Andrew Rebori Explained

Andrew Rebori
Birth Date:21 February 1886
Birth Place:New York City, United States
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois
Alma Mater:M.I.T.
Practice:Rebori, Wentworth, Dewey and McCormick
Significant Buildings:Fisher Studio Houses, Chicago

Andrew Nicholas Rebori (February 21, 1886 – May 31, 1966) was an American architect who was a member of the Chicago school of architecture.

Life and work

Early life

Born in New York City, Rebori was the son of an engineer who had immigrated to the U.S. from Italy.[1] Rebori was friends during his childhood with future presidential nominee Al Smith. At age 15, Rebori began working in the office of New York architect Charles Alling Gifford making blueprints, and he also worked for architect Herbert D. Hale. Rebori finished evening high school at age 18. Later in Rebori's teen years, he studied under New York architect Henry Hornbostel.[2]

From 1905 until 1907, Rebori attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he met his future wife, Nannie Prendergast of Wheaton, Illinois, whose farm adjoined that of the parents of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick. Rebori and Prendergast married in 1913.[3] From 1908 until 1909, Rebori studied in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, subsequently working for the neo-classical architect Cass Gilbert in New York. Rebori earned a bachelor's degree from the Armour Institute of Technology in 1911.

Career and family

In 1909, Rebori moved to Chicago as a professor of architecture at the Armour Institute. The following year, he met famed architect Louis Sullivan, who became a mentor to Rebori. Rebori worked in the office of architect Jarvis Hunt from 1914 until 1922, after which point he founded his own firm, Rebori, Wentworth, Dewey and McCormick.[4] Rebori's firm eventually dissolved in 1932, and he worked in private practice by himself until 1940. He performed various wartime projects from 1941 until 1944, and then worked as a consulting architect for DeLeuw, Cather & Co. from 1944 until 1955. Rebori also worked in private practice from 1952 until 1961, when he retired.

Rebori had little use for most modern style buildings, which he once referred to as "steel and glass upside-down cakes." However, Rebori at the same time was known for his own pre-World War II modernist style, which was best seen in his Fisher Studio Houses development which he developed with designer/artist Edgar Miller. And, he was well known for being willing to tailor his work to a client's request, making him more of an eclectic architect than anything else.[5] "The architect is no longer an individualist, he is a follower," Rebori told the Chicago Tribune . "Today's architects just want to please their patrons." (December 22, 1963)[6]

Rebori had two children. His son, Andrew P. Rebori (1916-1952), an army aviator during World War II, died of polio on September 15, 1952.[7] Rebori's daughter, Naneen (sometimes shown as being spelled Nanneen) Rebori Donaldson (1914-1996), died on June 15, 1996. Rebori's wife, Nannie, died on May 16, 1917, in Chicago and after her funeral in Winfield, Illinois.[8] near their summer home, she was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Illinois.

Rebori died at his home at 6 E. Scott Street in Chicago on May 31, 1966. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

Projects

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrew N. Rebori, Architect, Is Dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525054947/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/585456932.html?dids=585456932:585456932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+1,+1966&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(1963-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Andrew+N.+Rebori,+Architect,+Is+Dead . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1966-06-01 . 2012-07-31.
  2. Book: Kim Coventry. Daniel Meyer. Arthur H. Miller. Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design, 1856-1940. July 24, 2013. 2003. W W Norton & Company Incorporated. 978-0-393-73099-9. 299.
  3. Web site: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-Taylor's "Bluff's Edge," 620 Lake Road. https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121459/http://library.lakeforest.edu/special/tayl3.html . 2006-09-01 .
  4. Book: John W. Stamper. Chicago's North Michigan Avenue: Planning and Development, 1900-1930. July 24, 2013. August 27, 1991. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-77085-7. 219.
  5. http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/1109884,cover17.article
  6. Web site: Dean of Old School Architects Still an Individualist . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055618/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/628158012.html?dids=628158012:628158012&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+22,+1963&author=DAVID+HALVORSEN&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(1963-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=A4&desc=Dean+of+Old+School+Architects+Still+an+Individualist . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1963-12-22 . 2012-07-31.
  7. Web site: Andrew Rebori, Son Of Noted Architect, Dies . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055050/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/498570212.html?dids=498570212:498570212&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+16,+1952&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=C5&desc=ANDREW+REBORI,+SON+OF+NOTED+ARCHITECT,+DIES . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1952-09-16 . 2012-07-31.
  8. Web site: Obituary 1 - No Title . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055023/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/381248221.html?dids=381248221:381248221&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+17,+1917&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=17&desc=Obituary+1+--+No+Title . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1917-05-17 . 2012-07-31.
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051419/http://www.villageofwinnetka.org/assets/1/20/08-04-14_LPC_Packet.pdf . 2014-08-08 . dead .
  10. Web site: Former CBS Building: 630 North McClurg Court, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 United States . www.chicagoarchitecture.info . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819235747/http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1366/Former-CBS-Building.php . 2010-08-19.
  11. Web site: 2430 North Lakeview, Chicago . SkyscraperPage.com . 2012-07-31.
  12. Book: Joy Monice Malnar. Frank Vodvarka. Sensory Design. July 24, 2013. 2004. U of Minnesota Press. 978-0-8166-3959-5. 202.
  13. Book: Frank Alfred Randall. The History of Development of Building Construction in Chicago. July 24, 2013. 1999. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-02416-0. 336.
  14. Web site: Archives and Special Collections - Archives and Special Collections - The Loyola Libraries' Subject Guides at Loyola University of Chicago . Libguides.luc.edu . 2009-02-04 . 2012-07-31.
  15. Web site: Du Page County'S First Federal Building . https://archive.today/20130131145128/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/457098222.html?dids=457098222:457098222&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27,+1932&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=A6&desc=DU+PAGE+COUNTY'S+FIRST+FEDERAL+BUILDING . dead . January 31, 2013 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1932-03-27 . 2012-07-31.
  16. Web site: Electric Drive Of Architect Sparks Career . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055541/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/483772312.html?dids=483772312:483772312&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+25,+1948&author=EDNA+CARROLL&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=NW2&desc=ELECTRIC+DRIVE+OF+ARCHITECT+SPARKS+CAREER . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1948-04-25 . 2012-07-31.
  17. Web site: Mccormick Memorial Is Dedicated . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055158/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565459402.html?dids=565459402:565459402&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+20,+1957&author=WAYNE+THOMIS&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=3&desc=McCORMICK+MEMORIAL+IS+DEDICATED . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1957-08-20 . 2012-07-31.
  18. Web site: lst Division Museum Dedication Saturday . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525055233/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/652803882.html?dids=652803882:652803882&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+20,+1960&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=N1&desc=lst+Division+Museum+Dedication+Saturday . dead . May 25, 2011 . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 1960-08-20 . 2012-07-31.

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