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Purcell and Elmslie, Architects

Firm active: 1907-1921

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Capitol Building and Loan Association
George Grant Elmslie, architect [George G. Elmslie and Associates]
Topeka, Kansas 1922

Images

An illustration [upper image] of this building appears on page 583 of "George Grant Elmslie and the Chicago Scene," by Talbot Hamlin in Pencil Points (September, 1941)

Manuscripts

"Notes on Purcell and Elmslie, Architects: 1910 - 1920," by William Gray Purcell (1949-1952)

Discusses Elmslie's problems in the execution of this design, notably with integrating the ornamental treatments and particularly the sculptural groups by Emil Zettler.

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