Yost and Taylor Collection
1928-c.1994 (bulk 1935-1965)
Yost and Taylor Lloyd Morgan Yost (1908-1992) D. Coder Taylor (1913-2000)
While maintaining a private architecture practice in Chicago, L. Morgan Yost (1908–1992) served as editor for Small Homes Guide and consulting editor of Household Magazine, publications that produced and sold Yost’s plans for small homes. In 1952, Yost and D. Coder Taylor (1913–2000) formed the architectural partnership Yost & Taylor, specializing in commissions for modern affordable housing; the partnership dissolved after eight years. Taylor continued in private practice and Yost devoted much of his time to preservation activities in Chicago, saving the historic Glessner house, designed by H.H. Richardson, and serving as director of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Both Yost and Taylor were elected Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. The collection contains correspondence, project files, photographs, lectures, and articles documenting the careers of both architects.
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L. Morgan Yost Oral History.
D. Coder Taylor Oral History.
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Printed papers, correspondence, black and white and color photographic prints, color slidesgraphite and colored pencil drawings, architectural reprographic prints, and scrapbooks.