The Story of a House
Official Blog of Glessner House
Friday, October 14, 2016
The National Register Turns 50!
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October 15, 2016 marks the 50 th anniversary of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Act was signed into law by...
Monday, September 26, 2016
Charles A. Jackson, first caretaker of the Museum
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Charles A. Jackson with two "young friends" in 1971 Chicago Tribune photo by Harold Revoir As Glessner House Museum continu...
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
A Brief History of the Humble Window Screen
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The light bulb, the telephone, the automobile, and the phonograph are all ranked among the greatest inventions of the 19 th century. ...
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Ada Small Moore, Art Collector
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In our last two articles, we have discussed Frances Glessner’s Monday Morning Reading Class, organized in 1894. This week, we look at ...
Sunday, August 14, 2016
The Monday Morning Reading Class, Part 2
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The photograph of Mrs. Glessner’s Monday Morning Reading Class, taken by her son George on May 5, 1902, is one of the most iconic image...
Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Monday Morning Reading Class
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Monday Morning Reading Class, May 1902 (Photo by George Glessner) I began my summer project on Frances Glessner’s Monday Morning Read...
Monday, July 18, 2016
Richardsonian Romanesque in Washington, D.C.
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During the 1880s, architect H. H. Richardson designed four residences in Washington, D.C. Within a five year period in the mid-1920s, ...
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