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. Show less
Photograph of the John J. Glessner House (1800 S. Prairie Ave.), a "Richardsonian Romanesque" mansion by H.H. Richardson completed in 1886.... Show morePhotograph of the John J. Glessner House (1800 S. Prairie Ave.), a "Richardsonian Romanesque" mansion by H.H. Richardson completed in 1886. The house was deeded to the Armour Institute of Technology, and was envisioned as the home of the institute's College of Architecture. The Glessner House served as the headquarters of the Lithographic Technical Foundation from 1946-1965. Photographer unknown. Show less