Calvert House
| Title | Calvert House |
| View | Exterior 1 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Robert Herrick a popular novelist and English Professor at the University of Chicago was the first owner of what is today the Calvert House. Subsequently, the Japanese government converted it into a consulate and Chi Psi fraternity to a lodge. From 1942, when the Chicago Archdiocese purchased it, the building's names have been, respectively the Calvert Club, the De Sales House in honor of St. Francis de Sales, and finally Calvert House. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Robert Herrick House; St. Francis de Sales House |
| Subject Terms | Façades |
| Photograph Date | 1951 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.5 x 11.4 cm |
| Architect | Garden, Hugh Mackie Gordon, 1873-1961 |
| Completion Date | 1902 |
| Location | 5735 S. University Avenue | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | D70 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-01435 |
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