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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop North Tree Studios, Annexes, and Courtyard |
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architect |
State Street building, Parfitt Brothers, with Bauer & Hill; Ohio Street and Ontario Street annexes, Hill & Woltersdorf |
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location |
601-623 N. State St./4-10 E. Ohio St./3-7
E. Ontario St. |
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date |
State Street building, 1894; Ohio Street annex, 1912;
Ontario Street annex, 1913 |
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style |
Queen Anne |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
Houses and shops |
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Intended as a home for artists at the turn of the century, the Tree
Studios was constructed by philanthropists Judge and Mrs. Lambert Tree
using the finest craftsmanship and details of the period. The original
1894 building facing State Street was designed in a Queen Anne style and
is lined with retail storefronts that provided rental income that
subsidized the rents for the artists' studios. The 1912 and 1913 annexes
built on Ohio and Ontario Streets were designed in the English Arts &
Crafts style. The building's large windows, picturesque details, and
distinctive interior courtyard instantly made it a unique cultural oasis
and home to many significant artists, including sculptors Albin Polasek
and John Storrs; illustrator J. Allen St. John; muralist John Warner
Norton; painters Ruth Van Sickle Ford, James Murray Haddow, and Pauline
Palmer; and actors Peter Falk and Burgess Meredith. The nation's
oldest-known artist studios, the building complex is one of the most
distinctive features of the River North neighborhood.
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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