Thompson, Iowa - Possibly a Clinic? - Built around 1900, demolished sometime after 20136mo ⋅ IndependentYam3227 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Fifth Avenue hotels north from 51st Street, Manhattan NYC circa 19084yr ⋅ dnadosanddonts ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Rue du Marche aux fleurs on the Ile de la Cite, made way for Haussmann's renovation of Paris 1853-705yr ⋅ red_calum ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The former town hall of the Dutch port city Vlissingen. Build in 1733 by Flemish architect Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Jonge and torn down in 1986 to make way for the expanding docks.4yr ⋅ jeansuki ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Three generations of Chicago train stations: Chicago and North Western Wells St. Station (built 1881, demolished 1910), Chicago and North Western Depot (built across the river in 1911, demolished 1984), and Ogilvie Transportation Center (built on top of the previous station 1984-87).5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Nonsuch Palace. Built by Henry VIII in 1538. Demolished in 1682-83.5yr ⋅ fridericvs ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
A LOT has changed... Boston Boylston street area/End of the Marathon race4yr ⋅ ARTofDiNoandDART ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 1954, New Orleans. Demolished 2011.3yr ⋅ bolognesesauceplease ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
17th century buildings on Drury Lane, London, destroyed in 18904yr ⋅ RainTraffic ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hotel Netherland, Hotel Savoy, Bolkenhayn Apartment House (left to right), New York City - all demolished between 1925 and 19276yr ⋅ blrghh ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The graceful columns of the Eddie Martin Terminal, built in 1967, at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Reminds me a bit of the columns in Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax Headquarters. Demolished in 1994 after the new Thomas F. Riley Terminal opened.5yr ⋅ InchoateOffense ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Hexagon Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX - featuring hexagonal rooms & hexagonal spiral staircase - 1897 to 19595yr ⋅ vicille ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Temple Beth-El synagogue at 5th Ave and 76th St in NYC. Built in 1891 for $350,000 (around $10mil in today's money) and demolished in 1947, after having barely been used since Yom Kippur in 1929.3yr ⋅ PartTimeSarah ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Market House, Wheeling, West Virginia, built 1822. In addition to the market stalls, it housed city offices and was the site of slave auctions prior to the Civil War. Replaced by newer market in 1912.5yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The classy Saint Elisabeth hospital Alkmaar Netherlands 1927. All wings demolished recently.5yr ⋅ Remseey2907 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Saint Louis Arena. The second largest indoor arena in the USA at the time, it opened in 1929 and was demolished in 1999.5yr ⋅ Dat_Paki_Browniie ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
u/niftyjack posted this house on Michigan Ave in Chicago yesterday and I felt compelled to make a compilation of then and now. The way cities change is incredible.4yr ⋅ viktor72 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Croton Distributing Reservoir, New York City / Opened in 1842, demolished in the 1890s, now site of the New York Public Library and Bryant Park.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Abandoned apartment building being claimed by the sea in the former fishing village of Kirovsky, Russia6yr ⋅ SS-Imperator ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Knights of Pythias Castle, Houston TX. ~1898-1912. Very hard to find any information on this building5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Architecture that never was: the proposed General Grant Memorial Bridge, linking Washington and Arlington across the Potomac5yr ⋅ WilliamofYellow ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Shelor Motor Company Building, Houston TX. 1928-2018. Demolished by Chevron for future plans, now being used as a parking lot5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Congregation Albert Synagogue, Albuquerque, New Mexico, photographed here in 1905 (1900-c. 1950s)5yr ⋅ lotusbloom74 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Spokane City Hall, built 1894 demolished ~1914 for a railroad depot5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
One Times Square, the building that holds New Year's Eve count down (1904). Remodeled in 1963 and used for advertising since 1990s7yr ⋅ RDogPoundK ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The crystal palace of 'Volksvlijt' Amsterdam 1864. Burned down in 1929.5yr ⋅ Remseey2907 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Bryson-Bonebrake Building (1886-1934) in Downtown Los Angeles, 19055yr ⋅ moose098 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Beebe Block, Winthrop Square, Boston, The finest business structure in the city / Built 1860-1862, lost in the Great Boston Fire of 1872.5yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
