Glessner House, Chicago

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historic house landmark building museum

Glessner House in Chicago is a landmark 19th-century residence celebrated for its fortress-like design and influential role in American residential architecture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Glessner House 8
Glessner House, Chicago canonical 3
Glessner House Foundation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house ⓘ
landmark building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
addedToNRHP 1970 ⓘ
architect Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form: Romanesque Revival
category historic house museum in Illinois ⓘ
chicagoLandmarkDesignationDate 1970 ⓘ
cityRegionContext Chicago’s Gilded Age elite neighborhood ⓘ
client Frances Glessner ⓘ
John J. Glessner ⓘ
completionDate 1887 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1885 ⓘ
designFeature arched entrance ⓘ
asymmetrical massing ⓘ
central courtyard ⓘ
fortress-like exterior ⓘ
inward-facing U-shaped plan ⓘ
rusticated stone walls ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
function architectural education site ⓘ
hasCourtyard yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
influenced American residential architecture ⓘ
Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
Prairie School ⓘ
surface form: Prairie School architects
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
material granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1976 ⓘ
neighborhood Near South Side ⓘ
notableFor influence on modern domestic architecture ⓘ
innovative urban residential design ⓘ
privacy-focused layout ⓘ
nrhpType individually listed property ⓘ
numberOfFloors 3 ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Glessner House, Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glessner House Foundation
partOf Prairie Avenue Historic District ⓘ
preservationStatus restored ⓘ
streetAddress 1800 South Prairie Avenue ⓘ
use house museum ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richardsonian Romanesque → notableExample → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
Henry Hobson Richardson → notableWork → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Glessner House, Chicago → ownedBy → Glessner House, Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Glessner House
this entity surface form: Glessner House Foundation
Henry → knownFor → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry → significantProject → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Hobson Richardson
John J. Glessner → notableWork → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
John J. Glessner → patronOf → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
John J. Glessner → hasSignificantConnection → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Frances Glessner → originalOwnerOf → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Frances Glessner → namesakeOf → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Frances Glessner → associatedWith → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Prairie Avenue Historic District → hasPart → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House
Prairie Avenue Historic District → hasMuseum → Glessner House, Chicago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glessner House Museum