Charles Sumner Frost
Charles Sumner Frost (May 31, 1856 – December 11, 1931) was an American architect. He is best known as the architect of Navy Pier and for designing over 100 buildings for the Chicago and North Western Railway.
Biography
Born in Lewiston, Maine, Frost was first a draftsman in Boston, and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While working in Boston he worked for the firm of Peabody and Stearns.[1] He moved to Chicago in 1882. There he began a partnership with Henry Ives Cobb. Together, they established the firm Cobb and Frost, which was active from 1882 to 1898. After the partnership ended, he worked alone. On January 1, 1898, he partnered with Alfred Hoyt Granger to form the firm of Frost and Granger. Frost and Granger were known for their designs of train stations and terminals, including the now-demolished Chicago and North Western Terminal. Frost designed 127 buildings for the Chicago and North Western Railroad alone.[2] After Frost and Granger dissolved, Frost continued to work independently, designing such structures as the Navy Pier Auditorium. [3] He retired on December 31, 1928 and died on December 11, 1931 in Chicago.
Notable buildings
- Union Depot, 201 South Main Street, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1888 (with Cobb)[4]
- Chicago and North Western Railway Station, Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1889, demolished 1968[4]
- Morgan Park Library (George C. Walker Branch Library) in Chicago, 1889-90[5]
- Adams Memorial Library in Wheaton, Illinois, 1891
- The Second Union Station, Omaha, Nebraska, 1891
- Western Bank Note Building in Chicago in 1891
- Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1891[4]
- Chicago and North Western Railway station, 200 North 6th Street, De Kalb, Illinois, 1891 (with Granger)[4]
- Chicago and North Western Railway station, 724 Green Bay Road, Glencoe, Illinois, 1891[4]
- Maine State Building, 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition
- Richard T. Ely House in Madison, 1896
- Chicago and North Western Railway depot, North West and West 5th Streets, Carroll, Iowa, 1896[4]
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific Railroad depot, 115 Collins Street, Oconomowok, Wisconsin, 1896[4]
- Milwaukee Road Passenger Depot in Green Bay, 1898
- Milwaukee Road Depot, 201 3rd Street South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1899
- Chicago and North Western Railway station, Western Avenue, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1899 (with Granger)[4]
- Chicago and North Western Railway depot, 200 Dousman Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1899[4]
- Rock Island Lines Passenger Station, 5th Avenue at 31st Street, Rock Island, Illinois, 1901 (with Granger)[4]
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 127 South Spring Street, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1901 (with Granger)[4]
- LaSalle Street Station, 1902 (with Granger)
- Chicago and North Western Railway station, Oak Street Northwest, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, 1902 (with Granger)[4]
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad depot, 640 West Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, 1903 (with Granger)[4]
- Chicago and North Western Railway station, Main Street, Breda, Iowa, 1907 (with Granger)[4]
- St. Luke's Hospital Complex in Chicago, 1908 (with Granger), 1439 S. Michigan/1440 S. Indiana
- Chicago and North Western Terminal, 1911 (with Granger)
- Minneapolis Great Northern Depot, 1913
- Navy Pier Auditorium in Chicago, 1916
- Union Depot, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1917
See also
References
- ↑ Stuart Cohen and Susan Bejamin; North Shore Chicago; Houses of the Lakefront Suburbs 1890-1940 Acanthus Press, 2004, p.311
- ↑ http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/200342.pdf
- ↑ Frost Papers at UMN
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