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Feb 15, 1974
Bryan Lathrop House (Fortnightly Club) - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: Called the most perfect piece of Georgian architecture in Chicago" by the architect Alfred Hoyt Granger in his book “Chicago welcome you” the Lathrop House was designed by Charles Follen McKim, staunch exponent of neo-classicism and guiding spirit of the noted New York firm of McKim, Mead & White. "The quality of Mr. McKim's work combined to an unusual degree scholarly correctness and profound artistic feeling, with the result that his work reverently following classical models, was yet imbued with the individuality inseparable from the best architecture." (Exhibition catalogue, 1910, Art Institute of Chicago). Lathrop House carries its symmetry easily, without rigidity or undue emphasis* In comparison with other more elaborate, complicated and often ostentations residences built at the time, Lathrop House is clear, open and urbane. The house designed for Byran Lathrop a prominent real estate man - who specialized in serving as trustee and manager of estates, and his wife, Helen Aldis Lathrop, member of another family prominent in Chicago" real estate. Lathrop was a civic as well as financial leader and served as a trustee of the Art/Institute of Chicago, the Newberry Library; as for treasurer, manager, and finally president of Graceland Cemetery, founded by his uncle Thomas B. Bryan, also prominent in Chicago real estate; as president of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, and as a Lincoln Park commissioner. His greatest civic interest was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he served the Orchestral Association as trustee, vice president, and president between 1895 and his death in 1916. More than anyone else, Lathrop was responsible for the erection of Orchestra Hali in 1904, and he left a bequest of $700,000 to the Orchestral Association that was used to endow the Civic Orchestra, a unique training ground for young instrumentalists. In addition, his collection of 379 etchings and lithographs by James McNeill Whistler went to the Art Institute, and his library went to the Newberry Library.
Bryan Lathrop House (Fortnightly Club) - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: Called the most perfect piece of Georgian architecture in Chicago" by the architect Alfred Hoyt Granger in his book “Chicago welcome you” the Lathrop House was designed by Charles Follen McKim, staunch exponent of neo-classicism and guiding spirit of the noted New York firm of McKim, Mead & White. "The quality of Mr. McKim's work combined to an unusual degree scholarly correctness and profound artistic feeling, with the result that his work reverently following classical models, was yet imbued with the individuality inseparable from the best architecture." (Exhibition catalogue, 1910, Art Institute of Chicago). Lathrop House carries its symmetry easily, without rigidity or undue emphasis* In comparison with other more elaborate, complicated and often ostentations residences built at the time, Lathrop House is clear, open and urbane. The house designed for Byran Lathrop a prominent real estate man - who specialized in serving as trustee and manager of estates, and his wife, Helen Aldis Lathrop, member of another family prominent in Chicago" real estate. Lathrop was a civic as well as financial leader and served as a trustee of the Art/Institute of Chicago, the Newberry Library; as for treasurer, manager, and finally president of Graceland Cemetery, founded by his uncle Thomas B. Bryan, also prominent in Chicago real estate; as president of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, and as a Lincoln Park commissioner. His greatest civic interest was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he served the Orchestral Association as trustee, vice president, and president between 1895 and his death in 1916. More than anyone else, Lathrop was responsible for the erection of Orchestra Hali in 1904, and he left a bequest of $700,000 to the Orchestral Association that was used to endow the Civic Orchestra, a unique training ground for young instrumentalists. In addition, his collection of 379 etchings and lithographs by James McNeill Whistler went to the Art Institute, and his library went to the Newberry Library.
Feb 15, 1974
Posted Date
Apr 04, 2022
Historical Record Date
Feb 15, 1974
Source Name
United States Department of Interior - National Park Service
Source Website
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
