Hutchinson Commons

Hutchinson Commons
Hutchinson Court, from The University of Chicago - An Official Guide - June, 1916. Hutchinson Commons is shown to the left of Mitchell Tower.
Location within Chicago metropolitan area
Former names	Men's Commons
General information
Status	extant
Type	Dining Hall with kitchens, assembly area
Architectural style	neo-Gothic
Location	1131 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°47′28″N87°35′55″W / 41.7910°N 87.5987°W / 41.7910; -87.5987
Construction started	1890;135 years ago (1890)
Completed	1893;132 years ago (1893)
Owner	The University of Chicago
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge [1]

Hutchinson Commons (also known as Hutchinson Hall) at the University of Chicago is a dining hall and lounge for university students and professors.

It was modeled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford University's constituent colleges. The great room (or main dining room) measures 115 by 40 feet (35 by 12 m), and was for many years the principal site of convocations of the university. ^[2] It is located in Chicago's Hyde Park community and is currently used as a dining hall and lounge for university students and professors. The building was donated to the University by the banker, philanthropist and university trustee and treasurer Charles L. Hutchinson through a donation of $60,000 (equivalent to $2,099,778in 2024) for the purpose. ^[3]

Gallery

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  The interior of Hutchinson Commons in 2014

References

1. "University of Chicago - Hutchinson Hall". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
2. Robertson, David Allen (1919). The University of Chicago – an Official Guide. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp.  48.
3. Hilliard, Celia (2010). "The Prime Mover: Charles L. Hutchinson and the Making of The Art Institute of Chicago". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 31 (1). Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago: 51. ISSN   0069-3235. JSTOR   i40072154.