Fine Arts Building

Information about the building from Architectural Digest, volume 6, no. 4, p. 37:

Art figures: Kendall & Delaney
Cabinet work: Commercial Fixture Company
Colton cement: Oro Grande Lime & Stone Company
Common brick: Simons Brick Company
Decorating: Heinsbergen Decorating Company
Elevator accessories: Randall Control & Hydrometric Corp.
Elevator motors: Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company
Elevators, furnished and installed: llewellyn Iron Works
Hardware: Earle Hardware Mfg. Company
Heating systems: Illinois Engineering Company
Lighting fixtures; The Meyberg Company
Ornamental iron, bronze & hollow metal doors: A. J. Bayer Company
Panel boards and main switchboards: Diamond Electrical Mfg. Company
Plumbing fixtures: Washington Iron Works
Structural steeel fabricated and erected: Llewellyn Iron Works
Terra-cotta and hollow tile: Gladding, McBean & Company

• Photograph of the Fine Arts (also known as Signal Oil) building from 1933.
  
• Main doorway arch
  
• Left doorway arch
  
• Main facade
  
• Figures on jamb
  
• Grillwork
  
• Dedication
  
• Exterior Sculptures by Burt Johnson:
  • "Architecture".
  • "Sculpture."
  • Other exterior sculptures.

• Background information on the building
• A brief biography on Johnson
• Text from a 1999 "Fine Arts Building" handout

2/2007