Edward Dart Collection
1841-2021 (bulk 1940-1993)
Edward Dupaquier Dart (1922-1975) Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett and Dart Loebl, Schlossman and Bennett
Trained at Yale’s School of Architecture, Edward Dart came to Chicago after World War II to establish a private practice. Later, as partner in the large Loebl Schlossman Bennett firm, Dart was chief designer of the influential vertical shopping mall Water Tower Place (Chicago) and St. Procopius Abbey (Lisle, Illinois). The collection includes research materials gathered by his biographer: family records, publications, correspondence, photographs, military records, honors and citations, and audio-taped interviews.
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