Thursday, September 18, 2008

Sioux City History & Culture by Bicycle Part 32: Sioux City's Terra Cotta

Several of the buildings in & near downtown Sioux City were built with beautiful terra cotta as part of the design.

The next in the series of posts about Sioux City's History & Culture are going to be about the terra cotta on these buildings. You will recognize some of the buildings from past posts about the walking tours through the downtown area.

Sioux City was once the terra cotta capital of Iowa. But as time went along these styles fell from favor & what is still here today is but a shadow of what the city used to have in it's downtown area.

The styles of terra cotta used on these historical Sioux City buildings are:
1. Richardson Romanesque
2. Sullivanesque
3. Chicago School Elements
4. Prarie School
5. Morrish Facade
6. Beaux Arts
7. Greek revival
8. Art Deco
9. A unique style fo terra cotta

For more information about these differant styles of architectural design please do an internet search. I will post as much info. as I can about the differant styles in the posts about each of the buildings.

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