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Title: Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1961
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, with Armour Mission in the background....
Show morePhotograph of Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, with Armour Mission in the background. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate. This photograph is located in a folder with photographs of the Armour Mission, but visual evidence indicates that this is instead the Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building, formerly part of the Armour Flats.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Demolition of the Armour Research Foundation building at 55 East 33rd Street, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Date: 1975
Description: Photograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute...
Show morePhotograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building, built in 1920s, originally housed the Huber and Huber Motor Express trucking terminal. The building was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949, and renovated in the 1950s. It housed various ARF activities in the subsequent decades, including Physics and Chemistry research, before housing the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Demolition of the Armour Research Foundation building at 55 East 33rd Street, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Date: 1975
Description: Photograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute...
Show morePhotograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building, built in 1920s, originally housed the Huber and Huber Motor Express trucking terminal. The building was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949, and renovated in the 1950s. It housed various ARF activities in the subsequent decades, including Physics and Chemistry research, before housing the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2, Chicago, Ill., 1975
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2 prior to demolition in 1975. The building, located at 55 East 33rd...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2 prior to demolition in 1975. The building, located at 55 East 33rd Street, was constructed in the 1920s, remodeled in 1950, and demolished in 1975. The former Huber & Huber trucking terminal was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949. This building housed the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975. Also known as: Huber and Huber Motor Express Building (1920s-1949), Armour Research Foundation Physics Research Building (ca. 1950s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building No. 2 (1959), Armour Research Foundation Service (1961), 33rd and Wabash Building (1960s), Wabash Building (1960s).
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Arcade Building in Chicago, Ill., 1946
Date: 1946
Description: The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank ...
Show moreThe buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, Chicago, Ill., 1963
Date: 1963
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT South Building also pictured. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Administration Offices, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1940-1959
Description: The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank ...
Show moreThe buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). 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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