Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Il) : Northeast pavilion, the east elevation, showing a window flanked by caryatids

Creator:

Atwood, Charles B., 1848-1895
D.H. Burnham & Co., American architectural firm, 1891-1912

Published/Created:

Jackson Park; 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States
1891-1893 ; 1920-1930 (alteration); 1930-1941 (restoration)

Date Depicted:

8/16/2006
1850 AD - 1899 AD

Materials:

limestone (originally plaster over brick
rebuilt)

Notes:

The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood. It is housed in the only in-place surviving building from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the former Palace of Fine Arts (also

Variant Titles:

Palace of Fine Arts

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Beaux-Arts
Néo-Grec

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A1-AC-MSI-B6

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: museums (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; engineering and industry; manufacturing; scientific or medical; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.); educational construction buildings; exhibition buildings; buildings; exhibition buildings; museums caryatid

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Three

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/16/2006

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10156020

PID:

digcoll:2314239