Lee Lawrie's Prairie Deco

Here is the untold story of how New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, built his ultra moderne, Art Deco Skyscraper clear out in the early 20th Century Heartland of the Nation.The story focuses upon the contribution of Goodhue's chief architectural sculptor, Lee Lawrie (1877-1963), who humbly served him for nearly three decades, and on more than a hundred buildings from coast to coast.Lawrie's work is found in cities nationwide, from West Point (NY) to Los Angeles, from St. Paul...
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Here is the untold story of how New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, built his ultra moderne, Art Deco Skyscraper clear out in the early 20th Century Heartland of the Nation.The story focuses upon the contribution of Goodhue's chief architectural sculptor, Lee Lawrie (1877-1963), who humbly served him for nearly three decades, and on more than a hundred buildings from coast to coast.Lawrie's work is found in cities nationwide, from West Point (NY) to Los Angeles, from St. Paul to Baton Rouge and Florida, yet his name has somehow fallen off of the pages of history. A German-American immigrant who came to the U.S. as a child in poverty, yet who went on to shape the face and soul of architecture in America between the wars, and beyond.Most importantly, however, is the discovery that despite how ubiquitous his work is, Lawrie's largest body of sculpture in the world is found at the Nebraska State Capitol.