MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logoDome

MIT
View Item 
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Glessner House

Henry Hobson Richardson (American architect, 1838-1886)
Thumbnail
Download1A1-RHH-GH-B4_cp.jpg (430.7Kb)
Alternate file
1A1-RHH-GH-B4_sv.jpg (1.577Mb)
1A1-RHH-GH-B4_tm.jpg (20.20Kb)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122226
Date
1885-1887
Description
North service elevation, side view of service door, form northwest, depicting stairs and depth; A mature design by renowned architect Henry Hobson Richardson, Glessner House is famous for its site development, innovative floor plan, and rugged Romanesque Revival-style facade. A reminder of what Prairie Avenue looked like when it was home to some of the city's finest mansions, the Glessner House is the only remaining Chicago building by this Boston-based architect. The building was designed for John J. Glessner, an executive with the International Harvester Company. It now contains a house museum, which is part of the Prairie Avenue District. Source: Chicago Landmarks [website]; http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/ (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
house; mansion
Subject
architectural exteriors, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
Metadata
Show full item record

Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts

Browse

All of DomeCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister
MIT Libraries homeMIT Libraries logo

Find us on

Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube RSS

MIT Libraries navigation

SearchHours & locationsBorrow & requestResearch supportAbout us
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibility
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.