The first St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA. Built in 1835 and lost to a fire in 1851.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
A miniature replica of the old Thai royal palace... the palace and the entire city of Ayutthaya burned down during the Burmese invasion of 1767.3yr ⋅ DayangMarikit ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The original Light Court of the Rookery Building, Chicago. 1886-1905. Parts of this are still there, but hiding beneath the renovation by Frank Lloyd Wright, where they may remain hidden.3yr ⋅ MCofPort ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Whetton's Grocery and General Store, Needham, Massachusetts: Greek Revival built in 1857, razed 1938. Served as post office and was first place in town to get a telephone. Upper floor was Highland Hall, a room for civic meetings, lectures, concerts, and dances.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Jamsil Siyoung Apartment Complex at Seoul, South Korea. Built in 1976 for working class residents relocated from slum clearance, Demolished in 2004 for bigger apartment complex.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Not lost just yet but 417 Park Avenue in NYC is about to be demolished to be replaced with a towering glass office building. It’s not a super well known or notable building but it’s always caught my eye. It’s one of the last brick and mortar apartment buildings that far down on Park Ave in NYC.3yr ⋅ RhodeIslandJerry1958 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
New York World Building, demolished in 1955 for a ramp extension of the Brooklyn bridge3yr ⋅ BiRd_BoY_ ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Central Hall of the Matsuya Department Store, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1925. Heavily damaged by bombing in WW2, fully remodeled in 19652yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The building in Kyoto where Nintendo was born back in 1889. This piece of history was sadly lost in 2004 when it was demolished to make room for a car park.2yr ⋅ Ably_10 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Detroit Library in Detroit, MI. Opened in 1877 and demolished in 1931.4yr ⋅ Romanzo71 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sandwich Glass Factory, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Manufactured blown and pressed glass tableware from 1825 to 1889, employing over 500 people at height of production. Furnaces and factory buildings razed in 1920s.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Kumgang Ananti Golf & Spa Resort at Kosong, North Korea. Built in 2007 by a South Korean company, it never opened due to murder of a tourist by North Korean soilder. Demolished in 2022.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Futura Apartments on Leonie Hill, Singapore by Timothy Seow & Partners. Built in 1976, it was the second ever condominium built in Singapore. Demolished in 20121yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Burger Boy Food-0-Rama (BBF), High Street, Morgantown, WV — Googie style, built 1966, lost circa 1980s.1yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Auditorium at the Hawaiian Village Hotel, Honolulu / aluminum geodesic dome built 1957, razed 1999.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
1890 (colorized) photo of the Great Northern Building and Hotel. The hotel opened in 1892 and was demolished in 1940. The Office and Theatre building were demolished in 1961 to make way for the Dirksen Federal Building, built in 1964. (Colorized by me.)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chicago Town and Tennis Club. Built 1924. Demolished 2020, despite a private offer to move the building to a Chicago park. Future site of a dormitory.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hotel Netherland, built by William Waldorf Astor. Located at 783 Fifth Avenue on the corner of 59th Street in New York city, it was built in 1893 and closed in 1925. Demolished in 1927. (Colorized by OP)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
New Jersey state hospital. Built in 1876 and demolished in 2015 despite protests1yr ⋅ betsyhass ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The sea walls of Thessaloniki, Greece. Built in the 4th century AD, demolished in the late 19th century.11mo ⋅ Antique_Focus_9440 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Colossus of Rhodes, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Built 280 BC. Collapsed 226 BC. And completely razed off by Arab forces in 653 AD2yr ⋅ hankmeisterr ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Gold Pyramid House, Wadsworth, Illinois. Built by the Onan family in 1980, heavily damaged by fire in 2018. The property also has a 50-foot statue of King Tut, a metal palm tree, and a four car garage topped by three smaller pyramids.3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chateau de Coucy - it was mainly known for its giant keep, the largest in Europe, 35 m wide and 55 m tall. The castle was blown up by Germans during WWI.1yr ⋅ Specific-Chain-3801 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Times Square, NYC in 1905. Everything seen in this photo is doesn't exist anymore.3yr ⋅ IhaveCripplingAngst ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Notre Dame Convent, Milwaukee, USA. Destroyed as part of urban “revival”.1yr ⋅ CyclingFrenchie ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Interior of Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project at St. Louis, MO by Minoru Yamasaki. Built in 1955, the project suffered from federal underfunding, low maintainence, and obstructive policies. Demolished in 1972-76.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, Paris. (1860’s)1yr ⋅ fablur ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Tremont House, Boston - built 1829, the first hotel in America with indoor plumbing and toilets, razed 1894 / additional hospitality services pioneered by the Tremont included a reception area, bellboys, free soap, and locks on guestroom doors.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Palast der Republik, located in East Berlin. Built in the 1970's on the site of the demolished Kaiser's palace, it housed the Volkskammer, the rubber stamp parliament of East Germany from 1976-1990. It was closed after German reunification and demolished between 2006 and 2008.2yr ⋅ Silverfrost5549 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Experimental plastic house in Leningrad. Built in 1961, demolished 1964.2yr ⋅ mochitanchik ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Takamatsu, Japan by Kenzo Tange. Built in 1964, Closed in 2014 due to roof leak. To be demolished in 2023.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
