CARLI Digital Collections Featured Image: Reuben Rubel House Window Guard

CARLI Digital Collections Featured Image: Reuben Rubel House Window Guard

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 4:31pm


Reuben Rubel House Window Guard
From the Louis H. Sullivan Ornaments (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Collection in CARLI Digital Collections.

Louis Henri Sullivan (1856-1924) is known today as a founder of the "Chicago School" of architecture. This digital exhibit features selected Sullivan ornaments owned by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) representing thirty-one buildings.

This window guard is from the Reuben Rubel House. The house was constructed in 1884-1885 at 320 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It was demolished in 1958.

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