Chicago History

Louis Sullivan and Henry Ives Cobb, Architects of Culture and Commerce

Thursday, September 14, 6:00 pm
Newberry Library Ruggles Hall
Speaker: Diane Dillon, The Newberry Library

As part of Sullivan 150, a six-week, city-wide commemoration of the birth of Louis Sullivanin 1856, art historian Diane Dillon—a Newberry Seminar instructor and scholar-in-residence—will present an illustrated lecture comparing Sullivan’s work and career with another leading Chicago architect of the late nineteenth century: Henry Ives Cobb. While Sullivan is celebrated as one of the most forward-looking architects of the late nineteenth century, the lesser-known Cobb is most often viewed as one who looked to the past in his revival-style buildings. But a closer look reveals that the two had much in common.

Do you want to learn more? See Diane Dillon's The Architecture of Louis Sullivan , a 10-week Newberry Seminar starting September 19.

For general information on Sullivan 150 programs at the Chicago History Museum and other locations, please call (312) 642-4600. Full event details will be available online at www.sullivan150.org beginning August 1, 2006.

The Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner for their generous support of public programming. Major funding is also provided by Richard and Barbara Franke, the MacLean-Fogg Family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, and the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

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