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Title: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of the Institute of Gas Technology. The building was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, constructed in 1940-1941 and demolished in...
Show morePhotograph of the Institute of Gas Technology. The building was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, constructed in 1940-1941 and demolished in 1968. The building is located at 13 West 33rd Street. The building was constructed in the early 1940s to serve as as an Armour Research Foundation laboratory building and soon became the first headquarters of the Institute of Gas Technology. An addition was built for the IGT in 1944. The State Street Building also housed Illinois Tech's temporary gymnasium in the mid-1960s. Some reports indicate that this building included a row of 1880s storefronts along State Street, others that the pre-existing section of structure was built in 1926. The building was also known as: Institute of Gas Technology (1940s), Armour Research Foundation State Street Building (ca. 1945-ca. 1954), Armour Research Foundation Laboratory (1940s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 1 (1950s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building (ca. 1955), IIT Research Institute Laboratory (1960s), IIT Service (1960s). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IITRI Administration Building Model, Chicago, Ill., 1963
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute
Date: 1963
Description: Photograph of a model of the IITRI Tower, designed by Schmidt, Garden, and Erikson and constructed in 1963-1964. The Tower is located at 10...
Show morePhotograph of a model of the IITRI Tower, designed by Schmidt, Garden, and Erikson and constructed in 1963-1964. The Tower is located at 10 West 35th Street. This 20-story tower houses the university's administrative offices, as well as the headquarters of the IIT Research Institute. A variety of mixed-use tenants also lease space in the tower. Also known as: IIT Research Institute Tower (1964-ca. 2002).
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Grover M. Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1962-1969
Description: Photograph of Hermann Hall, located at 3241 South Federal Street. Grover M. Hermann Hall was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings &...
Show morePhotograph of Hermann Hall, located at 3241 South Federal Street. Grover M. Hermann Hall was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in 1962. Also known as: Hermann Hall, Hermann Union Building, HUB. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Crerar Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1962
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of Crerar Library after construction in 1962. The building was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The...
Show morePhotograph of Crerar Library after construction in 1962. The building was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The building is located at 35 West 33rd Street. The John Crerar Library moved to the University of Chicago in 1985, prompting the renaming and renovation of the building, now the Paul V. Galvin Library. Previously, the independent Crerar Library had housed IIT's James S. Kemper Library. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Rear of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1962
Date: 1962
Description: Photograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher...
Show morePhotograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher. It was constructed in 1888, renovated in 1937 and demolished in 1968. Built as part of Armour Flats. In 1907, six sections of the building were christened Chapin Hall for Armour Institute use. When Armour Flats was demolished, these units left on Federal St. to the south of the Armour Mission building were left standing. When Chapin Hall was remodeled in 1937, two of its northern sections became the Physics Building. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: S. R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of S. R. Crown Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3360 State Street, and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of S. R. Crown Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3360 State Street, and was constructed in 1950-1956. Although planning began for the new home for the College of Architecture and Institute of Design, began in the early 1950s, construction on the building didn't begin until December, 1954. S.R. Crown Hall was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1997, and a National Historic Landmark in 2001. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Wishnick Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of Wishnick Hall, located at 3255 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and...
Show morePhotograph of Wishnick Hall, located at 3255 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and is located at 3255 South Dearborn Street. It was formerly known as the Chemistry Building (1946-1966). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Siegel Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and was constructed in 1956-1957. The building was formerly known as: Electrical Engineering and Physics Building (ca. 1957), and the Lewis Building (planned name, never officially used). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Gunsaulus Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1949
Date: 1949
Description: Photograph of Gunsaulus Hall, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed 1949-1950. The building is located at 3140 South Michigan...
Show morePhotograph of Gunsaulus Hall, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed 1949-1950. The building is located at 3140 South Michigan Avenue. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Physics Building and Chapin Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher...
Show morePhotograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher. It was constructed in 1888, renovated in 1937 and demolished in 1968. Built as part of Armour Flats. In 1907, six sections of the building were christened Chapin Hall for Armour Institute use. When Armour Flats was demolished, these units left on Federal St. to the south of the Armour Mission building were left standing. When Chapin Hall was remodeled in 1937, two of its northern sections became the Physics Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Keith School during demolition, Chicago, Ill., 1959
Date: 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. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Fowler Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1989
Description: Photograph of Fowler Hall, located on 3241 South Wabash Avenue. Fowler Hall was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of Fowler Hall, located on 3241 South Wabash Avenue. Fowler Hall was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was constructed in 1948. Armour Research Foundation offices temporarily occupied the first two floors of Fowler Hall in 1952. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Wishnick Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of Wishnick Hall, located at 3255 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and...
Show morePhotograph of Wishnick Hall, located at 3255 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and is located at 3255 South Dearborn Street. It was formerly known as the Chemistry Building (1946-1966). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Tau Epsilon Phi and Theta Xi fraternity houses at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Tau Epsilon Phi and Theta Xi fraternities, designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1960. The buildings are...
Show morePhotograph of Tau Epsilon Phi and Theta Xi fraternities, designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1960. The buildings are located at 3330 and 3340 South Michigan Avenue, respectively. Tau Epsilon Phi was later known as Law House (1999-2004) and Kappa Phi Delta (ca. 2004-present). Theta Xi was later renamed Alpha Sigma Alpha (1999-present). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Thomas R. Brown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1949
Date: 1949
Description: Photograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall, located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling &...
Show morePhotograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall, located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and was demolished in 1961. 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. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Perlstein Hall and Fountain, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of Perlstein Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and constructed in 1946-47. Alfred Caldwell was the landscape architect....
Show morePhotograph of Perlstein Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and constructed in 1946-47. Alfred Caldwell was the landscape architect. The building is located at 10 West 33rd Street. The building was formerly known as Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering Building (1946-1963). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Life Sciences Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1966-1969
Description: Photograph of Life Sciences Building, located at 3105 South Dearborn Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings ...
Show morePhotograph of Life Sciences Building, located at 3105 South Dearborn Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was construced in 1966. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Minerals and Metals Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of the Materials and Metals Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building was constructed in 1943 and is located at...
Show morePhotograph of the Materials and Metals Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building was constructed in 1943 and is located at 3350 South Federal Street. An addition was added in 1958. The building is also known as Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Materials Technology Building, Metals Research Building, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Minerals Research Building (ca. 1984-ca. 2002), Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Metals Research Building (1963-ca. 1984), and Armour Research Foundation Metals Research Building (1943-1963). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IITRI Tower, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of the IITRI Tower, designed by Schmidt, Garden, and Erikson and constructed in 1963-1964. The Tower is located at 10 West 35th...
Show morePhotograph of the IITRI Tower, designed by Schmidt, Garden, and Erikson and constructed in 1963-1964. The Tower is located at 10 West 35th Street. This 20-story tower houses the university's administrative offices, as well as the headquarters of the IIT Research Institute. A variety of mixed-use tenants also lease space in the tower. Also known as: IIT Research Institute Tower (1964-ca. 2002). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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