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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Loop North Bush Temple of Music |
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architect |
J.E.O. Pridmore |
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location |
100 W. Chicago Ave. |
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date |
1901 |
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style |
French Renaissance Revival Second Empire Loire Chateau |
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Shop |
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The Bush Temple of Music was built as the headquarters and showroom of the
Bush and Gerts Piano Company, one of Chicago’s leading piano companies.
The building exemplifies the importance of piano manufacturing and sales
in Chicago during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Chicago
was the leading piano manufacturing center in the world. The building
also is a rare large-scale example of French Renaissance Revival-style
architecture, a highly unusual style in both Chicago and the United
States. The building’s distinctive design and finely crafted decorative
details are a testament to the skill of its architect, J.E.O. Pridmore,
who was an important Chicago designer of buildings in the historic
revival styles favored by Chicagoans in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. |
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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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