Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924)

Name

Sullivan, Louis H.

Personal Information

Birth/Death:    (1856-1924)
Occupation:    American architect
Location (state):    IL

This record has not been verified for accuracy.

AIA Affiliation

Fellow of the Western Association of Architects 1884-1889
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1889-1913
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1889. (On the merger of the Western Association of Architects with The American Institute of Architects in 1889, all AIA members were made Fellows because WAA members were known as Fellows.)
Recipient of the AIA Gold Medal 1944 (posthumous)

Biographical Sources

Biographical Directories:
Entry in Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970)
Entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982)
Entry in Richard Guy Wilson, The AIA Gold Medal (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984)

Obituaries:
Journal of the American Institute of Architects, obituary, May 1924; memorial tributes, June 1924 and September 1924

Related Records

Archival Holdings

The American Institute of Architects Archives
      Membership file may contain membership-related correspondence, although there are few written records concerning 19th-century members. The AIA Awards files contain Gold Medal recipients' nominations. Contact the AIA Archives at archives@aia.org for further information.

Avery Library, Drawings and Archives Collection, Columbia University
      For more information https://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/da.html.

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