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Mundie & Jensen

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Mundie & Jensen
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Mundie & Jensen was an architectural firm in Chicago, Illinois. Several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1]

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Consumers Building in Chicago, one of the skyscrapers designed by Mundie & Jensen.

It was a partnership of William Bryce Mundie[2] and Elmer C. Jensen.[3] Mundie was a draftsman from Canada who worked in Chicago for William Le Baron Jenney, "father of the American skyscraper", and joined him as partner in 1891.[2]

Associated firms were:

  • Jenney & Mundie, 1891 to 1904
  • Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, 1905 to late 1906
  • Mundie & Jensen 1907 to 1935
  • Mundie, Jensen, Bourke & Havens 1936 to 1939[2]

Works by the firm and/or one of its partners include (with attribution):

Architect and engineer Paul V. Hyland, who worked as a supervisor for several Chicago area firms, worked for the firm at some time.

For William Le Baron Jenney or William LeBaron Jenney or William Jenney or William Le Baron Jenny (all redirect to one article), there are:

The Elmer C. Jensen House (1905), in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago, was designed by and for Jensen, and is now a house museum.[6]

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