The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933
Icons of Art: The Artists and the Works: Architecture

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The Old Store (1897)
Built by Henry Dearborn in 1897, the old store operated as a public hall, post office,
company quarters, and general store until 1960. Grant Wood rented some of the
upstairs rooms in the 1930s. The store's most recent use was as a pub/restaurant.
Photo by Kristy Raine with the permission of the owner.

Grant Wood is known best for producing one of the icons of American art - American Gothic.  It is a tribute to art and architecture. There are, of course, many other icons in art, architecture and photography. This sample of some of the architectural icons found on the WWW is offered as a lagniappe - a little bit extra. Enjoy. Suggestions for additions are always welcome.

Eiffel, Gustave.

          The Eiffel Tower  (1887-1889)

Tour Eiffel.  “The Official Site of the Eiffel Tower.” ©SNTE, 1997-2003.  Accessed 6 May 2003. Available: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

Lamb, William.

          The Empire State Building (1930-1931) 

Empire State Building Company. “Empire State Building: Official Internet Site.” ©2002 Empire State Building Company.  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFID=3576358&CFTOKEN=44878045 

New York Public Library, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Arts, Prints and Photographs. “Lewis Wickes Hine: The Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-1931.”  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/empire.html 

Saarinen, Eero.

          The Gateway Arch, St. Louis (1961-1966) 

“The Gateway Arch.” Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.gatewayarch.com/Arch/index.aspx 

U.S. National Park Service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. “Eero Saarinen—Architect with a Vision.” By Michael A. Capps.  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/architect.htm         

Shah Jehan (Prince Khurram).

          Taj Mahal (1648) 

Great Buildings Online. “The Taj Mahal.” ©1994-2003 Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc. Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Taj_Mahal.html 

 PBS. “Treasures of the World: Taj Mahal: A Memorial to Love.”  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/taj_nav/main_tajfrm.html 

Strauss, Joseph B.

          The Golden Gate Bridge (1933-1937) 

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. “The Golden Gate Bridge.” ©2002 Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District.  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.goldengatebridge.org/ 

Museum of the City of San Francisco. “Symphonies in Steel: Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate.”  By John Bernard McGloin.  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist9/mcgloin.html 

United States National Park Service. “Golden Gate National Recreation Area.”  Accessed 6 May 2003.  Available: http://www.nps.gov/goga/         

Wren, Sir Christopher.

          St. Paul’s Cathedral (1673)           

St. Paul’s Internet Focus Group (IFG). “St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, U.K.: Online.”  Accessed 14 February 2006.  Available: http://www.stpauls.co.uk/ 

University of St. Andrews, Scotland, School of Mathematics and Statistics. “Sir Christopher Wren.”  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Wren.html 

Westfall, Richard S. “Christopher Wren: Catalog of the Scientific Community.” ©1995 Albert Van Helden.  Accessed 14 February 2006.  Available: http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html 

Wright, Frank Lloyd.

          Fallingwater [for Edgar J. Kaufmann; Bear Run, PA] (1935) 

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. “Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.”  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.franklloydwright.org/

Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Oak Park, IL. “Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation.”  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.wrightplus.org/ 

Library of Congress.  “Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape,1922-1932.”  Exhibition 14 November 1996-15 February, 1997.  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/flw.html 

PBS, WETA. “Frank Lloyd Wright: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.”  Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.pbs.org/flw/ 

Taliesin®Preservation, Inc. “Frank Lloyd Wright: Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin.” ©1997-2002 Taliesin®Preservation, Inc. Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/ 

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. “Fallingwater.” Accessed 5 May 2003.  Available: http://www.paconserve.org/index-fw1.asp

When Tillage Begins: The Stone City Art Colony and School
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