Collections

19th Century American Bottles
19th or early 20th century dug chicago privy pit wheel-cut glass kerosene lamp part with nicely aged patina

19th Century American Bottles

19th century Sidewalk Vault Lights
original late 19th century rare salvaged chicago refinished cast iron vault light panel with brown brothers glass rondels

19th century Sidewalk Vault Lights

A. Finkl & Sons Chicago Foundry Objects & Artifacts
one of three original a. finkl & sons bricks with old inventory plaques salvaged from the company's foundry building after moving to the north side in 1902

A. Finkl & Sons Chicago Foundry Objects & Artifacts

Antiquated Electrical Devices
one of six nearly identical historically important wrigley chewing gum factory elevator car push button boxes

Antiquated Electrical Devices

Architectural
seldom found original mottled glazed early 20th century northwestern terra cotta salesman sample bookend

Architectural

Architectural Doors
several matching sets of original 1880's salvaged chicago "jet black" niles patented screwless spindle doorknobs and matching ornamental cast iron backplates

Architectural Doors

Art Deco
Art Deco

Art Deco

Artifacts & Accessories
museum-quality 1887 rookery building skylight architectural drawing from the office of burnham and root

Artifacts & Accessories

ARTIFACTS FROM OUR CATALOG
original 1893-94 louis sullivan yale and towne chicago stock exchange building office door hardware

ARTIFACTS FROM OUR CATALOG

BLDG 51 Museum Book
58-page full-color "lost and found" congress theater book by eric j. nordstrom

BLDG 51 Museum Book

Bldg. 51 Museum Collection
original 1892 james w. taylor photographic image of downtown chicago (lasalle street looking north from william w. boyington's board of trade building (1882-1929). note burnham and root's woman's temple (1892-1926) is nearing completion

Bldg. 51 Museum Collection

Chicago Athletic Association Building Artifacts
framed c. 1950's vintage american chicago athletic association building lobby "directory of phone numbers" for downtown destinations

Chicago Athletic Association Building Artifacts

Chicago Prairie School
original c. 1930's salvaged chicago bungalow variegated glass interior residential leaded glass window with centrally located floral motif

Chicago Prairie School

Chicago Stock Exchange Building Artifacts
original 1893-94 louis sullivan yale and towne chicago stock exchange building office door hardware

Chicago Stock Exchange Building Artifacts

Collections & Trends
salvaged chicago industrial folded and pressed steel conveyor belt bucket repurposed wall-mount multi-purpose storage rack

Collections & Trends

Daniel Burnham's Fisher Building
original 19th century historically important ornamental cast iron gothic style fisher building elevator door medallion

Daniel Burnham's Fisher Building

Devices & Components
original early 20th century nicely aged cast bronze salvaged chicago commercial building elevator "up" and "down" car or cab call backplate with intact push buttons

Devices & Components

Exterior Building Elements
Exterior Building Elements

Exterior Building Elements

FEATURED PROUCTS
original 1892 james w. taylor photographic image of downtown chicago (lasalle street looking north from william w. boyington's board of trade building (1882-1929). note burnham and root's woman's temple (1892-1926) is nearing completion

FEATURED PROUCTS

Finely Crafted Millwork
Finely Crafted Millwork

Finely Crafted Millwork