Martha Cook / BL005262

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Title
Martha Cook
Date
19220401
Collection Title
University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
Collection Creator
Bentley Historical Library (collector)
Folder / Container / Volume
UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Martha Cook Building. no. 233
Photographer / Artist
George R. Swain (Ann Arbor, MI)
Notes
York & Sawyer, architecture firm. Construction begun in 1911, completed 1914. Located on a block between South University Avenue and Tappan Avenue. The Martha Cook Building was erected as a residence for women, a gift of William Wilson Cook ('80) in honor of his mother, Martha Walford Cook. Land to the east of the original building site (the old Condon home) was purchased in 1918 as a garden area.
Garden replanted in 1921 by Samuel Parsons of New York City. Statue of Portia above door was sculpted in marble in the Piccirilli Studio, N.Y.; donated by Cook in 1918.
Stamp on verso: "G. R. Swain; 712 East University Ave.; Ann Arbor, Mich."
Item Number
BL005262
Finding Aid
umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title
Image
Scan Source
10 x 8 b/w photographic print
Repository
Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated
2012-11-25 01:32:28

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5746 x 5346
File Size
4 MB
Record
BL005262
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl005262/bl005262

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