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==Selected projects== {{category see also|Louis Sullivan buildings}} '''''Buildings 1887–1895 by [[Adler & Sullivan]]:''''' * [[Martin Ryerson Tomb]], [[Graceland Cemetery]], Chicago (1887) * [[Auditorium Building, Chicago|Auditorium Building]], Chicago (1889) * [[Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb]], Graceland Cemetery, Chicago (1890) * [[Wainwright Building]], St. Louis (1890-91)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Architecture: a world history |date=2008 |publisher=Abrams |isbn=978-0-8109-9512-3 |editor-last=Borden |editor-first=Daniel |location=New York}}</ref> [[File:Wainwright Tomb 2013.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Wainwright Tomb]], St. Louis]] * [[Wainwright Tomb|Charlotte Dickson Wainwright Tomb]], [[Bellefontaine Cemetery]], St. Louis (1892), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (shown at right),<ref>[http://exhibits.slpl.org/steedman/data/Steedman240102106.asp?thread=240093347 Architectural Plans for Wainwright tomb, The Steedman Exhibit.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720182039/http://exhibits.slpl.org/steedman/data/Steedman240102106.asp?thread=240093347 |date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM31N8_Wainwright_Tomb_St_Louis_Missouri|title=Wainwright Tomb - St. Louis, Missouri - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com|access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/mo/mo0600/mo0668/data/mo0668.pdf Historic Americal Buildings Survey, MO-1637A, Wainwright Tomb.]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is considered a major American architectural triumph,<ref>[[R. W. Apple, Jr.|Apple, R. W. Jr.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/16/arts/on-the-road-st-louis-the-river-runs-by-it-history-through-it.html?pagewanted=all "On the Road: St. Louis: The River Runs by It, History Through It"] ''[[The New York Times]]'' (April 16, 1999)</ref> a model for ecclesiastical architecture,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romeofthewest.com/2007/11/two-by-sullivan.html|title=Two by Sullivan|first=Mark Scott|last=Abeln|access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref> a "masterpiece",<ref>Chase, Theodore. (ed.) [https://archive.org/stream/markers05asso/markers05asso_djvu.txt ''Markers V''] ''Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies'' Lapham Maryland: University Press of America, 1988, at [[Internet Archive]]</ref> and has been called "the [[Taj Mahal]] of St. Louis". The family name appears nowhere on the tomb.<ref>[http://www.explorestlouis.travel/media/pressKit/historicCemeteries.asp ''St. Louis' Historic Cemeteries Offer Final Rest for the Rich and Famous''.]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Hotel Saint Louis|Union Trust Building]], St. Louis (1893; street-level ornament heavily altered in 1924) * [[Guaranty Building (Buffalo, New York)|Guaranty Building]] (formerly Prudential Building), [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] (1894) '''''Buildings 1887–1922 by Louis Sullivan:''''' (256 total commissions and projects) * Springer Block (later Bay State Building and Burnham Building) and Kranz Buildings, Chicago (1885–1887) * Selz, Schwab & Company Factory, Chicago (1886–1887) * Hebrew Manual Training School, Chicago (1889–1890) * James H. Walker Warehouse & Company Store, Chicago (1886–1889) * Warehouse for E. W. Blatchford, Chicago (1889) * [[James Charnley House]] (also known as the Charnley–Persky House Museum and the National Headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians), Chicago (1891–1892) * Albert Sullivan Residence, Chicago (1891–1892) * [[McVicker's Theater]], second remodeling, Chicago (1890–1891) * Bayard Building, (now [[Bayard-Condict Building]]), 65–69 Bleecker Street, New York City (1898). Sullivan's only building in New York, with a [[Glazed architectural terra-cotta|glazed terra cotta]] curtain wall expressing the steel structure behind it. * Commercial Loft of [[Gage Group Buildings|Gage Brothers & Company]], Chicago (1898–1900) * [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (Chicago, Illinois)|Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory]], Chicago (1900–1903) * [[Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building|Carson Pirie Scott store]], (originally known as the Schlesinger & Mayer Store, now known as "Sullivan Center") Chicago (1899–1904) * Virginia Hall of [[Tusculum College]], [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] (1901)<ref>[http://www.tusculum.edu/tour/campus/tvirginia.html Tusculum College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213173019/http://www.tusculum.edu/tour/campus/tvirginia.html |date=December 13, 2009 }}</ref> * [[Van Allen Building]], [[Clinton, Iowa]] (1914) * [[St. Paul United Methodist Church (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|St. Paul United Methodist Church]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] (1910) * [[Krause Music Store]], Chicago (final commission 1922; front façade only) ===Banks=== [[File:WestFaceDetail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A portion of the western elevation of [[National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna|National Farmer's Bank]], Owatonna, Minnesota (1908)]] By the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, Sullivan's star was well on the descent{{According to whom|date=October 2016}} and, for the remainder of his life, his output consisted primarily of a series of small bank and commercial buildings