St. Paul Central High School. Built 1912. The 1912 building was gutted and the new building was built on top of it in 1979.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The house of Ernst Nuppenau, Detroit, Michigan. Built 1870s, demolished 1940s. An exemplary example of American Stick Style architecture now lost forever.6yr ⋅ viktor72 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Boathouse (gone) and Red Gymnasium (still here) in Madison Wisconsin.6yr ⋅ ajhoff83 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Hippodrome of Antwerp. Built in 1903. Demolished, after some years of decay and a fire, in 1972.5yr ⋅ krzysztolowski ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Academy of Music, Baltimore, MD. Once an important music venue, its site is now a parking lot, and surrounding buildings in disrepair. (1875-1927)4yr ⋅ BleedTheFreak_23 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The lost Dutch renaissance style city house New York. Demolished 1954.5yr ⋅ Remseey2907 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The original Waldorf-Astoria, built in 1893, demolished in 1929 to give way to the Empire State Building.7yr ⋅ Peppe22 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Razing terraced houses, Leeds, England, 1959 / photo: Roger Mayne.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Broadway Central Hotel aka Grand Central Hotel, 673 Broadway, New York City - opened 1870, collapsed in 19736yr ⋅ sussoutthemoon ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Demolition of the Arch of the Rising Sun / constructed for the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Heygate Estate at London, UK Tim Tinker. Completed in 1974 with praise of its light and spacious flats, Demolished in 2011 due to crime and poverty.2yr ⋅ Saltedline ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Mansion House built in 1668 by Sir Christopher Wren for Sir William Turner, Lord Mayor of London (1668-1669), lost in 19294yr ⋅ RainTraffic ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Emerson Hotel, Baltimore, MD. Replaced along with the Calvert Building for two large bank buildings. (1911-1971)5yr ⋅ BleedTheFreak_23 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Parsons Block, A.K.A. The Flatiron Building, Holyoke, MA. ca. 1876-ca. 1950.5yr ⋅ antwoneoko ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
English Hotel and Opera House, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1880 -19485yr ⋅ sussoutthemoon ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Detroit Opera House in 1906 and today. An atrocity in architecture5yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Potter Palmer manse. Built in 1882, unused since 1933, demolished in 1950.6yr ⋅ niftyjack ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Beston's Fo'castle - Cape Cod cottage which served as the setting for the book The Outermost House / built in 1925, claimed by the sea during the Great Blizzard of 1978.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The West Gate building in Kenmore Square, Boston. Currently being demolished5yr ⋅ Winston3D ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chemical Block, 1899-1960, Spokane WA. Demolished for a parking garage4yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sylvanus Cobb House, Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Built in 1760 using a timber frame shipped from New England. Burned circa 1943.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Burger Chef franchise restaurant at 6 East Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis, opened 1965. Building torn down in 20026yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
One of 1,689 libraries funded by the Carnegie Foundation, Corona, California's library was built in 1905. It held twice as many books as people in the town. It was torn down in 1971, and was a vacant lot until 2017.3yr ⋅ PrivateTumbleweed ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Pan-Pacific Auditorium, LA, originally located at 7600 West Beverly Blvd. Built in 1935, it was the premier place for indoor public events. It was closed in 1972, beginning 17 years of steady neglect and decay. In 1978, it was added to the NRHP, but 11 years later it was destroyed in a fire.5yr ⋅ frecklefactor ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Dresden School of Arts and Crafts, 1875. Destroyed in WWII, rebuilt without any of the roofs or setbacks5yr ⋅ Kookbook ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Saltair I, Built On The Great Salt Lake In Utah In 1893, Destroyed By A Fire On April 22, 19253yr ⋅ TrevorxTravesty ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Rex Theater, Spokane WA, 1908-1990. Replaced by a surface parking lot5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Rogers Building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boylston St, Boston, 1866-1938.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Vasagatan, Stockholm before and after the senseless massacre of Stockholms heritage5yr ⋅ dapotata ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Maison de L'Amitie: Palm Beach, Florida. 1988. The house was notable for the bidding war between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump to purchase it. It was demolished by its last owner, a Russian billionaire, to sell the land into smaller plots.2yr ⋅ jewish_tricks ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Lost and found architecture: The 'Grand Hotel' in Stockholm has its ornamental facade restored after it was stripped in the mid-20th century6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Penn Station's Main Waiting Room, ca. 1910. The only recognizable feature remaining is the staircase at the center.6yr ⋅ WindyWill ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The last house of Holland Island, Maryland USA [1536 × 1024]7yr ⋅ Pinkamenarchy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Walla Walla County Court House, 1881-1914. A larger court house was built in the same place5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Lenox Library, New York City. Built 1877 and demolished in 1912 when the Frick mansion was built in its place.5yr ⋅ oswald_heist ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
