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Name:    Cobb, Henry Ives
Profession:  Architect
Born/Started:    1859
Died/Ended:    1931
Description:    Born in Brookline, MA, Henry Cobb graduated from Boston schools in 1880. He relocated to Chicago in 1881, where he established a reputation in the post-Chicago Fire building boom. Cobb received architectural commissions across the United States, including the Chemical Building in St. Louis, a classic example of his belief in the fundamental place of ornamentation in architecture.



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Chemical Building

Reference
Architecture of the Private Streets of St. Louis, The Architects and the Houses They Designed
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