Mundie & Jensen

Consumers Building in Chicago, one of the skyscrapers designed by Mundie & Jensen.

Mundie & Jensen was an architectural firm in Chicago, Illinois. Several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). ^[1]

It was a partnership of William Bryce Mundie ^[2] and Elmer C. Jensen. ^[3] Mundie was a draftsman from Canada who worked in Chicago for William Le Baron Jenney, "father of the American skyscraper", and joined him as partner in 1891. ^[2]

Associated firms were:

• Jenney & Mundie, 1891 to 1904
• Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, 1905 to late 1906
• Mundie & Jensen 1907 to 1935
• Mundie, Jensen, Bourke & Havens 1936 to 1939 ^[2]

Works by the firm and/or one of its partners include (with attribution):

• Consumers Building (1913), 220 S. State St., Chicago, IL (Jenney, Mundie & Jensen) ^[4]
• International Tailoring Company Building (1915-16), 847 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL (Mundie & Jensen), NRHP-listed ^[1]
• Trude Building (1897), Chicago, Illinois (Jenny & Mundie) ^[5]
• Ludington Building (1892), 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL (Jenney & Mundie), NRHP-listed ^[1]
• Municipal Courts Building (1906-07), 116 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL (Jenny, Mundie & Jensen), NRHP-listed ^[1]
• National City Bank (1913), 227 Main St., Evansville, Indiana (Mundie & Jennie), NRHP-listed ^[1]
• Singer Building (1908), 120 S. State St., Chicago, IL (William Bryce Mundie; Elmer C. Jensen), NRHP-listed ^[1]

Architect and engineer Paul V. Hyland, who worked as a supervisor for several Chicago area firms, worked for the firm at some time.

For William Le Baron Jenney or William LeBaron Jenney or William Jenney or William Le Baron Jenny (all redirect to one article), there are:

• Leiter II Building, NE corner of S. State and E. Congress Sts., Chicago, IL (Jenny, Maj. William Le Baron)
• First Congregational Church, 412 S. 4th St. Manistee, MI Jenney, William
• Garfield Park, 100 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL Jenney, William Le Baron
• Humboldt Park, Roughly bounded by N. Sacramento and Augusta Blvds., and N. Kedzie, North and N. California Aves. and W. Division St. Chicago, IL Le Baron Jenney, William
• Manhattan Building, 431 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL Jenney, William LeBaron
• Metropolitan Block, 772 Main St. Lake Geneva, WI Jenney, William LeBaron

The Elmer C. Jensen House (1905), in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago, was designed by and for Jensen, and is now a house museum. ^[6]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Mundie, William Bryce". Canadian Dictionary of Architects.
3. "Elmer C. Jensen Papers, 1871-2014 (bulk 1880s-1950s)". Art Institute of Chicago. 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2024. Finding aid, including biographical info on William Le Baron Jenney and Elmer C. Jensen, published 2012.
4. "220 S. State Street - The Consumers Building, Chicago, IL", General Services Administration. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
5. "Trude Building". chicagology.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
6. "Museum volunteers honored at event held at historic Elmer C. Jensen house". Glessner House Museum. October 10, 2011.