Jackson Park
| Title | Jackson Park |
| View | Japanese Tea House 1:8:2 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Rocky trial leads to the Japanese Tea House. Japanese architect Masamichi Kuru designed the Ho-o-den (Phoenix Hall) for the World's Columbian Exposition (1892-1893) modeling it on the Kyoto temple, the Hō-ō-dō (1052). Situated on Wooded Isle during the fair, the Ho-o-den was later moved to Jackson Park and functioned as a tea house. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1943. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Ho-o-den (Phoenix Hall) |
| Subject Terms | Jackson Park (Chicago, Illinois) | Temples--Japan | Teahouses--Illinois--Chicago | World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Illinois) |
| Photographer | Mead, Mildred LaDue, 1910-2001 |
| Photograph Date | Undated |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 18.0 x 23.7 cm |
| Architect | Kuru, Masamichi |
| Landscape Designer | Moore, Robert E. |
| Location | Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files. Addenda. Mildred Mead Photographs |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-09106 |
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