Louis F. Swift residence

Name/Title

Louis F. Swift residence

Entry/Object ID

2002.492.77

Description

front entrance view of three-story house with pillared front and side porches, dormers at each end and large dormer in middle, with driveway and flowers in foreground and weathervane in background reverse of postcard is blank Westleigh 255 East Foster Place, owners Louis F. Swift and Ida Butler Swift Architect: William Carbys Zimmerman; Howard Van Doren Shaw (west wing) Landscape: Jens Jensen Built: 1898; 1916 Shaw west wing extant at 255 East Foster Place; original Zimmerman house demolished; 188 Foster Place - Garden Wall

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

black/white

Made/Created

Artist

Charles R. Childs

Studio

153 LaSalle St., Chicago, IL

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication