Charles G. Dawes House
Charles G. Dawes House | |
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| Location | 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, Illinois |
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| Built | 1894 |
| Architect | H. Edwards Ficken |
| Architectural style | Chateauesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000706 |
| Added to NRHP | December 08, 1976[1] |
The Charles Gates Dawes House is the lakefront mansion of Charles Gates Dawes, whose plan to alleviate the crushing burden of war reparations Germany was required to pay because of its aggression during World War I earned him the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. Dawes was U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge. The site is significant more because of Dawes' ownership than for its architectural distinction.
Architect and early history
The house was built in 1894 by Robert Sheppard [3], treasurer and business manager of Northwestern University, and designed by H. Edwards Ficken (1844-1929) of New York.
Ficken was born in London and educated in Europe. He came to the United States in 1869 and began his career as an architectural renderer, and was the partner of Boston architect Charles G. Gambrill at the time of the latter's suicide in September of 1880.
[4] (Gambrill had, the previous year, ended a twelve year partnership with Henry Hobson Richardson.) [5] [6] Ficken's career included several distinguished commissions, including ones for the New York Athletic Club [7] and Yale University and he was a supervising architect and engineer for Woodlawn Cemetery [8] on Long Island. Ficken is perhaps best know, however, as the architect for Pepperidge Hall (1896) in Oakdale, New York. [9]
Landmark status
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][10] The Evanston Historical Society maintains its headquarters within the building.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ a b "Charles G. Dawes House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ^ [1] Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois with Portraits 3rd ed. revised and extended, pp. (1895), Chicago, Calumet Book & Engraving Co. pp. 35-37
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ [2] "AN ARCHITECT'S SUICIDE.; ILL HEALTH AND PECUNIARY LOSSES PROMPT CHARLES D. GAMBRILL TO THE ACT.", The New York Times, p. 8, September 14, 1880
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Gray, Christopher (December 11, 1988), "STREETSCAPES: The Century Association Clubhouse; Richardson's Lost Work Discovered Housing a Travel Agency on East 15th", The New York Times
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ [4] Brown, Elizabeth Mills New Haven, a Guide to Architecture and Urban Design: 15 Illustrated Tours, 1976. New Haven, Yale University Press ISBN 0300019939, 9780300019933 p. 137.
- ^ "First Accepted Design of the Building for the New York Athletic Club, H. Edwards Ficken, Architect", American Architect & Building News, April 10, 1886
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ [5] Website for The Woodlawn Cemetery
- ^ [6] Long Island Memories Website of the Long Island Library
- ^ George R. Adams and Ralph Christian (March, 1976), Template:PDFlink, National Park Service
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