Lion House Frieze - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 55.287 W 087° 38.025
16T E 447449 N 4641249
The Lion House is located in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
Waymark Code: WMTXD3
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2017
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This brick building features a frieze with four mosaic lions.... two of the lions on either side are large and two are located near the top of the building...and are standing...meeting paws as if on a coat of arms.
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A plaque, located on the building reads:
"Chicago Landmark
Lion House, Lincoln Park Zoo
Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, Architects
Located in one of the country's oldest zoological
parks, the Lion House blends the both grandly-scaled public
architecture of the Classical style with the innovative Prairie
style developed by Chicago architects in the early 20th century.
The building was designed by important architect Dwight H.
Perkins, an advocate of park and school reform. The building
has excellent brickwork and terra-cotta ornament, unique lion
mosaics, and a grand interior with a vaulted Gustavino-tile
ceiling, an innovative construction technology at the time.
Designated on November 30, 2005
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Commission on Chicago Landmarks"