First Infantry Armory

Open URL First Infantry Armory
  • Archival Collection Name Burnham Library-University of Illinois Project to Microfilm Architectural Documentation, 1950-1952
  • Rba Digital File Name 000000_19731_03_186.jpg
  • Image Notes South Elevations & Sections; D.H. Burnham & Co [title block]; building demolished 1967. Sheet #6. Microfilm roll #3, frame #186.
  • Title Or Project Name First Infantry Armory
  • Alternate Title Or Project Name First Regimental Armory; 131st Infantry Armory
  • Street Address Or Neighborhood 1552 S. Michigan Ave., NW corner of S. Michigan Ave. and E. 16th St.
  • City Chicago
  • State Or Province Illinois
  • Country United States
  • Date Designed Or Built 1890
  • Architect Designer Or Creator Burnham and Root
  • Additional Architect Or Designer Burnham, D.H., & Co.
  • Architect Or Designer Notes Burnham, D.H., & Co. [remodeling]
  • View Or Detail Type Architectural drawing
  • Digital Collection Name Archival Image Collection
  • Collection Accession Number 1973 1
  • Provenance The drawings and hectograph prints of the First Infantry (Regiment) Armory were microfilmed in March, 1951, from the original material at the Burnham Library. This material was given to the Burnham Library in 1948 by Messrs. Edward and Marvin Probst of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects.
  • Original Format Type Microfilm; Architectural drawing
  • Color Type B&W
  • Subject Terms Burnham and Root.; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.; Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891.; Armories.; Architecture--Illinois--Chicago.; South Loop (Chicago, Ill.); Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Reference Url http://digital-libraries.saic.edu:80/cdm/ref/collection/mqc/id/58362
  • Digital Collection Archival Image Collection