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Category Archives: Terra Cotta – Restoration

Loyola University Chicago, Lewis Towers

Case Study, Terra Cotta - RestorationBy International Masonry InstituteSeptember 1, 2002

Lewis Towers is an 18-story high-rise built in 1926 and located on the prestigious north end of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. The facade of the Neo-Gothic style building is primarily composed of dark reddish-brown coarsely textured face brick.

Old Second National Bank, Aurora, Illinois

Case Study, Terra Cotta - RestorationBy International Masonry InstituteFebruary 1, 2002

The Old Second National Bank building in Aurora, Illinois was constructed in 1925 and is included in the U.S. Department of Interior National Register of Historic Places. Architect George Grant Elmslie, who formerly worked with Louis Sullivan, designed the structure and the bas relief terra cotta ornamentation.

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