About this artwork
This collection of drawings, documents and building fragments documenting Adler and Sullivan’s Guaranty Building (1894-1896, Buffalo, NY) was gathered by John D. Randall (1919–1999), who served as building manager. Drawing from materials gathered after a 1955 “modernization” project and a 1974 fire, Randall opened the Louis Sullivan Architecture Museum in 1974. Randall, a Chicago-born architect and author, was a key leader in the successful preservation efforts to save the Guaranty and Sullivan’s Wainwright Building of St. Louis. The Guaranty Building was since been restored.
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Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Artist
- Adler & Sullivan, Architects (Architect)
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Title
- Guaranty Building Collection
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Date
- Made 1894–1990
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Medium
- Correspondence, architectural drawings, black and white photographs, printed papers and realia.
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Dimensions
- 24 boxes, 8 oversize portfolios, flatfile materials, 6 rolled tubes and oversize building fragments: W.: 914.4 cm (360 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Protective Life Insurance Company
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Reference Number
- 2013.3
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