Rough stone walls enclose a sheltered courtyard in this Prairie Avenue house, whose street frontage gives little hint of the domestic spaces within.
Chicago, IL
Directions ↗- Reported completion / phase
- 1887
- Status
- Standing
- Reported style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- Recorded role
- Henry Hobson Richardson: Design architect; successors completed the project after his death.
- Architect catalogue dates
- 1886–1887
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Timeline
THROUGH TIME
The chronology
- 1886
Recorded work begins
Designed in 1885–1886 and built in 1886–1887. The construction interval excludes the earlier design phase.
Read the record ↗ - 1887
Reported completion / phase
1886–1887. Designed in 1885–1886 and built in 1886–1887. The construction interval excludes the earlier design phase.
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Records & events
THE RESEARCH TRAILRecords & events
- Category
- Building
- Construction records
- Not yet established
- Blueprints & paperwork
- Not yet established
Damage & destruction
No event classified in this record yet.
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Sources & record details
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1886–1887. Designed in 1885–1886 and built in 1886–1887. The construction interval excludes the earlier design phase.
Construction dates: 1886–1887. Designed in 1885–1886 and built in 1886–1887. The construction interval excludes the earlier design phase.
Also known as: John J. Glessner House
Sourced building location: 41.85761, -87.62105
Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.
- John J. Glessner House ↗
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