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'''Shattuck and Hussey''' was a Chicago-based [[architectural firm]] founded by Walter F. Shattuck and Harry Hussey. |
'''Shattuck and Hussey''' was a Chicago-based [[architectural firm]] founded by Walter F. Shattuck and Harry Hussey. |
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Shattuck and Hussey was a YMCA specialist firm who designed dozens of the nearly 200 YMCA buildings built between 1906 and World War I. The YMCA treated the firm's designers as quasi-employees and relied on the firm to produce functional, cost-effective facilities. These could easily be replicated from project to project and reduce risk to local YMCA building committees.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lupkin|first=Paula|title=Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8166-4834-4|location=Minneapolis, MN|pages=146}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Partial list of works: |
Partial list of works: |
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*Kroehler YMCA, [[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]], IL (1910)<ref>{{Cite news|date=1909/12/01|title=Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building|work=Naperville Clarion}}</ref> |
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*[[Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee)|Young Women's Christian Association Building]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA, 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=cfff849f-54d4-4623-b074-9b8956eac4a2 | title = National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building |publisher=National Park Service| access-date= September 24, 2015}}</ref> |
*[[Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee)|Young Women's Christian Association Building]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA, 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=cfff849f-54d4-4623-b074-9b8956eac4a2 | title = National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building |publisher=National Park Service| access-date= September 24, 2015}}</ref> |
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* Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, at No. 51 [[Bridges Street]], [[Sheung Wan]], [[Hong Kong]] (1918)<ref>[[Antiquities and Monuments Office]]: [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_I_Items.pdf Brief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #85] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013023413/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_I_Items.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }}</ref> |
* Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, at No. 51 [[Bridges Street]], [[Sheung Wan]], [[Hong Kong]] (1918)<ref>[[Antiquities and Monuments Office]]: [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_I_Items.pdf Brief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #85] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013023413/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_I_Items.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }}</ref> |
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* [[Minneapolis YMCA Central Building]] (1919) |
* [[Minneapolis YMCA Central Building]] (1919) |
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File:Kroehler YMCA Naperville.jpg|alt=Photograph of Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois|Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois |
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File:Minneapolis Downtown YMCA 2.jpg|alt=Photo of YMCA Central Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis YMCA Central Building |
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File:YWCA Nashville downtown.jpg|alt=Photo of YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee|YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee |
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</gallery> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 03:42, 2 August 2021
Shattuck and Hussey was a Chicago-based architectural firm founded by Walter F. Shattuck and Harry Hussey.
Shattuck and Hussey was a YMCA specialist firm who designed dozens of the nearly 200 YMCA buildings built between 1906 and World War I. The YMCA treated the firm's designers as quasi-employees and relied on the firm to produce functional, cost-effective facilities. These could easily be replicated from project to project and reduce risk to local YMCA building committees.[1]
Works
Partial list of works:
- Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, IL (1910)[2]
- Young Women's Christian Association Building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1911.[3]
- Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, at No. 51 Bridges Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (1918)[4]
- Minneapolis YMCA Central Building (1919)
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Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois -
Minneapolis YMCA Central Building -
YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee
References
- ^ Lupkin, Paula (2010). Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8166-4834-4.
- ^ "Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building". Naperville Clarion. 1909/12/01.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #85 Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
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