A Pan Am 707 parked next to the Worldport at JFK, 1961. The terminal was built in 1960 and sadly demolished in 2013-14.7yr ⋅ Testicules96 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1879-1926, Stratford-Upon-Avon6yr ⋅ DonaldusTrumpington ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Waitsburg Flour Mill, 1865-2009, Waitsburg, WA. A local preservation society was working to restore it when it burned in an accidental fire5yr ⋅ volvbro ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Salzhaus and Haus Frauenstein - built around 1600 in Frankfurt-am-Main - were one of the most important townhouses of Europe - destroyed March 22, 1944 in a massive raid on Frankfurt Old Town by Royal Air Force6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Royal Poinciana Hotel - Built in 1894 in Palm Beach, FL and razed during the Great Depression. It was once the world’s largest wooden structure.6yr ⋅ Neil-Ward ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sony's Iconic Ginza Building, Tokyo - Demolished in 2017, To be Re-Imagined by 20225yr ⋅ American3Point14 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was one of the most densely populated places in the world before it was demolished in 1993 / 1994.7yr ⋅ TomRavenscroft ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Conkey’s Tavern, built in 1758, Pelham Hollow, Massachusetts. Grievances of local farmers who gathered here sparked Shays' Rebellion in 1786-1787. Burned in 1883.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Gothenburg, Sweden. The French Quarter on the main boulevard Kungsportsavenyen was built between 1875-78, the cornerhouses were demolished in 1937-38 and the rest in 1969.4yr ⋅ fulmaria ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Portland Apartments, 14th Street & Thomas Circle. Washington, D.C., circa 19175yr ⋅ skibble ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Royal Aquarium. The Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden was a place of amusement in Westminster, London, opened in 1876. The building was demolished in 1903.4yr ⋅ DIY_Mortician ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chateau de Trompette, built during the XV century and replaced in 1818 by Place des Quinconces.5yr ⋅ Julieniscancer ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The New Synagogue in Hannover, Germany: then and now. Built 1864-1870, it was destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht, in 1938.6yr ⋅ Viva_Straya ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
EATON'S Department Store, DownTown Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada 1905 - 1999. Demolished in 2003 to make way for the new MTS Centre. the home of the Manitoba Moose(AHL), and eventual home of the new Winnipeg Jets(NHL).6yr ⋅ ShadNuke ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Storyville, New Orleans. Once filled with victorian era saloons, sporting houses and the Southern Railway Terminal, it was the birthplace of jazz where legendary pianists such as Jelly Roll Morton played. Most of it was demolished and replaced by housing projects and parking garages.5yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The entire town center of Grundy, Virginia was replaced by a Wal-Mart7yr ⋅ dexterpine ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Monroe City High School from a postcard dated 1907. It was torn down in the 30's.5yr ⋅ GoDawgs51 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Wolfe Building, early New York City skyscraper, 1895-1974. Demolished for street-widening to improve traffic flow to the World Trade Center.7yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Silas Swift's grist windmill, West Falmouth, Massachusetts. Built in 1787, it ground grain for over a century. Moved to Brockton in 1922, lost to fire in 1924.5yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Brennan homestead, West 84th St near Broadway, New York City / Edgar Allan Poe boarded here in 1844 while he wrote the Raven / demolished 1888.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building built in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair. Burned down in 1894.6yr ⋅ gounce97 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old town hall (and surroundings) in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Demolished in 1967.6yr ⋅ Notexa ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The eclectic Argentine Pavilion, made for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris5yr ⋅ picardia ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
