Florida Southern College/ Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

FLORIDA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE SITE DESIGNED BY REKNOWNED ARCHITECT, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. LUDD M. SPIVEY, THEN-PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, CONTACTED WRIGHT IN 1938 TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ...

National Historic Landmark- Great Northern Railway Buildings

The Great Northern Railway Buildings National Historic Landmark is comprised of five building complexes: Belton Chalet, Granite Park Chalet, Many Glacier Hotel, Sperry Chalet, and Two Medicine Store. Together they exemplify a distinct architectural style being used on a massive ...

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

National Historic Landmark - The News Building

This was the first modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood.

Built in 1929-30, the vertical -soaring- quality of the exterior marks one of the high points of skyscraper design that was to change ...

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians Building

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building

Founded in 1787 as a membership association of physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is the oldest private medical society in the United States.

The College of Physicians has been distinguished for ...

B.F. Lee Theological Seminary Building at Edward Waters College

This three-story building was built in 1925-1927 to house the Theological Department of Edward Waters College (founded In 1905).

In 1914, the first graduating class included Henry Y. Tookes, who later became a bishop in Florida.

Information provided by Florida Division ...

Jarmulovsky's Bank Building and the Jewish Daily Forward

Erected in 1895, this building was the tallest structure on the Lower East Side at the time. Founded by Sender Jarmulovsky who, literally, went from rags to riches (he began his "career" on Hester Street, selling rags from a pushcart), ...

The Manhattan Building

The Manhattan Building is the oldest surviving commercial office building by William LeBaron Jenney, the noted architect who brought the techniques of skyscraper skeletal construction to maturity. Some Chicago School architects who worked in Jenney's office included D. H. Burnham, ...

The Old Colony Building

The Old Colony Building was designed and constructed between 1893 and 1894 by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche. As Chicago School architects, they sought to reveal the character of the steel skeletal structure while cladding their buildings with ...

The Rookery Building

Built in 1888, the Rookery Building was named in honor of the former temporary City Hall where many of the city's birds made their nests.

The 11-story office building, designed by the architectural firm of Burnham and Root, features cast-iron ...

The Anderson Building

The Anderson Building, constructed in 1924, is a mixed-use three-story brick and terra-cotta Sullivanesque building located among other two to three story multiple bay/multiple lot commercial and apartment buildings on the Southwest fringe of downtown Omaha.

The Sullivanesque style of ...