in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. Yet a look at these buildings clearly reveals{{According to whom|date=October 2016}} that Sullivan's muse had not abandoned him. When the director of a bank that was considering hiring him asked Sullivan why they should engage him at a cost higher than the bids received for a conventional Neo-Classic styled building from other architects, Sullivan is reported to have replied, "A thousand architects could design those buildings. Only I can design this one." He got the job. Today{{When|date=October 2016}} these commissions are collectively referred to as Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes". All still stand. * [[National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna|National Farmer's Bank]], [[Owatonna, Minnesota|Owatonna]], Minnesota (1908)<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-minnesota-bank-building-ranks-among-the-nations-most-significant-architecture "Why a Minnesota bank building ranks among the nation’s most significant architecture"], ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', June 15, 2022.</ref> * [[Peoples Savings Bank]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]], Iowa (1912) * [[Henry Adams Building]], [[Algona, Iowa]] (1913) * [[Merchants' National Bank]], [[Grinnell, Iowa]] (1914) * [[Home Building Association Company]], [[Newark, Ohio|Newark]], Ohio (1914) * [[Purdue State Bank]], [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette]], Indiana (1914) * [[People's Federal Savings and Loan Association]], [[Sidney, Ohio]] (1918) * [[Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)|Farmers and Merchants Bank]], [[Columbus, Wisconsin|Columbus]], Wisconsin (1919) * First National Bank, [[Manistique, Michigan]] (1919–1920), a remodeling of an existing bank building<ref>Twombly. Robert, ''Louis Sullivan: His life and work'', Elisabeth Sifton Books, New York, 1986 p. 458</ref> ===Lost buildings=== * [[Grand Opera House (Chicago)|Grand Opera House, Chicago]], 1880 remodel and reconstruction with [[Dankmar Adler]] as lead architect and Sullivan as assistant; later remodeled and reconstructed in 1926 by [[Andrew Rebori]]; demolished May 1962<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZgZDgAAQBAJ&dq=Grand+Opera+House+Chicago+Hamlin&pg=PA50|title=Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres|chapter=1875 Coliseum/ 1878 Hamlin's Theatre/ 1880 Grand Opera House / 1912 George M. Cohan's Grand Opera /House / 1926 Four Cohans / 1942 RKO Grand Theatre|pages=50–56|author= Konrad Schiecke|year= 2011|isbn=978-0-7864-8865-0|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref> * Washington Elementary School, Marengo, Illinois, Adler & Sullivan, 1883, demolished by early 1990s<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-12-28 |title=OFFICIALS AT ODDS OVER FUTURE OF HISTORIC BUILDING |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-12-28-8802270930-story.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-13 |title=Louis Sullivan More |url=https://artistsofmchenrycounty.wordpress.com/louis-sullivan-more/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Stories, Structures, and Songs |language=en}}</ref> * [[Pueblo Opera House]], Pueblo, Colorado, 1890, destroyed by fire 1922 * [[New Orleans Union Station]], 1892, demolished 1954 * [[Dooly Building|Dooly Block]], Salt Lake City, Utah, 1891, demolished 1965 [[File:ChicagoStockExchange01.jpg|thumb|250px|Entrance from Sullivan's 1893 Chicago Stock Exchange building, saved and reinstalled at [[The Art Institute of Chicago]]]] * Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Adler & Sullivan, 1893, demolished 1972 ::The entrance and other portions of the building were removed prior to the demolition and subsequently were restored in the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] in 1977; the entryway arch (seen at right) stands outside on the northeast corner of the AIC site * Zion Temple, Chicago, 1884, demolished 1954 * Troescher Building, Chicago, 1884, demolished 1978 * Transportation Building, [[World's Columbian Exposition]], Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1893–94, an exposition building built to last a year * [[Louis Sullivan Bungalow|Louis Sullivan and Charnley Cottages]], Ocean Springs, Mississippi, destroyed in [[Hurricane Katrina]]; [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] also claimed credit for the design * [[Schiller Building]] (later Garrick Theater), Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1891, demolished 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/intranet/slide_scans/Schiller_Building/Schiller_Building.html|title=Home|access-date=October 28, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222033810/http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/intranet/slide_scans/Schiller_Building/Schiller_Building.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Third McVickers Theater, Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1883? demolished 1922 * Thirty-Ninth Street Passenger Station, Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1886, demolished 1934 * Standard Club, Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1887–88, demolished 1931 * [[Pilgrim Baptist Church]], Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1891, destroyed by fire January 6, 2006 * [[Wirt Dexter Building]], Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1887, destroyed by fire October 24, 2006 * George Harvey House, Chicago, Adler & Sullivan, 1888 destroyed by fire November 4, 2006
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