Book Description
Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city’s skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago’s mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago’s past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have done this than to employ the leading architects of the time to design them. These architects included men such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root.
About the Author
John Graf is a Chicago historian who is the author of two other books in Arcadia’s Images of America series, Chicago’s Parks and Chicago’s Monuments, Markers, and Memorials.
Chicago's Mansions, Illinois (Images of America Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER
Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the cityﾽs skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicagoﾽs mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicagoﾽs past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have done this than to employ the leading architects of the time to design them. These architects included men such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root.
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