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Getty Tomb, North Clark Street & West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Getty Tomb, North Clark Street & West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Summary

Significance: One of Louis Sullivan's most delicate and decorative designs, the Getty Tomb is one of three mausoleum structures created by the firm of Adler and Sullivan between 1889 and 1892.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1223
Survey number: HABS IL-1045
Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Sullivan, Louis H
Getty, Eliza
Adler & Sullivan
Getty, Henry Harrison
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, sponsor
Pipal, Charles AIA, faculty sponsor
Pilcher, Maura, faculty sponsor
Hofmann, Joanna, field team
Taylor, Charles Austin, field team
Handelsman, Catherine, field team
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Location

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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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