Parker Noble Berry
American, 1888–1918
First State Bank, Manlius, Illinois, Elevation
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Parker Noble Berry
American, 1888–19181914
First State Bank, Manlius, Illinois, Elevation
Parker Noble Berry American, 1888–1918 →design drawingarchitectural drawing
Date
1914
Medium
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
30.8 × 38.3 cm (12 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Homer Grant Sailor, Jr.
Although he died young, Parker Noble Berry was a distinguished architect of the Prairie School who occupied the position of chief draftsman for Louis Sullivan before striking out on his own in 1917. After working on Sullivan’s “jewel box” bank commissions in the Midwest, Berry’s 1914 design for the First State Bank of Manlius, Illinois, further economized on Sullivan’s volumetric structures with a flat, geometric facade and a recessed loggia. The drawings for this project formed part of the library’s important collection of “Sullivaniana”—material related to work by Sullivan and his followers, as well as the legacy of his buildings in Chicago. This legacy includes documents pertaining not only to the original design and construction of Sullivan’s buildings, but also the interests and struggles of many individuals to record and preserve these historical structures.
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