Encyclopedia Dubuque
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Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
SULLIVANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
SULLIVANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. Developed by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856--1924), the style is characterized by wall surfaces displaying extensive low-relief terra cotta or plaster ornamentation. Buildings are often topped by deeply projecting eaves and flat roofs.
Sullivanesque architecture was popular in the United States between 1890 and 1920. In Dubuque the BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING, now the Fischer Building, was described at its opening as Iowa's most elegant business structure.