North Pacific Dental College, Portland, OR. Built in 1900 and Razed in the late '40s - early '50s.3yr ⋅ BiggelsonWiggelson ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Red Sandstone Courthouse in Los Angeles, CA 1891 [Story in Comments]2yr ⋅ NaotoNakada ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Konigsberg Castle. Konigsberg, Germany. It Was located in modern day Kaliningrad, Russia.3mo ⋅ Fit-Cry2876 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Red Road Flats in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Sam Bunton & Associates. Built in 1964-1968 for 4,700 people, Demolished in 2015.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Millenium Hilton Seoul at Seoul, South Korea. Built in 1983 by Jong Soung Kimm, only architect in South Korea who studied under Mies van der Rohe. Closed in 2022 and to be redeveloped for office.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Derwent Tower, also known as The Dunston Rocket in Newcastle, UK by Owen Luder. Built in 1971 for 1,300 people, demolished in 2017.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Great Maple Leaf Restaurant at Berlin, Germany. Built in 1971 under East Germany, Demolished in 2000 despite numerous protests for a new hotel.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sibley Breaker, Pennsylvania, built in 1886 and destroyed by fire in 19062yr ⋅ ZomberBomber ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Hall of Records in Los Angeles. It was built in 1909 and demolished in 1973 for a surface parking lot. The building, which sat askew, survived a street realignment in the 1920s when the web of streets in the former CBD were untangled, but did not survive Los Angeles' urban renewal madness.1yr ⋅ moose098 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Squantum Yacht Club, Quincy, Massachusetts. Built 1904. Lost to fire, 1976.2yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Iosefin Railway Station, Timisoara - built in 1897, destroyed in 19441yr ⋅ banateanbazat ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
David Denny Mansion, Seattle. Built in 1888 and razed in 1971. Chopped into apartments and relocated sometime after 1900, due to the Denny family being forced to sell the house after losing their fortune in the panic of 1893.3yr ⋅ BiggelsonWiggelson ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
A digital reconstruction of Old St. Paul's Cathedral, which was located in London, England. Completed in 1314, it was destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London. The current cathedral with its iconic dome was built between 1675 and 1710.2yr ⋅ Silverfrost5549 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Burroughs Wellcome Building by Paul Rudolph, 1969. Demolished in 2021.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Cook County Courthouse and City Hall, Chicago Illinois. Built in 1885. After it sank 6 inches causing a gas line to rupture and blow the roof off it was demolished 20 years after completion.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Dismantling the Palais de l'Industrie - an iron and glass exhibition hall built for the Paris World Fair in 1855. Taken down in 1897 to clear space for the Grand Palais of the 1900 World Fair.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Charles H. Johnson residence, Prescott, Massachusetts: Greek Revival, lost to creation of Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s.2yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Beach Hotel, Galveston, TX. Built in 1882 and destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1898.2yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Rotterdam, Netherlands, before it got carpet-bombed in 1940. About 30,000 buildings were destroyed in a few hours.3yr ⋅ biwook ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The medieval city hall of Amsterdam. Build 14th/15th century, burned down in 1652. The new city hall was build on the same spot. Painting by Pieter Jansz Saenredam from 1657.1yr ⋅ thenamesis2001 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
First Point Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1877, the structure proved costly to maintain due to unstable foundations; it was replaced by a larger bridge in 1925.3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Buzzards Bay Electric Co.'s Power House, Falmouth, Massachusetts / building originally housed a roller skating rink, repurposed to generate electricity 1911-1917, razed 1935.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
