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Title: Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1961
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and...
Show morePhotograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and was located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. Once known as Cudahy mansion, this building was purchased in 1939 for graduate students. It served as one of IIT's Naval housing quarters from approximately 1943-45. After World War II, the building housed graduate students and, from 1948-61, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Formerly known as Cudahy Mansion (1880s-1919) , Chicago Motor Club (1919-1929), Quarters 2 (1943-1946), Graduate House (1939-1943, 1946-1948), Brown House (1950s), Brown Hall.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: The east side of the greek quadrangle, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960s
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta...
Show morePhotograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta Xi, and Tau Epsilon Phi houses, with Gunsaulus Hall visible. These three fraternity houses were designed by the architecture firm Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1960. The Alpha Epsilon Pi house (foreground) was demolished in 2007. The former Theta Xi house (middle) became the Alpha Sigma Alpha house ca. 2000, and the former Tau Epsilon Phi house (rear) was the law house for a brief period, and became the Kappa Phi Delta house in 2004. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1960-1969) is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Keith School, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolishd in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner...
Show morePhotograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolishd in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner Elbridge G. Keith, opened its doors in 1883. The school, which became increasingly surrounded by the Institute's campus, closed in 1959, and was demolished that same year. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1950-1959) is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

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