Lecture On Chicago Architect Benjamin Marshall at Glessner House October 22, 2013

Benjamin Marshall

Glessner House Museum, located at 1800 S. Prairie Ave. in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood, will host
a lecture entitled “The Architecture of Benjamin Marshall” on Tuesday October 22, 2013 at 7:00pm.

Benjamin Marshall (1874-1940) was a prominent Chicago architect who was greatly inspired by the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. He designed many of Chicago’s best known buildings including the Drake Hotel, Blackstone Hotel and Theatre, the South Shore Country Club, the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook.

Glessner House Museum is a National Historic Landmark and the last surviving work by Richardson in Chicago. Completed in 1887, the museum is recognized nationwide for its groundbreaking architecture as well as its important collection of arts and crafts decorative arts.

Admission is $10 per person. Reservations may be made by calling 312-326-1480. The museum is easily accessible by taking the #3 or #4 bus on Michigan Ave. to 18th Street, and then walking two blocks east.

Lecture On Architect H. H. Richardson To Mark 175th Anniversary Of His Birth

The this portrait of H. H. Richardson hangs in the
National Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum.

Glessner House Museum, located at 1800 S. Prairie Avenue in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood, will host a lecture entitled “H. H. Richardson and his Chicago Legacy” on Sunday September 29, 2013 at 2:00pm.

Glessner House architect Henry Hobson Richardson, born September 29, 1838 in New Orleans, was one of the most influential architects of his time. Architectural historian John Waters will present a talk on Richardson’s own body of work, and the impact that work had on other architects in Chicago, notably Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Henry Ives Cobb.

Glessner House Museum is a National Historic Landmark and the last surviving work by Richardson in Chicago. Completed in 1887, the museum is recognized nationwide for its groundbreaking architecture as well as its important collection of arts and crafts decorative arts.

Admission is $10 per person. Reservations may be made by calling 312-326-1480. The museum is easily accessible by taking the #3 or #4 bus on Michigan Avenue to 18th Street, and then walking 2 blocks east.