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Essential
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Northeast
Theurer-Wrigley House |
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architect
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Richard E. Schmidt |
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location
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2466 N. Lakeview Ave.
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date
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1896
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style
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Renaissance
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construction
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stone and terracotta cladding |
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type
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House |
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This is an early design by Richard E. Schmidt and, possibly, Hugh M.G.
Garden, two architects who were part of the influential Prairie School
movement of the early-20th century, but whose first projects were in a
more traditional mode. This design is based on the architecture of the
late-Italian Renaissance, with Baroque-style terra-cotta details. It was
built by Joseph Theurer, the president of the Schoenhofen Brewing
Company, who later commissioned Garden to design a new brewery
powerhouse. In 1911, Theurer sold the house to chewing gum manufacturer
William Wrigley, Jr.
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links
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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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www.essential-architecture.com
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