Guaranty Building - Table of Contents............Louis Sullivan - Table of Contents
Exterior
- Guaranty
Building
Formerly
known
as the
Prudential Building
28 Church Street, Buffalo, NY
Built: |
1895-1896 |
Architect: |
Adler
& Sullivan |
Style: |
Early
Modern
skyscraper Chicago School style |
Ornamentation
style: |
Art
Nouveau |
2016
owner: |
Hodgson
Russ LLP (online 2016) |
Status: |
National
Historic
Landmark |
2006-2016
Photos![]() Lower left: St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral ... Both St. Paul's and the Guaranty Building have the highest possible architectural status: National Historic Landmark ... Contrast the top of the Telephone Company Building, behind the Graanty Building in this photo, to the earlier photo below: ![]() St. Paul's steeple at left ... Telephone Company at right - Note electronic equipment from 1961 at top, later removed ![]() Southwest corner of Pearl and Church Streets ![]() Even though Sullivan was the first major American architect to promote nature motifs as decoration - instead of European Classical Greek and Roman motifs - he imitated the overall shape of a Classical column for his skyscrapers ... The building on the right in the illustration is Minoru Yamaski's M&T Building which pays homage to the earlier master by also using the column design ![]() Reflection of the Erie County Savings Bank tower ![]() Photo, taken from the top story of the Guaranty Building, courtesy of Harry Meyer ... Old County Hall tower in middle of photo |
2006-2016 Photos ![]() Terra cotta ... Art Nouveau nature motifs ... Cornice ![]() ![]() Nature motif ![]() Spandrel panel ![]() Plant pod imagery ... Caterpillar imagery ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Column ... Lion head gargoyles ![]() Gargoyle ![]() Capital: G(uaranty) B(uilding) ![]() ![]() |