Charles B. Atwood

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Charles B. Atwood

Charles Bowler Atwood (1849–1895) was an architect who designed several buildings and a large number of secondary structures for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He also designed a number of notable buildings in the city of Chicago.

Atwood was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1849. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University.

Professional training

Atwood trained in the office of Ware & Van Brunt in Boston, where he quickly made a name for himself as a skilled draftsman and designer.

Designs

The buildings Atwood designed for the Columbian Exposition included the Terminal Station and the Fine Arts Building. The latter building is the only structure built on the grounds of the Columbian Exposition which still stands in its original location. It houses Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

Atwood also designed several other buildings in Chicago, as a member of Daniel Burnham's staff. These include the Reliance Building, and the Marshall Field and Company Building.

Selected works

• Old State Mutual Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1870
• Holyoke City Hall, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1871; partial, H. F. Kilburn completed design in 1874
• Marshall Field and Company Building, Chicago, 1891; partially designed
• Palace of Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893; for World's Columbian Exposition
• Reliance Building, Chicago, 1895; finished work of John Root
• Fisher Building, Chicago, 1895
• Ellicott Square Building, Buffalo, New York, 1895

Galería

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  Casa W. H. Vanderbilt (en primer plano) en la Quinta Avenida de Nueva York. Fue diseñada por los arquitectos Herter Brothers y Charles Atwood.

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  De L'Architecture Americaine, de Albert Levy. 1885. Quinta Avenida con calle 54, Nueva York. Encargado por William H. Vanderbilt para su hija.

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  El Palacio de Bellas Artes, diseñado por Atwood para la Exposición Mundial Colombina

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Registros de identidad de Charles B. Atwood:    ISNI: 0000 0001 1690 6489      VIAF: 96159460