A house built in Springfield, MA by David Ames for his son John in 1828, who never lived in it following a failed engagement. It was demolished sometime between 1933 and 1939, and a church now stands on the site.5yr ⋅ antwoneoko ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Old Town Hall in Prague, Czechia. The Gothic Revival eastern wing of the Town Hall was destroyed during the Prague Uprising on May 8, 1945 and was never rebuilt.5yr ⋅ Plivumaso ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Adler Residence, Chicago. Designed by Dankmar Adler (partner of Louis Sullivan) as his family home. Built 1885, demolished 1961. The two other Adler designed townhomes on either side of the residence were demolished earlier that same year.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Actual aerial photo of downtown Boston from 1860 compared to 2012. Most major American cities would have gorgeous historic center centers similar to modern day Europe if we had not destroyed them through redevelopment.1yr ⋅ homrqt ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Westminster Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles - built 1887, demolished 1960.5yr ⋅ moose098 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Gillender Building, Lower Manhattan, New York, NY. Constructed in 1897 and was later demolished thirteen years later to make room for a larger building.6yr ⋅ Neil-Ward ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Lyceum Theatre. Newport, South Wales, UK. Opened in 1887, closed 1961 and demolished to make way for ABC Cinema in 1967.6yr ⋅ MisterSpiffing ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Mappin & Webb Building, the City of London. Demolished in 1994.5yr ⋅ fridericvs ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Brattle Street, Boston c. 1925 / Demolished in 1965 for new City Hall Plaza,.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Singer Sewing Machine Factory Clock in Clydebank, Scotland (built 1884-1885). This was one of the largest 4-faced clocks in the world at one stage. Survived the Clydebank Blitz in 1941 only to be demolished in 1963 as part of a extensive factory modernisation programme.4yr ⋅ GayScottishGeek96 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Tri-Faith chapels at JFK Airport. Built in 1966 and demolished in 1989, to make way for a car parking lot.6yr ⋅ TomRavenscroft ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Mozes and Aaronkerk, Leprozengracht, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1865 - 2020. Progress?4yr ⋅ Frits2003 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chicago Coliseum. Built 1899, demolish 1982. Home of the Chicago Blackhawks from 1926-1929 and the first ever Roller Derby in 1935.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Old Dutch House in Bristol, England. Built 1676, destroyed 1940 after a German air raid.7yr ⋅ Haffnaff ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Volkshalle or “People’s Hall” was a proposed megastructure by German architect Albert Speer and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. The dome would have been so large that clouds could form inside. (X-post from r/Unbuilt_Architecture)6yr ⋅ Neil-Ward ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Ocean Forest Hotel Myrtle Beach, SC 1930 - 1974 // then and now5yr ⋅ mirrorappearance ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Chicago Wells Street Station - Built in 1881 and was demolished some time between 1911-1930.6yr ⋅ Neil-Ward ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Plaka Bridge, in Epirus, Greece. Completed in 1866, it was the largest one-arch bridge in the Balkans. It was destroyed by flash flooding in 2015.6yr ⋅ Viva_Straya ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Nelsons Pillar Sackville Street Dublin, erected 1808, demolished by the IRA 19664yr ⋅ fconradvonhtzendorf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Dublin, Ireland (1964). Once the longest stretch of Georgian houses in the world, an entire city block was demolished to make way for this hideous monstrosity.6yr ⋅ AuldWicker ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Old Los Angeles County Courthouse, Los Angeles, CA - Built in 1891 and demolished in 1936 due to severe structural damage from an earthquake in 1933 and a lack of space.6yr ⋅ Neil-Ward ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The little 'bourse square' with the 'bourse gate' Amsterdam that was once the square of the oldest stock exchange on the planet. Whole area demolished 1912.5yr ⋅ Remseey2907 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Carpenter's Sandwiches Drive-in, 6265 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles / demolished in 1939.7yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Waterlooplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1926-1980. As you can see the canal had been filled already in 1926. But the 80’s brought huge changes. The Mozes and Aaronkerk can be seen in the top right.4yr ⋅ Frits2003 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The lobby of Detroit's Fisher Theatre before the complete remodel in Nov. 19616yr ⋅ GeneLatifah ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chateau Miranda, Calles, Belgium - Demolished Cctober 20175yr ⋅ ProphessorHappy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Castello Raggio, Genoa, Italy. Built in 1881 and demolished in 1951 in order to make room for industries and the new airport.4yr ⋅ lorenzomiglie ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
