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    • Brick
      • Hydraulic-Press Brick Company
        • Illinois Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Catalog, 1899
      • Hydraulic Brick Company: The Early Years, by Mimi Stiritz
      • St. Louis Area Brickmakers
      • Cornice Moldings
      • Jamb, Arch, and Panel Moldings
      • String Course Moldings
      • Egg-and-Dart String Course Moldings
      • Ornamental Brick, 5×5 and size variations
      • Ornamental Brick, 5×10 and size variations
      • Ornamental Brick, 7×7 and size variations
      • Ornamental Brick, 10×10 and size variations
    • Building Machinery
    • Clay Tile Roofing
      • A Brief History of Roofing Tile Manufacture and Use
      • Mound City Roofing Tile Company
    • Ecclesiastical
    • Glass
    • Glazed & Encaustic Tile
    • Hardware
    • Lighting
      • Guth Lighting Company – National Register of Historic Places Listing
    • Non-Ferrous Metals
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      • Background on Sgraffito & Art Nouveau
      • Plastering Plain and Decorative
    • Sheet Metal
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    • Stone
      • Indiana Limestone: The Aristocrat of Building Materials
    • Cast Stone
    • Structural & Ornamental Cast Iron
    • Structural Steel
    • Terra Cotta
      • Terra Cotta in Architecture
      • Winkle Terra Cotta Company
        • Stock Designs in Architectural Terra Cotta
      • St. Louis Terra Cotta Company
    • Woodwork
    • Wrought Iron & Mild Steel
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  • Recovery Projects
    • 611-15 North Vandeventer
      • Deconstructed
    • 812 Pine
      • Deconstruction
    • 916-18 Delmar
    • 1022-32 North 6th Street
    • 1410-14 Washington Avenue
    • 1604 Goodfellow Boulevard
    • 2617-23 Cass
      • Deconstruction
    • 4100 Block McPherson Avenue, South Side
    • 4222 Olive (Gaslight Square)
      • Deconstruction
    • 4224-26 Olive (Gaslight Square)
      • Deconstruction
      • Reconstruction
    • 4230 Olive (Gaslight Square)
      • Deconstruction
    • 4236-40 Olive (Gaslight Square)
      • Reconstruction
    • 4242 Olive (Gaslight Square)
    • 4244-48 Olive (Gaslight Square)
      • Deconstruction
    • 4431-39 Olive Street
    • Ambassador Building
      • Ambassador Theater
      • Theater Offices
      • Pier Panels
      • Cornice Recovery
      • Trusses
    • American Wine Company
    • Anheuser Busch Distribution Facility (Alton, Illinois)
    • Anheuser Busch Garage
    • Big Four Route Building
      • Deconstruction
    • Blackwell Wielandy Building
      • Deconstruction
    • Brinkwirth Building
      • Deconstruction
    • Cabanne Station Post Office
      • Deconstruction
    • Carter Carburetor Laboratory Building
    • Century Building
      • Entrance and Deconstruction
      • Locust Street Entrance
      • Spandrels
      • Structural Steel
    • Chouteau School
    • Civil Courts Building (St. Louis)
      • Revolving Doors
    • Comet Theater
      • Façade
    • Cromwell Apartments
    • Cytron Mortgage Building
      • Deconstruction
    • Deaconess Hospital Library
    • Drovers National Bank of East St. Louis
    • East St. Louis Public Library
      • Details
    • East St. Louis Sewer District
    • Embree-McLean Carriage Company
      • Deconstruction
    • Farmer’s Elevator
    • First District Police Court and Police Patrol Stables
      • Deconstruction
    • Florissant Center Apartments
    • Garavelli’s Buffet/Aratas Billiards
    • Garavelli’s Restaurant
      • Deconstruction
    • Gilbert House
    • Granada Theatre
      • Terra Cotta Details
      • Deconstruction
    • Liggett Building (International Building)
      • Pre-Demolition
    • Lincoln Trust (Title Guaranty) Building
      • East Entrance
      • 1st Story Piers
      • Entablature
      • 2nd Story Piers
      • Window Spandrels
      • Elevator Tower and Building Sign
      • Cornice
      • Guaranty Home & Investment Syndicate
    • Lindell Building (Schaper Brothers)
      • Details and Deconstruction
    • Lions Club Building (Chicago)
    • Maplewood Masonic Temple, Lodge No. 566, A.F. & A.M.
    • Marquette Hotel (Milner Hotel)
      • Deconstruction
      • Lobby
    • Mavrakos Candy Store
    • Mersmann Estate Building
      • Deconstruction
    • Mission Free School
    • Missouri Pacific Building (Buder Building)
      • Main Staircase
      • Pier Medallion Recovery
      • Entrance Recovery
      • Cornice Recovery
      • Demolition
    • National Bank of Commerce Building
    • Olive Hall
    • Oreon-Scott Building
    • Ormond Apartments
    • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
    • Pabst Brewing Co. Tavern
    • Park Automobile Company
    • Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Delivery Station
    • Randall Apartments
    • Rivoli Theatre
      • Façade
      • Deconstruction
      • Paintings
    • Rosenheim Building
    • Schlitz Brewing Company Tavern
    • Southtown Theater
      • Details
    • Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph (Grand Exchange)
      • Entrance
      • Parapet Coping
      • Upper Cornice
      • Lower Cornice
      • Windows and Sill Courses
    • St. Liborius German Catholic Church
      • High Altar
      • St. Ann Altar
      • Infant of Prague Altar
      • St. Joseph Altar
      • Holy Water Founts
      • Communion Rail
      • Side Altars
    • St. Louis City Hospital School of Nursing
    • St. Louis County Lunatic Asylum (East Wing)
      • Balustrading
      • Deconstruction
    • St. Louis Isolation Hospital for Infants Ward Building
    • St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company
    • St. Louis Star Building
    • St. Louis Title Building
      • Deconstruction
    • St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
    • St. Peter’s School and Hall
    • State Bank of Wellston
      • Deconstruction
    • Statler Hotel
    • Wabash Offices and Terminal
    • Wagoner Mortuary Building
      • Dismantling
    • Walker Estate Building
    • Walsh Memorial Stadium
    • Weber Bros. Realty Building
    • Webster School Annex
      • Deconstruction
    • Westminster Laundry
    • Yeckel Building
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Unhappy Hour: 2017 Places in Peril

The National Building Arts Center hosted Missouri Preservation's Unhappy Hour on Friday, August 25, 2017. The 2017 Historic Places in Peril list, highlighting endangered sites around the state of Missouri, was announced, and can be viewed at https://preservemo.wordpress.com/most-endangered/2017-2/.

About the National Building Arts Center

The St. Louis-based National Building Arts Center (NBAC) promotes public awareness of the crucial roles of architecture, manufacturing, construction, and urban design in our built environment.

Contact Us

National Building Arts Center
2300 Falling Springs Rd.
Sauget, IL 62206
Larry Giles, Director
lg@buildingmuseum.org

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