Shattuck and Hussey explained

Shattuck and Hussey was a Chicago-based architectural firm founded by Walter F. Shattuck (1871-1948)^[1] and Harry Hussey (1882-1967).^[2]

History

Shattuck studied architecture at the University of Illinois.^{[3] [4]} After graduation, he taught construction and perspective at the Chicago School of Architecture (now the Art Institute of Chicago) from 1891 to 1916.^[5] Hussey was born in Ontario, Canada in 1882 and worked at a knitting mill and a mine before entering architecture school with the encouragement of the mine owners. In Chicago, Hussey and Shattuck met and decided to go into business together.

In the early 1900s, the Shattuck and Hussey won a design competition for the YMCA and went on to design dozens of the nearly 200 YMCA buildings built between 1906 and World War I.^[6] The YMCA treated the firm's designers as quasi-employees and relied on the firm to produce functional, cost-effective facilities. These could easily be replicated from project to project and reduce risk to local YMCA building committees.^[7] Their designs for the organization were heavily influenced by the Chicago School which clad steel and concrete structures with masonry and neoclassical details.

In 1911, Hussey embarked on a long stay in Asia where the firm was hired to design a dozen YMCAs, including Seoul and Hong Kong. He lived in China until the

Works

Partial list of works:

• Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, Illinois, USA (1910)^[8]
• Young Women's Christian Association Building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1911^[9]
• Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (1917)^[10]
• Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, at No. 51 Bridges Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (1918)^[11]
• The Historic YWCA at 2 S Adams Avenue, Mason City, Iowa, USA (1918)^[12]
• Minneapolis YMCA Central Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (1919)
• Downtown YMCA, Columbus, Ohio, USA (1924)

Notes and References

1. News: Tm . Specl to Nzw YoK . 1948-12-15 . WALTER F. $HATTUCK . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-27 . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada .
3. Shattuck . Walter F. . Fellows . William K. . 1898 . The Chicago School of Architecture . Brush and Pencil . 2 . 1 . 9–14 . 10.2307/25505247 . 25505247 . 1932-7080.
4. 1908 . The Public School Teachers and the Art Institute . Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951) . 2 . 1 . 11 . 4120132 . 1935-6595.
5. 1916 . Notes . Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951) . 10 . 5 . 187–193 . 4102758 . 1935-6595.
6. Web site: Dewolf . Christopher . 2021-11-16 . Hong Kong's Colonial Heritage: The Chinese YMCA' s Chicago Roots . 2022-06-02 . Zolima City Magazine . en-GB.
7. Book: Lupkin, Paula. Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Culture. University of Minnesota Press. 2010. 978-0-8166-4834-4. Minneapolis, MN. 146.
8. News: 1909-12-01. Bids for Construction of Y.M.C.A. Building. Naperville Clarion.
9. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building . National Park Service. September 24, 2015.
10. BOWERS . JOHN Z. . 1971 . THE FOUNDING OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE: POLICIES AND PERSONALITIES (Concluded) . Bulletin of the History of Medicine . 45 . 5 . 409–429 . 44447459 . 0007-5140.
11. [Antiquities and Monuments Office]
12. Web site: American Contractor Journal, Volume 39 . 1918 .