Glessner House

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Project Location

Chicago, USA

Year of Completion

1893

Building Type

Residential

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Yu YanFollow

Architect Location

Henry Hobson Richardson

Owner

John Jacob Glessner

Student Author

Yu Yan

Archived Year

12-17-2018

Climate

dfa

Application

masonry

Material and its Properties

The façade facing 18th Street is based on a photograph the Glessners owned of Abingdon Abbey; Richardson saw the photograph during his first visit with the Glessners and promised to make it a key inspiration for the design of their house. Throughout the exterior and interior of the house, observant visitors will find ouroboros (dragons eating their tails), acanthus leaves, and delicate G shapes.

Architect Website

//www.glessnerhouse.org/the-house/

Recommended Citation

Yan, Yu, "Glessner House" (1893). Building Case Studies. 439.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/439