Shattuck and Hussey

Shattuck and Hussey was a Chicago-based architectural firm founded by Walter F. Shattuck (1871-1948)[1] and Harry Hussey.

History

Shattuck studied architecture at the University of Illinois.[2][3] After graduation, he taught construction and perspective at the Chicago School of Architecture (now the Art Institute of Chicago) from 1891 to 1916.[2][4] Hussy was born in Ontario, Canada in 1882 and worked at a knitting mill and a mine before entering architecture school with the encouragement of the mine owners. In Chicago Hussy and Shattuck met and decided to go into business together.[5]

In the early 1900s, the Shattuck and Hussey won a design competition for the YMCA and went on to design dozens of the nearly 200 YMCA buildings built between 1906 and World War I.[6][5] 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.[6] Their designs for the organization were heavily influenced by the Chicago School which clad steel and concrete structures with masonry and neoclassical details.[5]

In 1911, Hussey embarked on a long stay in Asia where the firm was hired to design a dozen YMCAs, including Seoul and Hong Kong.[5]

Works

Partial list of works:

  • Photograph of Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois
    Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois
  • Photo of YMCA Central Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Minneapolis YMCA Central Building
  • Photo of YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee
    YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Downtown YMCA, Columbus, Ohio
    Downtown YMCA, Columbus, Ohio

References
  1. Tm, Specl to Nzw YoK (1948-12-15). "WALTER F. $HATTUCK". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. Shattuck, Walter F.; Fellows, William K. (1898). "The Chicago School of Architecture". Brush and Pencil. 2 (1): 9–14. doi:10.2307/25505247. ISSN 1932-7080. JSTOR 25505247.
  3. "The Public School Teachers and the Art Institute". Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951). 2 (1): 11. 1908. ISSN 1935-6595. JSTOR 4120132.
  4. "Notes". Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951). 10 (5): 187–193. 1916. ISSN 1935-6595. JSTOR 4102758.
  5. Dewolf, Christopher (2021-11-16). "Hong Kong's Colonial Heritage: The Chinese YMCA' s Chicago Roots". Zolima City Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  6. 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.
  7. "Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building". Naperville Clarion. 1909-12-01.
  8. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. BOWERS, JOHN Z. (1971). "THE FOUNDING OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE: POLICIES AND PERSONALITIES (Concluded)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 45 (5): 409–429. ISSN 0007-5140. JSTOR 44447459.
  10. 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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