Auditorium Building1889
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareM-13712
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Hardware from Historic Buildings
Where the hardware came from: named buildings by the architects who shaped three American cities, and the knobs recovered from them.
39 buildings · 16 no longer standing
Chicago
Extant
Chicago Stock Exchange1894
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareM-16800
Columbus Memorial Building1893
William W. Boyington
HardwareA-14100
Isabella Building1888
Burnham & Root
HardwareC-11600
Monadnock Building1888
Burnham & Root
Old Colony Building1894
Holabird & Roche
HardwareP-40940
Reliance Building1895
D H Burnham & Co.
HardwareE-10400
The Rookery1888
Burnham & Root
HardwareC-15000
Schiller Theater1892
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareP-73750
Venetian Building1892
Holabird & Roche
HardwareI-13000
New York City
Criminal Courts Building1893
Thomas Wilson
HardwareP-41460
Equitable Building1915
Graham, Burnham & Co.
HardwareP-70940
Metropolitan Life Insurance1893, 1909
Napolean LeBrun & Son
Municipal Building1908
McKim, Mead & White
HardwareP-12040
Murray Hill Hotel1884
Stephen D Hatch
HardwareP-43780
New York Produce Exchange1882
George B Post
HardwareP-47220
Plaza Hotel1909
Henry Hardenbergh
Vanderbilt Hotel1913
Warren & Wetmore
HardwareA-24000
Woolworth Building1912
Cass Gilbert
HardwareI-11100
Saint Louis
Arcade Building1913
Thomas Barnett
HardwareJ-31120
Century Building1896
Raeder, Coffin & Crocker
HardwareP-70520
Chemical Trust Building1896
Henry Ives Cobb
HardwareP-41270
Civil Courts Building1929
Klipstein & Rathmann
HardwareP-13820
Columbia Building1892
Isaac S. Taylor
HardwareP-25350
Frisco Building1902
Eames & Young
HardwareP-25420
Globe Democrat Building1892
Isaac S. Taylor
HardwareP-42860
Jefferson Hotel1904
Barnett, Haynes & Barnett
HardwareP-44920
Jefferson Memorial Building1904
Holabird & Roche
HardwareA-32300
Lincoln Trust Building1898
Eames & Young
HardwareP-45400
Merchants Exchange1875
Thomas Annan
HardwareP-40260
Municipal Courts Building1911
Isaac S. Taylor
HardwareP-13810
Saint Nicholas Hotel1893
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareP-48955
Security Building1891
Peabody & Stearns
HardwareP-40610
Southwestern Bell Telephone Building1926
Mauran, Russell & Crowell
HardwareP-22310
South Side National Bank1928
W G Knoebel
HardwareP-73730
Third National Bank Building1907
Eames & Young
HardwareH-56100
Union Trust Building1893
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareP-49910
Wainwright Building1891
Adler & Sullivan
HardwareP-50320
William McKinley School1902
William B Ittner
HardwareA-32900