Patton & Fisher was an architectural firm in Chicago, Illinois. It operated under that name from 1885 to 1899 and later operated under the names Patton, Fisher & Miller (1899–1901) and Patton & Miller (1901–1915). Several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Firm history The firm of Patton & Fisher was established in 1885 by architects Normand Smith Patton (July 10, 1852 - May 12, 1915) and Reynolds Fisher. The firm continued to operate under that name until 1899. In 1899, the firm became Patton, Fisher & Miller when Grant C. Miller became a partner. In 1901, Fisher left the practice, and the firm became known as Patton & Miller. Normand Patton was a partner in the firm during its entire existence from 1885 until his death in 1915. Patton was also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
The firm has several works that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Works
The works of Patton & Fisher and successor firms include:
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Chicago Belmonte Flats (1893), 4257-4259 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., and 400-412 E. 43rd St., Chicago, Illinois (Patton and Fisher), NRHP-listed Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago Henry H. Donaldson Residence (1895), 5740 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago Erie Apartment Building (1891), later the Hotel Dana Hotel, 666 N. State St., Chicago, built 1891, demolished 2006 First Baptist Church of Hyde Park Reynolds Fisher House (1890), 4734 North Kimbark Avenue, Chicago Richard Norman Foster House (1892), 1532 West Jackson Boulevard, ChicagoAIA Guide to Chicago, p. 290. Joseph H. Howard House (1891), 4801 North Kimbark Avenue, ChicagoAIA Guide to Chicago, p. 426. Illinois Institute of Technology, formerly Armour Institute of Technology: Machinery Hall (1901) and the Main Building (1891–1893), 3300 S. Federal Street, Chicago The Kenwood Club (1896), Chicago (Patton & Fisher with Charles S. Frost) Lincoln Park Zoo Headquarters (1893), formerly the Matthew Lafflin Memorial Building at the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago Jacques Loeb Residence (c. 1896), 5754 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago Newberry Hotel (c. 1891), 817 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, demolished 1960s W. S. Walker Residences (1887), block of four houses on Ellis Avenue near 37th Street, Chicago Washington Park Congregational Church (1896), 129 E. 51st St. (originally 1010 E. 51st St.), Chicago
Oak Park Cicero Gas Company Building (1893), 115 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois William A. Douglas House (1893), 317 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois David J. Kennedy House (1888), 309 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, IllinoisAIA Guide to Chicago, p. 341. Walter Thomas Mills House (1897), 601 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, IllinoisAIA Guide to Chicago, p. 338. Pilgrim Congregational Church (1889, 1899), 460 West Lake Street, Chicago (south half by Patton & Fisher, 1889; north half by Patton, Fisher & Miller, 1899)AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 332. John Rankin House (1891), 245 N. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois Scoville Block (1899), 116-132 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois Scoville Institute, later known as Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, Illinois Second Congregational Church, Chicago (Patton & Fisher; and Patton, Fisher & Miller) Richard S. Thain Residence, Oak Park, IllinoisAIA Guide to Chicago, p. 329.
Beloit
Beloit College Academy, Beloit, Wisconsin Beloit College, Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel (1891-1892), Beloit, Wisconsin (renovations in 1938 and 1954 designed by Maurice Webster) Beloit College, Emerson Hall (1897-1898), Beloit, Wisconsin (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed (converted into a senior citizen apartment center in 1982) Beloit College, Scoville Hall (1889-1890), Beloit, Wisconsin (demolished in 1973) Beloit College, Smith Gymnasium Building, Beloit, Wisconsin
Muskegon and Kalamazoo
Hackley Library (1889), Muskegon, Michigan Hackley Manual Training School (1897), Muskegon, Michigan Kalamazoo Public Library (1891-1893), Kalamazoo, Michigan Muskegon High School, Muskegon, Michigan
Elsewhere
Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design (1888), originally the Free Public Library, 32 Maine Street, Quincy, Illinois James W. Ridgway Residence (1888), Hinsdale, Illinois Scoville Memorial Library-Carleton College (1896), renamed Scoville Hall in 1957, 1st St., E. and College St., Northfield, Minnesota (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed State Savings Loan and Trust, 428 Maine St., Quincy, Illinois (Patton & Fisher), NRHP-listed Wichita State University, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (c. 1888), Wichita, Kansas Williston Hall at Wheaton College (1895), Wheaton, Illinois
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Goshen Carnegie Public Library (1901), 202 South 5th St., Goshen, Indiana (Patton, Fisher & Miller), NRHP-listed (Indiana's first Carnegie library) Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago (Patton, Fisher & Miller)AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 418. Monumental Baptist Church, Chicago (Patton, Fisher & Miller)
Patton & Miller See Patton & Miller
See also Patton & Miller Normand Smith Patton
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