Chicago, Illinois - Andrew Rebori Fisher Studios - 16x12

Art Type: Archival Pigment Ink Photograph
Frame Style: Wood Frame
Image Size: 6.25" x 8"
Frame Size: 16" x 12"
Mat Style: Warm White, 8-ply Conservation

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Fisher Studio Houses 1936


Andrew Rebori, architect; Edgar Miller, Handcrafted ornamentation

West Facade (front) and East Facade (rear)

1209 North State Street
Chicago, Illinois

41°54'15.14" N 87°37'44.06" W

This rare Art Moderne-style design is also one of the city's best examples of pre-World War I modernism. Further distinguishing the building is its handcrafted ornamentation by prominent artist Edgar Miller. The 12 residential units front a common courtyard and are laid out on an extremely narrow site that runs perpendicular to the street. The building was commissioned by Frank Fisher, Jr., an executive of Marshall Field & Co.

In between his studies, Rebori met his wife Nannie Prendergast, niece of Robert McCormick, the publisher of The Chicago Tribune, and the couple eventually settled down in Chicago. Rebori soon became friends with other prominent local talents, such as Louis Sullivan, who in particular was a model of professional ambition for the young architect.

In 1936 Edgar joins Andrew Rebori to design Frank Fisher Apartments. Fisher was a Marshall Field's & Company executive. It was Miller's final handmade home, and the only one he built from scratch. "Miller and Rebori broke the mold when they designed that building", wrote artist Larry Zgoda. They called it "an opportunity to work toward a conception of human organic modern architecture that can achieve compact, livable, light house-keeping units in minimum workable space, with added factors of comfort and beauty." This complex was also the first air-conditioned apartment house in Chicago.

It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 31, 1996.