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American architectural firm
Cobb and Frost was an American
architectural firm. Cobb and Frost was founded in
Chicago, Illinois by
Henry Ives Cobb and
Charles Sumner Frost in 1882. The firm was dissolved in 1889 when Cobb began work on designing the
Newberry Library.
[1] Their most famous building was the Palmer Mansion, designed for Chicago industrialist
Potter Palmer.
Selected buildings
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Palmer Mansion, 1882
- Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1884
[2]
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Chicago Opera House, 1884-5
- Chicago & Alton Railway Station, Dwight, Illinois, 1885
[3]
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Cable House, 1886
- Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1887
[2]
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Harriet F. Rees House, 1888
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Dearborn Observatory, 1888
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Union Depot, 201 South Main Street,
Leavenworth, Kansas, 1888
[4]
- Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Wheaton, Illinois
[2]
References
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^
The Architectural History of the Newberry Library, The Newberry Library Bulletin, November 1962, By Houghton Wetherold
Archived 2008-10-10 at the
Wayback Machine
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a
b
c
Buildings and Structures of American Railroads: A Reference Book for Railroad Managers, Superintendents, Master Mechanics, Engineers, Architects, and Students. J. Wiley & Sons. 1893-01-01. p. 325.
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^ Marter, Joan M. (2011-01-01).
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. p. 495.
ISBN
9780195335798.
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^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 328.
ISBN
978-0471143895.