October 13, 1952 – Funeral services for architect
Robert Seely De Golyer are held in the First Methodist in Evanston. De Golyer attended public school in Evanston
and went on to earn degrees from Yale University and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. De Golyer is
largely forgotten these days, but a ride down Lake Shore Drive from the north
to the south side will take you past close nearly a dozen great residential
buildings that he designed. Perhaps most
notable are his Barry Apartments at Barry Avenue and Sheridan Road, the
Ambassador East Hotel on North State Parkway, and the Powhatan on Chicago Beach
Drive. During the Depression when
construction came to a virtual halt in the country, the federal Public Works
Administration chose the De Golyer to head a group of 15 architects as they
designed the Julia C. Lathrop Homes at Diversey Parkway and the Chicago River,
a huge complex that is currently in the midst of a plan for
revitalization. De Golyer also was a
principal architect in the planning of the Pentagon. The photo above shows the meticulous design of De Golyer, this detail at the entrance of 3100 Sheridan Road, The Barry.
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