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Shattuck and Hussey was a Chicago-based architectural firm founded by Walter F. Shattuck (1871-1948) and Harry Hussey (1882-1967).

History

Shattuck studied architecture at the University of Illinois. After graduation, he taught construction and perspective at the Chicago School of Architecture (now the Art Institute of Chicago) from 1891 to 1916. Hussey was born in Ontario, Canada in 1882 and worked at a knitting mill and a mine before entering architecture school with the encouragement of the mine owners. In Chicago, Hussey and Shattuck met and decided to go into business together.

In the early 1900s, the Shattuck and Hussey won a design competition for the YMCA and went on to design 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. Their designs for the organization were heavily influenced by the Chicago School which clad steel and concrete structures with masonry and neoclassical details.

In 1911, Hussey embarked on a long stay in Asia where the firm was hired to design a dozen YMCAs, including Seoul and Hong Kong.

Works

Partial list of works:

  • Photograph of Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois
  • Photo of YMCA Central Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis YMCA Central Building
  • Photo of YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee YWCA Building, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Downtown YMCA, Columbus, Ohio Downtown YMCA, Columbus, Ohio

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  3. ^ Shattuck, Walter F.; Fellows, William K. (1898). "The Chicago School of Architecture". Brush and Pencil. 2 (1): 9–14. doi:10.2307/25505247. ISSN 1932-7080. JSTOR 25505247.
  4. "The Public School Teachers and the Art Institute". Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951). 2 (1): 11. 1908. ISSN 1935-6595. JSTOR 4120132.
  5. "Notes". Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951). 10 (5): 187–193. 1916. ISSN 1935-6595. JSTOR 4102758.
  6. ^ Dewolf, Christopher (2021-11-16). "Hong Kong's Colonial Heritage: The Chinese YMCA' s Chicago Roots". Zolima City Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. "Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building". Naperville Clarion. 1909-12-01.
  9. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  10. BOWERS, JOHN Z. (1971). "THE FOUNDING OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE: POLICIES AND PERSONALITIES (Concluded)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 45 (5): 409–429. ISSN 0007-5140. JSTOR 44447459.
  11. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #85 Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "American Contractor Journal, Volume 39". 1918.
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