Charles Allerton Coolidge

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Charles Allerton Coolidge was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential role in the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and for helping shape major institutional and civic buildings in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
activeInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Classical Revival
basedIn Boston
Chicago
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1858-03-30
dateOfDeath 1936-02-09
educatedAt Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Henry Hobson Richardson
familyName Coolidge
fieldOfWork architecture
genre civic architecture
institutional architecture
givenName Charles
influenced campus planning at major American universities
development of civic architecture in Chicago
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
middleName Allerton
name Charles Allerton Coolidge
nationality American
notableFor leadership in the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
shaping major institutional architecture in the United States
notableWork Art Institute of Chicago (building work/expansions)
Chicago Public Library (now Chicago Cultural Center)
Harvard Medical School campus, Boston
Harvard University buildings in Cambridge
Stanford University buildings (early campus work)
civic buildings in the United States
institutional buildings in the United States
occupation architect
placeOfBirth Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
placeOfDeath Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
positionHeld partner at Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge


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