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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

East Map Case Materials collection, 1892-1988

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.27
Content Description

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Dates: 1892-1988

Lewis Institute building at 408 W. Chicago , 1926

 Item
Scope and Contents

Included are 5 sheets (2 copies of each), with a 2-page document titled "Remodeling Plans and Specifications." Also included are quotes received from two contractors: Charles S. Lawrence and Jones Construction Co. The building indicated in these documents is possibly the Practice House or women's dormitory.

Dates: 1926

Lewis Institute. Engineering Building, June 4, 1903, June 11, 1903

 Item
Scope and Contents

This building was designed by Henry Ives Cobb, though drawing is not so marked. The drawings include the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors as well as the Basement and Mezzanine.

Dates: June 4, 1903; Modified: June 11, 1903

Plat map of Block 4 in Ashland's 2nd Addition, ca. 1903

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Scope and Contents

This plat map of Block 4 in Ashland's 2nd Addition is bounded by Winchester, Monroe, Robey, and Madison Streets. The map is marked "Shaded portion indicates proposed structure," and it is stamped: "Building Dept. City of Chicago Approved May [illeg.]." The proposed structure is probably the Engineering Building, built in 1903.

Dates: ca. 1903

Real Estate and IRS records, 1918-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 030.05.01
Description of the Collection The bulk of the collection consists of real estate materials and IRS filings. Real estate materials concern mortgages held as investments by Armour and Lewis Institutes and Lewis campus properties with values and maintenance expenses, ca 1938. Includes a Plat map of Lewis campus showing buildings and vacant lots, as well as notes, correspondence, insurance values, and legal descriptions of State St. area properties acquired in 1940s. Collection includes information regarding the Vendome...
Dates: 1918-1977; Majority of material found within 1920-1939; Majority of material found within 1975-1977

The Lewis Institute. Alterations, 2nd floor , July 30, 1935

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Dates: July 30, 1935

The Lewis Institute. Attic Framing Plan, April, 22, 1895

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Dates: April, 22, 1895

The Lewis Institute. General Arrangement. 1st floor, January 8, 1904

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Dates: January 8, 1904

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