View south from the Skyscraper Building after completion in 1930. Kenmore Street
is on the right. The white, Spanish-influenced bungalow featured in the bottom of the
photograph was the temporary home to chief architect of the Skyscraper, Nairne Fischer,
while the building was being built. The bungalow was torn down in 1957 and the Sisters of
Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) built Wright Hall on the same spot two years
later. Wright Hall served as the residence for sister scholastics and later as a retirement
community for BVMs. Loyola University Chicago bought Wright Hall in 2011 and renamed the
building BVM Hall. 8" x 10" Buildings/Campus: Skyscraper Construction
title:
1930: Edgewater Neighborhood
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
Mundelein College
date:
1930
description:
View south from the Skyscraper Building after completion in 1930. Kenmore Street is on the right. The white, Spanish-influenced bungalow featured in the bottom of the photograph was the temporary home to chief architect of the Skyscraper, Nairne Fischer, while the building was being built. The bungalow was torn down in 1957 and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) built Wright Hall on the same spot two years later. Wright Hall served as the residence for sister scholastics and later as a retirement community for BVMs. Loyola University Chicago bought Wright Hall in 2011 and renamed the building BVM Hall.
description:
8" x 10"
subject:
women's education
subject:
universities and colleges
subject:
neighborhoods
relation:
Mundelein College Photograph Collection
description:
Buildings/Campus: Skyscraper Construction
type:
Image
rights:
This image is issued by the Women and Leadership Archives. Use of the image requires written permission from the Director of the Women and Leadership Archives. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with the Director. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago. Please contact WLArchives@luc.edu with any questions or for ordering information.
coverage:
Chicago, Illinois
coverage:
Mundelein College
identifier:
1167.jp2
