Entrance, Ransom R. Cable House
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- Title:
- Entrance, Ransom R. Cable House
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Cobb and Frost (American architectural firm, 1882-1889)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1886-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1886 (building)
- Location:
- Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10035022
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00169
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10035022.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Romanesque Revival
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
entrances
Capitals
Columns
plant-derived motifs
rustication
Barred windows
arches
Steps
Cable House, Chicago, Illinois
photographs - Measurement:
- 15 x 20 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Driehaus Financial Service (The Ransom R. Cable House) 25 E. Erie Street, 1886, Cobb & Frost, renovated 1992, John Victor Frega Assocs. This house introduced to Chicago such Richardsonian design elements as rock-faced ashlar (here of Kasota stoen), the slightly battered foundation, the low-sprung triple arches of the corner entry, and encustrations of neo-Byzantine carving." (Source: Alice Sinkevitch, Ed., American Institute of Architects Guide to Chicago, 1993, p. 123)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.