Shattuck and Hussey

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Shattuck and Hussey was a Chicago-based architectural firm founded by Walter F. Shattuck and Harry Hussey.

Shattuck and Hussey was a YMCA specialist firm who designed dozens of the nearly 200 YMCA buildings built between 1906 and World War I. The YMCA treated the firm's designers as quasi-employees and relied on the firm to produce functional, cost-effective facilities. These could easily be replicated from project to project and reduce risk to local YMCA building committees. [1]

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References

  1. Lupkin, Paula (2010). Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. p. 146. ISBN   978-0-8166-4834-4.
  2. "Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building". Naperville Clarion. 1909-12-01.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #85 Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine