Patton & Fisher Explained

Patton & Fisher was an architectural firm in Chicago, Illinois. It operated under that name from 1885 to 1899 and later operated under the names Patton, Fisher & Miller (1899 - 1901) and Patton & Miller (1901 - 1915). Several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Firm history

The firm of Patton & Fisher was established in 1885 by architects Normand Smith Patton (July 10, 1852 - May 12, 1915) and Reynolds Fisher. The firm continued to operate under that name until 1899. In 1899, the firm became Patton, Fisher & Miller when Grant C. Miller became a partner. In 1901, Fisher left the practice, and the firm became known as Patton & Miller. Normand Patton was a partner in the firm during its entire existence from 1885 until his death in 1915. Patton was also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.^[1]

The firm has several works that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Works

The works of Patton & Fisher and successor firms include:

Patton & Fisher

Chicago

• Belmonte Flats (1893), 4257-4259 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., and 400-412 E. 43rd St., Chicago, Illinois (Patton and Fisher), NRHP-listed
• Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago
• Henry H. Donaldson Residence (1895), 5740 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago^[2]
• Erie Apartment Building (1891), later the Hotel Dana Hotel, 666 N. State St., Chicago, built 1891, demolished 2006^{[3] [4]}
• First Baptist Church of Hyde Park
• Reynolds Fisher House (1890), 4734 North Kimbark Avenue, Chicago
• Richard Norman Foster House (1892), 1532 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago^[5]
• Joseph H. Howard House (1891), 4801 North Kimbark Avenue, Chicago^[6]
• Illinois Institute of Technology, formerly Armour Institute of Technology: Machinery Hall (1901) and the Main Building (1891–1893), 3300 S. Federal Street, Chicago^{[7] [8]}
• The Kenwood Club (1896), Chicago (Patton & Fisher with Charles S. Frost)^{[7] [9]}
• Lincoln Park Zoo Headquarters (1893), formerly the Matthew Lafflin Memorial Building at the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago^{[7] [10]}
• Jacques Loeb Residence (c. 1896), 5754 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago^{[7] [11]}
• Newberry Hotel (c. 1891), 817 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, demolished 1960s^[3]
• W. S. Walker Residences (1887), block of four houses on Ellis Avenue near 37th Street, Chicago^{[7] [12]}
• Washington Park Congregational Church (1896), 129 E. 51st St. (originally 1010 E. 51st St.), Chicago^[13]

Oak Park

• Cicero Gas Company Building (1893), 115 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois^[14]
• William A. Douglas House (1893), 317 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois
• David J. Kennedy House (1888), 309 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois^[15]
• Walter Thomas Mills House (1897), 601 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois^[16]
• Pilgrim Congregational Church (1889, 1899), 460 West Lake Street, Chicago (south half by Patton & Fisher, 1889; north half by Patton, Fisher & Miller, 1899)^{[7] [17]}
• John Rankin House (1891), 245 N. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois^[15]
• Scoville Block (1899), 116-132 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois^[14]
• Scoville Institute, later known as Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, Illinois^[18]
• Second Congregational Church, Chicago (Patton & Fisher; and Patton, Fisher & Miller)^[17]
• Richard S. Thain Residence, Oak Park, Illinois^{[7] [19]}

Beloit

• Beloit College Academy, Beloit, Wisconsin^[7]
• Beloit College, Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel (1891-1892), Beloit, Wisconsin (renovations in 1938 and 1954 designed by Maurice Webster)^{[7] [20] [21]}
• Beloit College, Emerson Hall (1897-1898), Beloit, Wisconsin (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed (converted into a senior citizen apartment center in 1982)^[22]
• Beloit College, Scoville Hall (1889-1890), Beloit, Wisconsin (demolished in 1973)^[23]
• Beloit College, Smith Gymnasium Building, Beloit, Wisconsin^[24]

Muskegon and Kalamazoo

• Hackley Library (1889), Muskegon, Michigan^[25]
• Hackley Manual Training School (1897), Muskegon, Michigan^{[7] [26]}
• Kalamazoo Public Library (1891-1893), Kalamazoo, Michigan^{[7] [27]}
• Muskegon High School, Muskegon, Michigan

Elsewhere

• Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design (1888), originally the Free Public Library, 32 Maine Street, Quincy, Illinois^{[7] [28]}
• James W. Ridgway Residence (1888), Hinsdale, Illinois^[29]
• Scoville Memorial Library-Carleton College (1896), renamed Scoville Hall in 1957, 1st St., E. and College St., Northfield, Minnesota (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed^[30]
• State Savings Loan and Trust, 428 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed
• Wichita State University, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (c. 1888), Wichita, Kansas^[7]
• Williston Hall at Wheaton College (1895), Wheaton, Illinois^[31]

Patton, Fisher & Miller

• Goshen Carnegie Public Library (1901), 202 South 5th St., Goshen, Indiana (Patton, Fisher & Miller), NRHP-listed (Indiana's first Carnegie library)^[32]
• Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago (Patton, Fisher & Miller)^[33]
• Monumental Baptist Church, Chicago (Patton, Fisher & Miller)^[33]

Patton & Miller

• See Patton & Miller

See also

• Patton & Miller
• Normand Smith Patton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finding Aid for the Patton and Fisher Records, c.1885-c.1908. 2001. Ryerson and Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago. dead. https://archive.today/20121211120303/http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/findingaids/id/13677/rec/23. 2012-12-11.
2. Web site: Woodlawn-University Avenue Documentation Architect Biographies. Woodlawn Avenue in Jeopardy. 12.
3. Web site: Resources related to Patton and Fisher. Art Institute of Chicago.
4. Web site: Chicago's Seven Most Threatened Buildings: Hotel Dana. Preservation Chicago.
5. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 290.
6. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 426.
7. Web site: Ryerson & Burnham Archives Archival Image Collection. Ryerson & Burnham Archives.
8. Web site: IIT Main Building. Harboe Architects. 2012-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120903023519/http://www.harboearch.com/getProject.php?projname=iitmainbuilding. 2012-09-03. dead.
9. Web site: Kenwood Club, Chicago, IL, 1896, Original Plan. WorthPoint.
10. Web site: ChicagoArchitecture . 2012-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224192857/http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Architecture/6/3910/SortBy/Architect.php . 2012-12-24 . dead .
11. Web site: Woodlawn-University Avenue Documentation Building Catalog. Woodlawn Avenue in Jeopardy. May 2011.
12. News: Our Illustrations. The Inland Architect and News Record, vol 9. 64. May 1887.
13. Web site: Washington Park Congregational Church. Ryerson & Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.
14. Book: Alice Sinkevitch. AIA Guide to Chicago: Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2004. 331. 0156029081.
15. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 341.
16. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 338.
17. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 332.
18. Web site: Scoville Institute, now Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, Illinois. Library of Congress.
19. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 329.
20. Web site: Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel. Beloit College.
21. News: Elaine Barreca. Tolling a Century: Eaton Chapel Celebrates Its 100th Birthday. Beloit Magazine. March 1992.
22. Web site: Emerson Hall. Beloit College.
23. Web site: Scoville Hall. Beloit College.
24. Web site: Smith Gymnasium Building. Beloit College.
25. Web site: Tom Carlson. Hackley Library. Lakeshore Museum.
26. Web site: Hackley Manual Training School. Hackley Public Library.
27. Web site: Kalamazoo Public Library History. Kalamazoo Public Library.
28. Web site: Visitors Guide to the Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design. greatriverroad.com. 2012-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120916112613/http://www.greatriverroad.com/quincy/gardner.htm. 2012-09-16. dead.
29. Web site: James W. Ridgway Residence. Ryerson & Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.
30. Web site: Historical Building Information. Carleton College.
31. Web site: Williston Hall. Wheaton College.
32. Web site: Goshen's Carnegie Library. Indiana Historical Bureau.
33. AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 418.