Calvert House
| Title | Calvert House |
| View | Exterior 1 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Robert Herrick a popular novelist and English Professor at the University of Chicago was the first owner of what is today the Calvert House. Subsequently, the Japanese government converted it into a consulate and Chi Psi fraternity to a lodge. From 1942, when the Chicago Archdiocese purchased it, the building's names have been, respectively the Calvert Club, the DeSales House in honor of St. Francis DeSales, and finally Calvert House. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Robert Herrick House; St. Francis DeSales House |
| Subject Terms | Façades |
| Photograph Date | 1951 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.5 x 11.4 cm |
| Architect | Garden, Hugh Mackie Gordon, 1873-1961 |
| Completion Date | 1902 |
| Location | 5735 S. University Avenue | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | D70 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-01435 |
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