Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Whitehouse, Francis M., 1848-1938
- Abstract:
- The Whitehouse, F. mss, 1848-1938, consist of architectural renderings, photographs, scratch board sketches, and pen & ink sketches of works produced by noted Chicago architect, Francis M. Whitehouse.
- Extent:
- 2 Boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Whitehouse, F. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Francis M. Whitehouse, born in 1848 in New York, was an architect best known for designing the Choral Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, 1893. Called Chicago's "most popular residential architect of that time" (Chicago's Historic Hyde Park, Susan O'Connor Davis, p. 386 of Appendix), Whitehouse also notably designed the Church of the Epiphany at Adams Street and Ashland Avenue and the first National Bank Building at Dearborn and Monroe Streets as junior partner in the firm of Burling & Whitehouse.
- Scope and Content:
The bulk of the collection consists of large photographic prints of residential buildings and churches designed by Whitehouse. Also present are a number of related floor plans, elevations, and sections.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 2009
- Arrangement:
Materials are arranged following original order.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Art
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Whitehouse, F. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu