tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post5918881916506249271..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Burnham, Root and the man "responsible for the modern office building"Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-18304628091516363712021-02-08T17:19:50.931-06:002021-02-08T17:19:50.931-06:00I lived at St George School for Girls in 1948. It...I lived at St George School for Girls in 1948. It was the most wonderful place to be.<br />Mrs Tyskling, the Headmistress became my Godmother. It was not a Catholic School but most of the girls who lived there Catholic at that time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17651200092405994572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-49042160368752191272021-01-04T13:46:25.798-06:002021-01-04T13:46:25.798-06:00It was a school I actually lived there in the 70s ...It was a school I actually lived there in the 70s b4 they destroyed it in to condos. Such amazing rooms I remember to this dayCandacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454488606254539449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-52126114384380222462018-08-17T16:44:37.616-05:002018-08-17T16:44:37.616-05:00In San Antonio there is an 1893 Richardsonian Roma...In San Antonio there is an 1893 Richardsonian Romanesque with more than a passing resemblance to this house that also includes an observatory. Built for the pioneer Maverick family and still owned by the Carter family, the house has been meticulously restored, including the observatory. http://maverickcarterhouse.org/<br />Vince Michaelhttp://www.vincemichael.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-47245361818074991882010-09-16T03:53:49.731-05:002010-09-16T03:53:49.731-05:00Thanks very much for that information, Lynn.
Be...Thanks very much for that information, Lynn. <br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-11364172109534438652010-08-01T21:34:09.883-05:002010-08-01T21:34:09.883-05:00Dave,
according to the AIA Guide to Chicago
the s...Dave,<br /><br />according to the AIA Guide to Chicago<br />the school house was added in 1925, architect, E. Norman Brydges.<br /><br />thanks for reading.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-34292187969870016612010-08-01T20:09:26.308-05:002010-08-01T20:09:26.308-05:00I recently visited the Hale house on Drexel. Can ...I recently visited the Hale house on Drexel. Can someone tell me when the large addition was constructed on the east side of the house? I was told by a resident that the addition served as a school house, but has like the Hale house, been broken up into condos. Just by cursory inspection, the addition seems to be a later vintage than the Hale house itself. Thanks!<br /><br />DaveDave Jurasevichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-20378472965220926432010-01-13T16:11:29.179-06:002010-01-13T16:11:29.179-06:00George Ellery Hale was not just the moving spirit ...George Ellery Hale was not just the moving spirit behind the Yerkes Observatory. He was also essentially the founder of the California Institute of Technology, with its Mt. Wilson and Palomar observatories and their much more important telescopes.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031927404778855276noreply@blogger.com