the bridge of Trous in Tournais in Belgium, built between 1281 to 1329 and demolished August 2, 20191yr ⋅ VanderkelenV ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Jimmy Stewart's Tudor mansion in Beverly Hills (Demolished in 1998)1yr ⋅ EMO_SKELETON ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Entrance Arch to Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Erected in 1870, taken down in 1895 for extension of Commonwealth Ave. [6744x5296]2yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Millennium Hilton Seoul at Seoul, South Korea. Designed by Jong Soung Kimm, only person in Korea worked under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, it was built in 1983. Closed in 2022, to be demolished later.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Erie County Savings Bank, Buffalo NY. Opened 1893. Demolished 19681yr ⋅ RIPWadeBoggs ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Salzhaus and Haus Frauenstein. Built around 1600 in Frankfurt, Germany. Both destroyed in 1944 by an RAF raid.2yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Gillender Building, New York City. Completed in 1897 and razed in 1910.3yr ⋅ BiggelsonWiggelson ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The photo below is from the interior of Dayton’s original Union Station that was located at Sixth and Ludlow. The long wood benches depicted in this photo are now preserved and on display at the model railway and train museum known as Entertrainment Junction in West Chester Ohio Photo colorized.1yr ⋅ kiiyyuul ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
National Palace of Haiti, 1912-2010, Severely damaged by the 2010 Haitian Earthquake and demolished in 2012.2yr ⋅ seaboigium ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The original Light Court of the Rookery Building, Chicago. 1886-1905. Parts of this are still there, but hiding beneath the renovation by Frank Lloyd Wright, where they may remain hidden.1yr ⋅ Sudden-Cancel1241 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hutchesontown C at Glasgow, Scotland by Basil Spence in 1962. Demolished in 1993.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, PA. Built in 1896 and demolished in 1967.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Terminal Island, a Japanese fishing village in Los Angeles harbor. Due to the islands isolation, the locals developed their own dialect called Terminal Island lingo, a mix of Japanese and English. They were the first group deported to internment camps; the village was razed to prevent their return.3yr ⋅ moose098 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Dewitt Prescott House, Duluth, Minnesota. Built in 1890, by 1914 it became vacant. It was taken over by the County and sold to a man for $1,500 in 1944. The man dismantled the house and recycled many parts of the house to build his own house and tourist cabins along Hwy 61.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Giza Solar Boat Museum, next to the Great Pyramid. Demolished in late 2021, after the Khufu ship was transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum.1yr ⋅ BetaKeyTakeaway ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Athens Municipal Theatre, Greece. Built in 1888 and demolished in 1940.3yr ⋅ Juggertrout ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Moore House, Palos Verdes, California. Designed in 1958 by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank), demolished in 20113yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Christian Science Student Center at the University of Illinois by Paul Rudolph. Built in 1965, demolished in 19861yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
One of Philadelphias most gorgeous corners in the year of 1900, Broad Street Station. (razed in 50s)2yr ⋅ Riding_With_Biden ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Rome`s termini station, demolished in 1937 for the Italy`s 1942 world fair, which never happened due to World War 21yr ⋅ AlternativeBeat9101 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City. Built 1906 demolished 19781yr ⋅ Jake_Jacobson ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Imperial Hotel of Indianapolis in 1904, a true architectural marvel a la 'Romanesque Rococo Curlicue Baroque'. Demolished for a parking lot.2yr ⋅ Riding_With_Biden ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
This brutalist marvel called Hall of Nations by Raj Rewal | Delhi, India (1972). This was razed down back in 2018 to make way for a new exhibition center.3yr ⋅ hypewatch93 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange 1600s - 4/16/24. Lost due to fire yesterday.1d ⋅ theredhound19 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Martini Dar Zamaria, Aleppo. Built 1997. Destroyed in Syrian civil war2yr ⋅ hankmeisterr ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Palast der Republik, Berlin. Demolished in 2008 due to asbestos.3yr ⋅ CGXReddit ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Hotel Netherland (NYC) photographed in 1905 and later demolished in 1927.3yr ⋅ Novusor ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Gateway to Newcastle. constructed in the 60s replacing a Georgian building, demolished a few years ago2yr ⋅ the-details ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Ball High School, Galveston, TX. Built in 1884, it was heavily damaged by the hurricane of 1900. The school was back in service by 1901, additions were made in 1915 and a new Ball High was built in the 1950s. The original Ball High was sold and demolished shortly after the new school opened.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Clifton Bemis residence, E. Main St, Spencer, Massachusetts / photographed in 1905 by Paisiello Emerson, since destroyed.2yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Royal Picardy Hotel, Le Touquet, France. Construction started in 1928 and officially opened in 1930. The building was damaged by bombing during the war and it was closed for good in 1951. The city of Le Touquet purchased it in 1967 and it was demolished in 1968.