Chicago, IL John J. Glessner House
The John J. Glessner House, operated as the Glessner House Museum, was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in late 1887. John Glessner was a partner in the firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, a farm machinery manufacturer headquartered in Springfield, Ohio. He and his wife moved to Chicago in 1870 where he opened a branch office. In 1902, the firm and four others, including firms controlled by J. P. Morgan, Cyrus McCormick, and James Deering, merged to form International Harvester. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places #70000233, and also is a National Historic Landmark. It is also in the Prairie Avenue Historic District which is also on the National Register of Historic Places #72000452.
Chicago, IL John J. Glessner House
The John J. Glessner House, operated as the Glessner House Museum, was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in late 1887. John Glessner was a partner in the firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, a farm machinery manufacturer headquartered in Springfield, Ohio. He and his wife moved to Chicago in 1870 where he opened a branch office. In 1902, the firm and four others, including firms controlled by J. P. Morgan, Cyrus McCormick, and James Deering, merged to form International Harvester. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places #70000233, and also is a National Historic Landmark. It is also in the Prairie Avenue Historic District which is also on the National Register of Historic Places #72000452.