Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus

  • Also Known As: Armour Institute of Technology

  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by 31st St, State St, 325th St and the Dan Ryan Expressway
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architect
Patton and Fisher Architect
1890/00/00 Philip Danforth Armour Benefactor After listening to a sermon by Frank Gunsaulus about how, with a million dollars, he could build a school that would teach the knowledge and skills people need in the industrial economy, Philip Armour approaches Gunsaulus with an offer to fund his plan.
1901/00/00
1906/06/00 J Carroll Johnson Education J Carroll Johnson graduates from the Chicago Architectural School of the Armour Institute of Technology.
1914/00/00 Earl Wilson Morrison Education Earl Wilson Morrison graduates from the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago.
1925/00/00 Elizabeth Kimball Nedved Education Matriculating in 1922, Elizabeth Kimball Nedved is awarded an architectural degree from the Armour Institute in Chicago.

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Particulars for Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Other Description Miesian
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th August 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by 31st St., State St., 325th St. and the Dan Ryan Expressway
Registry Number: 05000871
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig; Patten Fisher
Architectural Style: Romanesque, Other
Attribute: Miesian
Area in Acres: 60
Contributing Buildings: 26
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture, Education
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1893, 1901, 1943
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: School
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: School

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