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Terra Cotta Detail
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Decorative terra cotta detail on the facade of the Castle & Doyle building, 125 State Street. The building was built in 1856 as fire station No. 2 and remodeled by Claude & Starch in 1921-22 for the Castle & Doyle fuel company.
November 16, 1975
Potter, James T.
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Castle and Doyle Coal Company Detail
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Terra cotta detail of a man's face and floral design on the front of Castle and Doyle Coal Company at 125 State Street.
Terra Cotta Detail
October 27, 1974
Decorative terra cotta details on the exterior front of the Schlimgen Building at 1327 University Avenue.
Terra Cotta Harlequin
May 25, 1975
An image of a Harlequin (Arlecchino in Italian), a classical witty comic servant, on a terra cotta panel that decorates Lombardino's Restaurant at 2500 University Avenue.
Jack Doyle in his Storefront
March 22, 1978
Jack Doyle standing inside the glass door of Castle and Doyle, Coal, Fuel Oil Building Material, on the 100 block of State Street in the historic firehouse building, with the original terra-cotta f...
Levitan Building
August 31, 1969
Entrance to the Levitan Building at 15 West Main Street, which exhibits Egyptian architecture in the terra cotta details. The columns are copies of Eyptian columns in the Chicago Art Institute. Cla...
