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A member of the American Institute of Architects, Alfred S. Alschuler died on June 11, 1940, near age 64, in Chicago. [1] His son John also trained as an architect, as did Alfred S. Alschuler Jr.. Several of Alschuler's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [3] One of which was the KAM Isaiah Israel Synagogue
The library was built in 1919 and opened on October 11, 1920; it was the first regional library in Chicago. Chicago architect Alfred S. Alschuler designed the building in the Beaux Arts style. [3] A Works Progress Administration mural in the library depicts Jacques Marquette and Native American traders during Marquette's visit to the Chicago ...
Alfred S. Alschuler (1876–1940), American architect; George W. Alschuler (1864–1936), American politician and businessman; Daniel R. Altschuler (b. 1944), Uruguayan physicist; Samuel Alschuler (1859–1939), federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals; The Alschulers, an American political family; See also: All pages with titles ...
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, is an urban hospital located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a 236-bed hospital, [1] located on the site of what used to be Clarendon Beach, a popular beach of the city. Until the 2000s, Weiss Hospital had been part of the University of Chicago Hospitals system. [2]
Men's clothing retailer Benson & Rixon purchased the property where the building stands in 1936 for $598,500. [2] The building was constructed at a cost of $375,000, and their new store opened on October 12, 1937. [3] Benson & Rixon's State Street store was previously in the Consumers Building, across Quincy Street. [4]
The Florsheim Shoe Company Building is a former factory for the Florsheim Shoe Company and a Chicago Landmark in the Avondale neighborhood. The building was built between 1924 and 1926 when the Florsheim Shoe Company had "2,500 employees, 71 retail outlets, 9,000 dealers and a network of regional wholesale distributors". [ 1 ]
Built for the Isaiah Israel congregation in 1924, the structure was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, who drew his influence from photographs of the second-century Severus synagogue unearthed at Tiberias, in Galilee. [4] The extensions were designed by architects John Alschuler (the son of Alfred) and Ron Dirsmith.
Anshe Emet Synagogue was established in 1873 in a building on Sedgwick Avenue in Chicago. [2] In 1876, the congregation rented its first permanent meeting place on Division Street and hired Rabbi A.A. Lowenheim, a member of Central Conference of American Rabbis, [3] as religious leader. [4]