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Rivergate in New Orleans (1968-1995), designed by Curtis & Davis.4yr ⋅ SteakbackOuthouse ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The minarets of Alamgir Mosque, Panchganga Ghat, Varanasi, India. Built in the late seventeenth century, one of them collapsed in 1948 and the other was pulled down shortly after. This photograph of the mosque and its surroundings was taken in 1869.3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hanadi Tower: Largest residential building in Gaza destroyed today in an Israeli airstrike. More than 80 families lost their home.3yr ⋅ jewish_tricks ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Speculative rendering of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, the oldest and most important large temple in Rome. Built in 509 BC in an Etruscan-influenced style, destroyed by fire in 83 BC3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Konigsberg Castle in Kaliningrad, Russia destroyed after World War II3yr ⋅ SkillMaleficent2720 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The General Motors Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, AKA 'Futurama,' also the source of the name Matt Groening gave his show from visiting the futuristic attraction as a kid. Torn down after the fair ended, 1965.3yr ⋅ MCofPort ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Southgate Estate, Runcorn New Town, Cheshire, UK, designed by James Stirling in 1977, demolished in 1992 due to high maintenance costs and low profitability.3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Grand Salon of the City of Detroit III 1911 - 1956. One of the largest and most luxurious side wheel steamers to sail the Great Lakes.3yr ⋅ CrotchWolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Robin Hood Gardens by Alice and Peter Smithson in London, UK. Built in 1972, it was famous for its street in the sky concept and urban violence. Partially demolished in 2018 and to be fully demolished later.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Streamline Moderne service station, now site of the Philadelphia Convention Center.3yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The North Gate of City of Taipei in 1895, this gate is still standing, but every single buildings (except just one) in the back were demolished and replaced by western style buildings in early 20th century by Japanese colonial government in Taiwan.3yr ⋅ Geofferi ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Rambla de Mar del Plata, Argentina. Built in 1913 and demolished in 19402yr ⋅ picardia ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Galloway's Furniture Store, Sarasota, Florida, designed by Victor Lundy in 1959. Partially demolished in the 1970s, some of the structure still survives within a nondescript exterior1yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Rufus K. Winslow Mansion, Cleveland, Ohio. Built in 1878 & razed in 1927 to build a “millionaires-only” enclosed clubhouse on the site.2yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Krestovsky Water Towers, Moscow, Russia. Designed by Maxim Geppener in the late 19th century, demolished in 1939 during the expansion of the motorway.3yr ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1891 and demolished in 1937 to make way for the River Market1yr ⋅ Kramit2012 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
John Houghton House, Austin, Texas. Built in 1886 and demolished in 1973 for an eight-story parking garage.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Something different: Michigan Theater, Detroit, MI, USA. Built 1925, gutted and turned into a parking lot in the 70s.4yr ⋅ AdLegitimate1657 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Manhattan Life Building, tallest building in New York in 1894, demolished in 1964.2yr ⋅ Novusor ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Madison County Courthouse in Anderson, Indiana in 1964. Demolished in 1972.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Victorian Downtown San Francisco C.1880's, Before the 1906 Great Earthquake & Fire1yr ⋅ Radiant-Business2517 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Gothic facade in Deventer, The Netherlands. Build 14th-15th century, demolished 1939.2yr ⋅ thenamesis2001 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
House with The Twisted Chimney in Budapest, Hungary. Built in the 1850s, demolished sometime in the 1960s or 70s.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Second Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1922. Demolished in 1967 for newer high-rise design.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Palast der Republik hosted the Volkskammer, the parliament of East Germany in Berlin in 1976 - 1990. (It was demolished in 2008)7mo ⋅ Ludotheos ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Palast Hotel at Berlin, East Germany. Built in 1979, Demolished in 20011yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Iranistan: Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1848. Commissioned by P.T Barnum. The mansion stood as an early example of Moorish Revival architecture before burning down in 1857.3yr ⋅ jewish_tricks ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Apartment building at Humlegardsgatan in Stockholm, Sweden. New zoning plans prohibited apartments at the street, which forced the tenants out and the demolition of the building in 1966. It was replaced by a seven-story office building.3yr ⋅ fulmaria ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sun Centre in Rhyls, Wales by Gillinson Barnett & Partners. Opened in 1980, it had first indoor surfing pool in Europe. Closed in 2014 and demolished after.1yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The City Hall of Troy, New York. Built in 1875 and was lost in a fire in 1938.1yr ⋅ JankCranky ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Green Dragon Tavern, Union Street, North End, Boston, established in 1654 / Secret meeting site of the The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams, planning site of the Boston Tea Party, razed 1832.2yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
