlights the young Frank L. Wright and his friend Cecil Sherman Corwin, the forgotten architect and mentor who did much to shape him...

latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) are provided below. the ever-expanding photo-documentation project focuses on systematically recording any and all architectural ornament located on historically important 19th and early 20th century extant buildings located in downtown chicago and surrounding neighborhoods. note: same approach was applied towards documenting architectural ornament in the following cities (see...

latest detailed images of louis h. sullivan's purdue national bank building (1914), located at 10 west state street in west lafayette, indiana. the richly colored polychromed glazed terra was designed by louis h. sullivan, modeled by kristian schneider, and executed by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. with exception to the entrance (plugged with an atm machine), modification of...

photographic survey of knox and elliot's 17-story rockefeller building (1905), located at 614 west superior avenue, cleveland, oh. the interior and exterior ornament was executed by the winslow brothers, chicago, ills. the custom-designed ornamental bronze and brass hardware was fabricated by the p.f. corbin company, new britain, ct. interior ornament salvaged during remodelings over the years: images and ornament courtesy...

detailed exterior photographic survery of william strudwick arrasmith's super-streamlined greyhound bus station (1948), located at 1465 chester avenue, cleveland, oh. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023.      The Greyhound Bus Terminal By Chris Roy & Joseph Wickens Streamline Moderne was all the rage in the 1940s. Architect A.S. Arrasmith was a leading proponent—designing...

recent images of frank lloyd wright's k. c. derhodes house (1906), located at 715 s. washington street, south bend, ind. the k.c. derhodes house, which was built after wright’s first trip to japan, reflects the importance of this pivotal journey, as well as the great talent of wright’s draughtsman, marion mahony, who played a major role in the design of...