Otis Leonard Wheelock Explained

Otis Leonard Wheelock (1816 - 1893) was an architect in upstate New York and Chicago. He and his wife had two adopted children, a son Harry B. Wheelock who was an architect and a daughter.^[1]

George H. Harlow studied under him.

He was a partner of W. W. Boyington in the firm of Boyington & Wheelock. He also partnered with William Wilson Clay. George Beaumont and Minard Lefever Beers are architects who worked at his firms.^[2]

Works

• Paddock Arcade (1850) at Washington St. between Arsenal and Store Sts. in Watertown, New York (NRHP listed by Wheelock,Otis L.)
• Oscar Taylor House (1857), NRHP listed
• Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel’s Revival chapel
• Burbank–Livingston–Griggs House (1862), NRHP listed
• Groesbeck House (1869), 1304 W. Washington Boulevard, a Chicago Landmark
• Wheeler–Kohn House (1870), NRHP listed
• 2550 S. Michigan (demolished)
• 2808 S. Prairie (1886) with William Wilson Clay
• 2919 S. Prairie for Frank Granger Logan (demolished)
• Michigan and Prairie Avenue mansions with^[3]
• Wheeler Kohn Home at 2018 S. Calumet Ave. a Chicago landmark restored and operated as a bed and breakfast^[3]
• Henry A. Chapin House (1882), 508 E. Main St. Niles, MI Wheelock & Clay NRHP listed

External links

• Findagrave entry
• Jeffcowiki entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography of Otis Leonard Wheelock. www.wheelockgenealogy.com.
2. Book: Davis, Susan O'Connor. Chicago's Historic Hyde Park. July 9, 2013. University of Chicago Press. 9780226138145 . Google Books.
3. Book: Graf, John. Chicago's Mansions. May 28, 2004. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738533612 . Google Books.