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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Getting Back to the Root
Chicago's Lake View Presbyterian Church, a little-known 1887 gem by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root is rescued and rediscovered in all its original, warm beauty. Read about it here.
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Thanks for sharing this story with us about the renewal of a little-known Shingle Style Burnham and Root church. Please don't forget that Burham and Root did design one masonry church in the Richardsonian Romanesque style--St. Gabriel's at 45th and Lowe. Althogh its entry way has been altered and its tower has been shortened, it is a beautiful expression of Root's fascination with Richardson, as you pointed out. Pauline Saliga
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing this story with us about the renewal of a little-known Shingle Style Burnham and Root church. Please don't forget that Burham and Root did design one masonry church in the Richardsonian Romanesque style--St. Gabriel's at 45th and Lowe. Althogh its entry way has been altered and its tower has been shortened, it is a beautiful expression of Root's fascination with Richardson, as you pointed out.
Pauline Saliga
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