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Essential Architecture- Chicago Far South Peoples Gas South Chicago Neighborhood Store |
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architect |
George Grant Elmslie and Herman von Holst |
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location |
8935 S. Commercial Ave. |
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date |
1925 |
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style |
Prairie school |
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construction |
terracotta |
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type |
Shop |
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One of the city's few surviving works by master Prairie School architect
George Grant Elmslie. The building's extensive terra cotta detailing is
significant as an outstanding example of Elmslie's distinctive
ornamental style. The store represents a unique effort by a public
utility to create an architectural design that would enhance the
neighborhood where it was located. This modest building, which is now
owned by a private individual, remains an attractive part of the
Commercial Avenue streetscape. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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