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PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-100738533610

ISBN-139780738533612

eBay Product ID (ePID)43877340

Product Key Features

Book TitleChicago's Mansions

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, General, Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Architecture, Photography, History

AuthorNot Available

Book SeriesImages of America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-112837

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal977.3/11/00222

SynopsisChicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city s skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago s mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago s past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have done this than to employ the leading architects of the time to design them. These architects included men such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root. While the city s mansions are significant because of who built them, they are just as important because of who lived in them. Many of these mansions were built for Chicago s elite businessmen and captains of industry-men who represented old money, new money and big money. Just as important were the families of these men and the other residents who came to live in these mansions-for they left a legacy of their own that contributed to the city s history.", Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city’s skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago’s mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago’s past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have done this than to employ the leading architects of the time to design them. These architects included men such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root., Throughout Chicago, historic mansions built by legendary architects were the homes to characters just as great and whose impact is still felt today. Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city's skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago's mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago's past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have done this than to employ the leading architects of the time to design them. These architects included men such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root. While the city's mansions are significant because of who built them, they are just as important because of who lived in them. Many of these mansions were built for Chicago's elite businessmen and captains of industry-men who represented old money, new money and big money. Just as important were the families of these men and the other residents who came to live in these mansions-for they left a legacy of their own that contributed to the city's history.

LC Classification NumberF548.7.G73 2004