i discovered this building yesterday driving through a different part of the city. clearly influenced by the movement, even in the lettering over the entrance. not great pictures, it was very overcast. still nice to see...

Don,

It is great to see the design elements of the Movement being used in such a large public building. The company I work for did a remodel of a similar school in Ajo, Arizona. The friezes were of craftsmen and artists. I got so see some of the original blueprints and it was a true art to see the details.

Fred

The freize elements around the main door look like it was influenced by the work of Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan. The dates are a bit late. By 1913, his style was falling out of favor. But the organic shapes above the arch entrance look alot like that found in the Chicago Stock Exchange. There is just a real sense of style that recalls the Sullivan love of decoration.

By this time, the Praire Style of architect Frank Lloyd Wright was well established. Louis Sullivan's firm, Adler and Sullivan, hired Frank Lloyd Wright as a draftman. When FLW started to design his own residential buildings outside of work, he was fired on the spot. FLW started his own firm on 1895. So it could be influened by both architects.

Bev.