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The Swift House is a historic house at 4500 S. Michigan Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. The house was built in 1892 for Edward Morris and his wife Helen Swift Morris. Both of the owners had close ties to Chicago's meatpacking industry; Edward was the president of Morris & Company, while Helen was the daughter ...
John Mills Van Osdel (July 31, 1811 – December 21, 1891) [1] was an American architect who is considered the first Chicago architect. [2] He is considered a peer of the most prominent architects in the history of Chicago.
McCarthy Building was a five-story Chicago Landmark building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Located in the southwest corner of the block on the northeast corner of North Dearborn Street and West Washington Street, [1] [2] the John M. Van Osdel designed building had been erected in 1872, [3] but was demolished in 1989 during the clearing of what is known as Chicago's Block 37.
Rosehill's Joliet-limestone entrance gate (added in 1864) was designed by William W. Boyington, the architect of the Chicago Water Tower and the Old University of Chicago, who is buried in Rosehill. The Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The house is described as the oldest surviving house in Chicago, [4] although part of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in the Norwood Park neighborhood was built in 1833. (However, Norwood Park was not annexed to Chicago until 1893.) [ 5 ] The Clarke-Ford House was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 14, 1970. [ 6 ]
Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House in January 2023 but was not elected on the first ballot. It took lawmakers four days and 15 votes to finally find consensus and back ...
Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. [1] The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969.
A yes vote means the member was in favor of removing McCarthy as House Speaker. Kansas. Rep. Sharice Davids (D) — Yes ... Clint Eastwood's son shares update on 94-year-old dad months after ...